A Wealth Of Wild Species: Storehouse For Human Welfare - Norman Myers - Books - Taylor & Francis Ltd - 9780367018337 - April 28, 2020
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Storehouse for Human Welfare. As environmentalists and wildlife enthusiasts argue for preservation of wild species, they sometimes overlook a most compelling fact-the survival of wild species directly benefits humans. Like the Earths most precious minerals, the planetary gene pool is a valuable natural resource that is vulnerable to irreversible harm. Yet, if present trends toward extinction persist, possibly one-third and conceivably one-half the entire spectrum of species may be lost to us within another century. What does this mean? In 1960, a child suffering from leukemia had only one chance in five of


288 pages, NO

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released April 28, 2020
ISBN13 9780367018337
Publishers Taylor & Francis Ltd
Pages 288
Dimensions 150 × 220 × 20 mm   ·   690 g
Language English  

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