| Population, Agriculture, and Biodiversity: Problems and Prospects Contributor(s): Gustafson, J. Perry (Editor), Raven, Peter H. (Editor), Ehrlich, Paul R. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0826222021 ISBN-13: 9780826222022 Publisher: University of Missouri Press OUR PRICE: $44.55 Product Type: Hardcover Published: May 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Global Warming & Climate Change - Social Science | Agriculture & Food - Political Science | Public Policy - Agriculture & Food Policy |
| Dewey: 338.19 |
| LCCN: 2019034806 |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6.4" W x 9.1" (1.90 lbs) 448 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This timely collection of 15 original essays written by expert scientists the world over addresses the relationships between human population growth, the need to increase food supplies to feed the world population, and the chances for avoiding the extinction of a major proportion of the world's plant and animal species that collectively makes our survival on Earth possible. These relationships are highly intertwined, and changes in each of them steadily decrease humankind's chances to achieve environmental stability on our fragile planet. The world population is projected to be nine to ten billion by 2050, signaling the need to increase world food production by more than 70 percent on the same amount of land currently under production--and this without further damaging our fragile environment. The essays in this collection, written by experts for laypersons, present the problems we face with clarity and assess our prospects for solving them, calling for action but holding out viable solutions. |