BIODIVERSITY
8/9/2002
Study says habitat conversion to agriculture and other uses costs the planet roughly $250 billion each year.
Source
Andrew Balmford et al., "Economic Reasons for Conserving Wild Nature," Science, 9 August 2002, p. 950.
Links
Convention on Biological Diversity
Biodiversity Conservation Information System (BCIS)
World Conservation Union-IUCN
United Nations Environment Programme: World Conservation Monitoring Centre
Worldwatch Links
State of the World 2001 - Chapter 4: Deciphering Amphibian Declines
State of the World 2003 - Chapter 2: Watching Birds Disappear
State of the World 2003 - Chapter 3: Linking Population, Women, and Biodiversity
State of the World 2004 - Chapter 5 Moving Toward a Less Consumptive Economy
Worldwatch Research Library: Biodiversity
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