CIAO DATE: 10/2008
April 2004
Conserving Biodiversity is the report of a Biodiversity Policy Forum held in Aspen in April, 2004. It includes Gardening the Earth, a summary of the groups conclusions by Forum Co-chairs Bruce Babbitt, former U.S. Secretary of Interior, and Jos Sarukhn, Professor of Ecology and former President of the National University of Mexico (UNAM). They stress the importance of protecting biodiversity in human-dominated environments in addition to setting aside protected areas. The report also includes nine discussion papers commissioned for the Forum.
Table of Contents
Foreword
Gardening the Earth
Bruce Babbitt and Jos Sarukhn
Why Biodiversity Matters
Gretchen Daily
Life on Planet Ocean: Present, Past and Future
Nancy Knowlton
Governing the World's Forests
Daniel Nepstad
The Many, the Voracious, and the Lethally Successful
Robert Engelman
Poverty, Agriculture, and Biodiversity
Rudy Rabbinge and Prem Bindraban
Trade and Biodiversity
Carlos Murillo
Translating Lifes Diversity
Jorge Sobern M.
Markets for Biodiversity Services
Michael Jenkins, Sara J. Scherr, and Mira Inbar
Multilateral and Bilateral Assistance Policies and Biodiversity
Mohamed El-Ashry
Forum Participants
Selected Publications
Resource link: Conserving Biodiversity [PDF] - 28K
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