Sparing Nature: The Conflict between Human Population Growth and Earth's Biodiversity

Table of contents

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• Sparing Nature *
• Title Page *
• Contents *
• Preface ix
• Sparing Nature *
• Chapter 1 - Sparing Nature 1
• Chapter 2 - The Scattered Seeds 18
• Chapter 3 - The Human Wedge 38
• Chapter 4 - Genesis of a Crisis 64
• Chapter 5 - Germs of Existence 86
• Chapter 6 - The Great Restrictive Law 112
• Chapter 7 - Good to the Last Drop 133
• Chapter 8 - Biodiversity in Action 150
• Chapter 9 - Epilogue: the Keystone Species with a Choice 170
• Notes 185
• Index 199

• Sparing Nature *
• Title Page *
• Contents *
• Preface ix
• Sparing Nature *
• Chapter 1 - Sparing Nature 1
• Chapter 2 - The Scattered Seeds 18
• Chapter 3 - The Human Wedge 38
• Chapter 4 - Genesis of a Crisis 64
• Chapter 5 - Germs of Existence 86
• Chapter 6 - The Great Restrictive Law 112
• Chapter 7 - Good to the Last Drop 133
• Chapter 8 - Biodiversity in Action 150
• Chapter 9 - Epilogue: the Keystone Species with a Choice 170
• Notes 185
• Index 199
• About the Author *