World Conservation magazine, January 2008
a magazine of the IUCN
This issue's theme is "A world without biodiversity?" How can we expect to tackle poverty and climate change if we don’t look after the natural wealth of animals, plants, microorganisms and ecosystems that make our planet inhabitable?
Other featured articles include...
Doctor Nature
Cures for AIDS and some cancers could be at our fingertips if we did a better job of looking after biodiversity, says Eric Chivian
Bioprospecting: securing a piece of the pie
The commercial use of biodiversity has become a highly contentious area of policy. Sarah Laird and Rachel Wynberg say the arguments are far from being settle
Keeping it clean
Chief Executive of Air New Zealand Rob Fyfe explains why the company has such a high stake in protecting the environment
Talking diversity
Luisa Maffi explains how cultural, linguistic and biological diversity are interlinked
Food heroes
Local communities have conserved the diversity of agricultural species for thousands of years. Supporting them is key to achieving global food security, says M.S. Swaminathan
NEW publication: A world without biodiversity? in the IUCN magazine, Jan 08
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