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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464544603321

Autore

Swaminathan Monkombu Sambasivan

Titolo

In search of biohappiness [[electronic resource] ] : biodiversity and food, health and livelihood security / / M.S. Swaminathan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore ; ; Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2011

ISBN

1-283-23483-1

9786613234834

981-4329-33-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (185 p.)

Disciplina

333.9516

Soggetti

Biodiversity conservation

Biodiversity

Food security

Food supply

Sustainable agriculture

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

section 1. Conservation, cultivation, consumption and commerce : pathways to biohappiness -- section 2. Science and sustainable food security -- section 3. Food security in an era of climate change and civil strife.

Sommario/riassunto

This book describes how an era of biohappiness, based on the conservation and sustainable and equitable use of biodiversity, can be launched. It deals with all aspects of conservation such as in situ, ex situ and community conservation, and also covers co