{"product_id":"biodiversity-9780861540174","title":"Biodiversity","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReveals the roots of our biodiversity crisis, why we failed to meet targets set over a decade ago, and what we must do now to protect and preserve nature’s wonders\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘If you have any doubts about the meaning of the term biodiversity or its importance to the world, here is a book that explains it in an interesting and accessible way and challenges us to protect it better.’\u003c\/p\u003e -- Professor Sir Ghillean Prance FRS, FLS, FRSB, botanist and former director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A stimulating, authoritative and deeply rewarding read that makes you think about the natural world in a novel way.’\u003c\/p\u003e -- Dr Ahmed Djoghlaf, former executive secretary of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Spicer spells out the chilling message…the findings of which have been backed by respected scientists from the United Nations, Yale University and the Eden Project.’\u003c\/p\u003e * Herald *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Will appeal to intelligent non-specialists and may provide the incentive to study the subject in greater depth.’\u003c\/p\u003e * Journal of Biological Education *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘This is science for the general reader at its very best – clear, committed, fascinating and laser-focused on the crisis we face.’\u003c\/p\u003e -- Randal Keynes, great-great-grandson of Charles Darwin and author of Creation: The True Story of Charles Darwin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘His gift for the telling analogy and his clear, lively writing make \u003cem\u003eBiodiversity\u003c\/em\u003e a pleasure to read.’\u003c\/p\u003e -- Stephen C. 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Bass Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1\u003c\/strong\u003e  \u003cstrong\u003eThe pandemic of wounded biodiversity\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eBiodiversity – what was that again?\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eA long, leisurely trip to La Jolla\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eDirections\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2  Teeming boisterous life\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe big picture\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe volleyball on Mission Beach\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e‘A rose by any other name’…what’s a species?\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Morphological species\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Identifying species without ever seeing them\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Biological species\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Evolutionary species\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Naming species\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eHow many living species…and what are they?\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   1) To the nearest approximation (almost) every organism is an arthropod…?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   2) Greenery: The Plantae\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   3) Fungi: Mushrooms, moulds and yeasts – The Fungi\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   4) Mollusca: Shell life\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   5) Chordata: Animals with backbones…mostly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   6) Protozoa or Protista?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   7) Nematoda: The roundworm that’s the fly in the ointment?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   8) Bacteria and Archaea: Microbial life\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Remaining animal groupings\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Viruses: All the world’s a phage… or nearly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eNew species\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003ePlanting and growing the ‘tree of life’\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   The great chain of being\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Linnaeus’s hierarchical classification\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Influence of evolutionary ideas\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Chatton’s two-domain idea\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Whittaker’s five-kingdom approach\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Woese and the three-domain model\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   A new twist to the three-domain model\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   …and when is a tree a bush?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eDesigns on life\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   The phylum and the \u003c\/em\u003eBauplan\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Most phyla are not very species rich\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAn unequal distribution of life\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3  Where on Earth is biodiversity?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eFrom Berkeley, south to the Sea of Cortez\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eMore is more\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Back to Bird Rock\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   The species–area relationship\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThose who go down to the sea in ships\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eHotspots: A tale of two definitions\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eBig-scale biodiversity: Biogeographical and political regions\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   On land\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Sea\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Biodiversity by country\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eLatitude for life?\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   The land\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   The sea\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Genetic diversity and latitude\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Why is there a latitudinal gradient?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAltitude\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Lessons from the tops of Scottish mountains\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Biodiversity takes the hump with altitude\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Mountains as islands?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Aerial plankton and organisms in flight\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eDepth\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   The short-lived azoic theory\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Out of our depth\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   A journey to the centre of the Earth\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eStaying close to home\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eCongruence: The holy grail of diversity?\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e4\u003c\/strong\u003e  \u003cstrong\u003eA world that was old when we came into it: Diversity, deep time and extinction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eOne every twenty minutes?\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eA life in the year of…\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003ePrecambrian – before life?\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   A schoolgirl changes our understanding of life before life – but no one believes her\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   The garden of Ediacara\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   A world of chemical energy, not driven by sunlight?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   How familiar is the Ediacaran fauna?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eExplosive Cambrian\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Cambrian forms\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Archaeocyatha: The only extinct phylum?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Why diversify now?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Cambrian explosion or short fuse?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eCambrian biodiversity: Good designs… or just lucky?\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   How a small quarry in British Columbia changed our understanding of biodiversity\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e    ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   To conclude\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003ePost-Cambrian: Tinkering with successful designs?\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Palaeozoic – ‘first life’\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Middle and modern life\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   The present – not set in stone\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eBeginnings of evolution: The origin of species\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eEnd of evolution: Extinction\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   The ‘big five’\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Causes of extinction\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Extinctions as routine events in the history of life\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Early humans and biodiversity\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Extinctions post-1600s\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Proving extinction?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   The Red Data Book\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Other takes on extinction\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   To conclude\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e5\u003c\/strong\u003e  \u003cstrong\u003eSwept away and changed\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThreatening behaviour\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eLiving beyond our means\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eTop five direct (or proximate) causes of biodiversity loss\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e1) Habitat loss and degradation\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e2) Direct exploitation\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Home economics\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Food, glorious food\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Industrial materials\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Medicine sans frontiers\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Ecotourism\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Controlling the natural world\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e3) Climate change\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e4) Introduced species\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe domino effect: Extinction cascades\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eSome light relief: Complete elimination of biodiversity by extraterrestrial means\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe ultimate cause of biodiversity loss: You and me\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Once upon a time there were two people…now look how many\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Not just population size but where people live\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Not just population size but what people do\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIt’s the poor that do the suffering\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eTo conclude\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e6\u003c\/strong\u003e  \u003cstrong\u003eAre the most beautiful things the most useless?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e‘…and for everything else there’s Mastercard’\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eCosting a small planet\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eUse now, pay when?\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   What bees do for free is expensive\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Costing the Earth – literally\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   How Biosphere 1 works – as one\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Earth, the Goldilocks planet – just right\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Lovelock’s Gaia hypothesis\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Critiques of Gaia\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eHow bits of Biosphere 1 work\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eBuild your own biosphere: Not-so-silent running\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   The home marine aquarium\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Mysteries and hazards\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eValuable for what, and to whom?\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Keeping options open\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eBequest and bequeathal\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eFull-on philosophers and laid-back religion?\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Value bestowed, not intrinsic\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Intrinsic value\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Valued as an object of worship or through kinship\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   A creator gives biodiversity value\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eTo conclude\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e7\u003c\/strong\u003e  \u003cstrong\u003eOur greatest hazard and our only hope?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eSaving private land\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAntecedents\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eOh, Rio\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Large brushstrokes\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Louder than words\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Arks in parks\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Out of place – but alive\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Buzzword for the twenty-first century\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eResponses to Rio\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eMillennium Assessment\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAichi (2010) and ‘Pathway for Humanity’ (2015)\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Strategic plan for biodiversity and Aichi biodiversity targets\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e    ‘Pathway for Humanity’: UN Sustainable Development Goals (2015)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services \u003c\/em\u003e(2019)\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Aichi\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Target 11: Increasing protected areas\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Goal 16: Nagoya protocol in force\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Sustainability goals\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eNo room for the individual?\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eEpilogue\u003c\/p\u003e  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