A Wealth Of Wild Species

Storehouse For Human Welfare

Norman Myers (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

288 Seiten

2022
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-367-16820-9 (ISBN)

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This book tells how our welfare is ever more intimately tied up with the welfare of the millions of species that share the One Earth home with us. It presents a synoptic review of the contributions that wild species make, and can make, to our daily lives.

Myers, Norman

Preface -- Prologue -- Wild Species: A Key Factor in Our Daily Lives -- Agriculture -- A Tale of a Few Wild Corn Stalks -- The Genetic Guts of Modern Agriculture -- More Genes for Mealtimes -- New Foods Coming on Line -- Insect Food of the Future -- Medicine -- Plants and Medicine -- Plants as Sources of Anticancer Drugs -- Animals and Medicine -- Marine Life and Medicine -- Industry -- Plants and Industry -- Growing Gasoline -- Some Esoteric Uses of Wildlife -- Genetic Engineering -- The Ultimate Genetic Contribution -- Epilogue -- Dollars and Sense -- Other Titles of Interest from Westview Press

Erscheinungsdatum	03.04.2020
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	146 x 229 mm
Gewicht	340 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	0-367-16820-0 / 0367168200
ISBN-13	978-0-367-16820-9 / 9780367168209
Zustand	Neuware