WEALTH OF WILD SPECIES by NORMAN MYERS ( 9780367018337 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

WEALTH OF WILD SPECIES

By:

NORMAN MYERS

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ISBN 10:

0367018330

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9780367018337

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TAYLOR & FRANCIS

Pub. date:

20 December, 2019

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288

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Storehouse for Human Welfare. As environmentalists and wildlife enthusiasts argue for preservation of wild species, they sometimes overlook a most compelling fact-the survival of wild species directly benefits humans. Like the Earths most precious minerals, the planetary gene pool is a valuable natural resource that is vulnerable to irreversible harm. Yet, if present trends toward extinction persist, possibly one-third and conceivably one-half the entire spectrum of species may be lost to us within another century. What does this mean? In 1960, a child suffering from leukemia had only one chance in five of

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