Introduction Partha Dasgupta and Peter Raven; Prologue. Extinction: what it means to us Martin Rees; 1. Extinction in deep time: lessons from the past? Neil Shubin; 2. Biodiversity and global change: from creator to victim Timothy Lenton; 3. The state of the world's biodiversity Stuart Pimm and Peter Raven; 4. Extinction threats to life in the ocean and opportunities for their amelioration Jenna Sullivan, Vanessa Constant and Jane Lubchenco; 5. Out of the soil: soil (dark matter biodiversity) and societal 'collapses' from Mesoamerica to the Mesopotamia and beyond Timothy Beach, Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach and Nicholas Dunning; 6. The Green Revolution and crop biodiversity Prabhu Pingali; 7. Population: the current state and future prospects John Bongaarts; 8. Game over? Drivers of biological extinction in Africa Calestous Juma; 9. Why we're in the sixth great extinction and what it means to humanity Partha Dasgupta and Paul Ehrlich; 10. The consequences of biodiversity loss for human well-being Charles Perrings and Ann Kinzig; 11. Terra incognita: in search of the disconnect Mathis Wackernagel; 12. How do we stem biodiversity loss? Gretchen Daily and Stephen Polasky; 13. Can smart villages help to stem biodiversity loss? Brian Heap, John Holmes and Bernie Jones; 14. The new design condition: planetary urbanism + resource scarcity + climate change John Hoal.
Questions why species are becoming extinct, and how we can protect the natural world on which we all depend.
Partha Dasgupta is the Frank Ramsey Emeritus Professor of Economics at the University of Cambridge, Chair of the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, University of Cambridge, and a Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge. He was knighted in 2002 for his services to economics, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society, Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences, and Member of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences. He won the Volvo Environment Prize in 2002, the Blue Planet Prize in 2015 and the Tyler Prize in 2016. Peter Raven is the President Emeritus of Missouri Botanical Garden and the George Engelmann Professor of Botany Emeritus at Washington University, St Louis. He is a Member of the National Academy of Sciences, Foreign Member of the Royal Society, and Member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences. He won the Volvo Environment Prize in 1992, the International Cosmos Prize in 2003, and the National Geographic Society's Hubbard Medal in 2018. Anna McIvor completed her Ph.D. in the Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, and has since worked as a post-doctoral research associate in the Departments of Zoology and Geography at the University of Cambridge.
'Many policy makers, especially those trained in economics, can
describe the management of environmental systems as if we (humans)
are best suited to be in the 'driver's seat', making all the
decisions to assure our wellbeing is the sole consideration. They
should all read the chapters in this volume! Extinction is an
irreversible externality whose full impact is uncertain. By
combining the insights of social and natural scientists, Dasgupta,
Raven, and McIvor have assembled essays that will change this view.
They are accessible, engaging, and important.' V. Kerry Smith,
Emeritus Regents Professor, Arizona State University
'Partha Dasgupta, unexcelled among economists for his contributions
to ecological economics, and Peter Raven, revered for his
leadership in biodiversity science, have combined to assemble a
collection of papers by a virtual who's who of experts on the
subject of biodiversity loss and sustainability. This volume, the
product of an obviously remarkable meeting at the Vatican, will be
a touchstone for all those concerned with our declining
biodiversity, and the implications for the future welfare of
humanity.' Simon A. Levin, James S. McDonnell Distinguished
University Professor in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton
University
'This volume provides an informative reference for policy makers
and practitioners, offering new perspectives on biological
extinction that adopt principles of social justice and
sustainability.' R. A. Delgado, Jr, Choice
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