Francesca Grifo (31 results)

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Soft Cover. Condition: vg+. 1st ed. stated. Created with support from Garden Club of America. 10.5"tall; 156 pages; text, photos, & ils are in dark blue ink; b/w drawing on white cover. Sean Murtha, cover il (illustrator). Paperback.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 311pp., xxiv. '1' in number line. Foreword by Edward O. Wilson. Many charts and graphs. Index, pp. 307-311. Glossy medium gray wrappers with black and white photo of earth from space on top half front cover, red box across middle front cover for title lettering in black; editor names and that of Edward O. Wilson in light blue over medium gray across lower front cover. Two creases on the diagonal (3/4" close to corner; 1 3/4" at 1 1/2" on the perpendicular to corner, begins at top edge, but does NOT extend to right edge, stopping short by 1 1/2") upper right front cover, which echo throughout book, annoyingly, but text not seriously affected; some stray creases (1 3/4") on pp. 67-96, occurring within the wide margins and not reaching either page top or fore-edge: without impact signs on book edges, these creases look like they may have been incurred during artifact manufacture, rather than by accident or abuse by previous owner. No previous owner names. Clean text. Book looks new, completely unused, but for creases.…

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Condition: Good. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library, so some stamps and wear, but in good overall condition. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions.…

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,850grams, ISBN:0231108648. …

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Condition: New. United in their belief that the conservation of biological diversity is a primary concern of humankind, the editors of this book bring together internationally known, similarly- minded experts from the scientific, societal, and conservation policy areas who address policy responses to the problem of biodiversity loss. Editor(s): Cracraft, Joel; Grifo, Francesca T. Num Pages: 394 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JPQB; RNF; RNK; TQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 317. . 1999. 1st Edition. Paperback. . . . .…

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Condition: New. United in their belief that the conservation of biological diversity is a primary concern of humankind, the editors of this book bring together internationally known, similarly- minded experts from the scientific, societal, and conservation policy areas who address policy responses to the problem of biodiversity loss. Editor(s): Cracraft, Joel; Grifo, Francesca T. Num Pages: 394 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JPQB; RNF; RNK; TQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 317. . 1999. 1st Edition. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1999 paperback. 25x18cm. xxv+311 pages with index. Flat spine. Clean & tight book. No inscriptions. REAR COVER IS CREASED. Dispatched Royal Mail First Class with tracking next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref HM. The Living Planet in Crisis. Biodiversity Science and Policy by Nigel E. Stork and others. Edited by Joel Cracraft and Francesca Grifo. Foreword by Edward O. Wilson. Published IN 1999 by Columbia University Press, USA. …

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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Included. Contents Foreword. Introduction the living planet in crisis biodiversity science and policy/Joel Cracraft and Francesca T. Grifo. I. Science of diversity and extinction 1. The magnitude of global biodiversity and its decline/Nigel E. Stork. 2. Dimensions of biodiversity targeting megadiverse groups/Norman I. Platnick. 3. The medium is the message freshwater biodiversity in peril/Melanie L.J. Stiassny. 4. Requiem eternam the last five hundred years of mammalian species extinctions/Ross D.E. MacPhee and Clare Flemming i. Perspective soil biodiversity life in soil/Diana H. Wall. ii. Perspective Petruchio's paradox the oyster or the pearl/G. Carleton Ray. II. Consequences of biodiversity loss science and society 5. Regional and global patterns of biodiversity loss and conservation capacity predicting future trends and identifying needs/Joel Cracraft. 6. Biodiversity agricultural productivity and people/John Burnett. 7. The implications of biodiversity loss for human health/Francesca T. Grifo and Eric Chivian. 8. Biodiversity loss and its implications for security and armed conflict/Arthur H. Westing. 9. The economic consequences of biodiversity loss/Dominic Moran and David Pearce i. Perspective biodiversity in agricultural and forestry systems/David Pimentel. III. Biodiversity science and policy formulation 10. Saving biodiversity and saving the biosphere/Noriman Myers. 11. The facts of life (on earth)/Thomas E. Lovejoy. 12. Convention of biological diversity program priorities in the early stage of implementation/Kalemani J. Mulongoy Susan Bragdon and Antonella Ingrassia. IV. What needs to be done 13. Strange bedfellows why science and policy don't mesh and what can be done about it/Jeffrey A. McNeely. 14. Seeing the world as it really is global stability and environmental change/Peter H. Raven and Joel Cracraft i. Perspective scientists public responsibilities/Strachan Donnelley. Contributors. Index. Cracraft and Grifo bring together internationally known experts from the arena of biodiversity science and policy to address integrated responses to the problem of biodiversity loss including current gaps in scientific knowledge how scientific information helps inform conservation priorities how long term often hidden values of conservation are weighed against the more immediate value of land development the need to integrate the social consequences of biodiversity loss when implementing conservation projections and how lack of knowledge about biodiversity can impede conservation efforts and effective policy decisions. United in their belief that conservation of biological diversity is a primary concern of humankind the contributing authors address the full scope of global biodiversity and its decline threatened fresh water ecosystems the extinction of mammals in the modern era biodiversity's relation to global patterns of development and the implications of its loss of human health agricultural productivity and the economy. The Living Planet in Crisis is the result of a 1995 conference of the same name at the American Museum of Natural History's Center for biodiversity and conservation. 311 pp. …

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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 311 pages. 10.00x7.50x0.75 inches. In Stock.

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

03. Condition: Wie neu. 1999. 311 pp., various figs./tabs., softcover United in their belief that conservation of biological diversity is a primary concern of humankind, the contributing authors address the full scope of global biodiversity and its decline - threatened freshwater ecosystems, the extinction of mammals in th Sprache: Deutsch.…