Sustaining life how human health depends on biodiversity

Corporate Author:	Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity., United Nations Development Programme., United Nations Environment Programme., IUCN--The World Conservation Union.
Other Authors:	Chivian, Eric., Bernstein, Aaron, 1976-
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Subjects:	Stein, Sylvia tribute. Biodiversity. Environmental health. Conservation of natural resources. Ecology.

Item Description:	"Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity; United Nations Development Programme; United Nations Environment Programme; IUCN--The World Conservation Union."
Physical Description:	xxiii, 542 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 29 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 445-514) and index.
ISBN:	9780195175097 (cloth : alk. paper) 0195175093 (cloth : alk. paper)
Author Notes:	Eric Chivian, M.D., is the Director of the Center for Health and the Global Environment at Harvard Medical School. He shared the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize. He is the lead editor and author of Last Aid: The Medical Dimensions of Nuclear War and Critical Condition: Human Health and the Environment. Aaron Bernstein, M.D., is a Research Associate at the Center for Health and the Global Environment at Harvard Medical School, and Resident, Boston Combined Residency in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School/Boston University School of Medicine.