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| Publisher | Uit Cambridge Ltd. |
| ISBN 13 | 9781900322867 |
| Book Description | How much do we really know about the species that make up the natural world In this fascinating book Ken Thompson explains what we do and don't understand about biodiversity. We know that most species remain undiscovered, and that biodiversity is gravely threatened - by overfishing, habitat loss, pollution and climate change. Life on Earth has previously experienced five episodes of mass extinction, and we are now in the middle of a sixth. Do We Need Pandas surveys the Earth's biodiversity, its origins and some of the threats it currently faces. It then asks how biodiversity loss will affect the human race. Will we even notice, and if we do, what will we notice It asks what we should be doing to secure the survival not only of the species with which we share the planet, but of ourselves - and whether we need to be more concerned about ecosystems as a whole than about iconic species. |
| About the Author | Dr. Ken Thompson is Senior Research Fellow and Honorary Senior Lecturer of the Department of Animal and Plant Sciences at the University of Sheffield. He is author of several books, including The Books of Weeds (Dorling Kindersley), An Ear to the Ground: Understanding Your Garden (Eden Project Books), No Nettles Required: The reassuring truth about wildlife gardening (Eden Project Books), and co-author of The Ecology of Seeds (Cambridge University Press). |
| Language | English |
| Author | Thompson |
| Edition Number | 1 |
| Number of Pages | 160 |
Do We Need Pandas?: The Uncomfortable Truth About Biodiversity paperback english
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