The Biosphere

• Tác giả: Natarajan Ishwaran
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN-13: 978-9535152392
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 338.761368320097419 Business enterprises
• Thông tin xuất bản: Croatia : IntechOpen, 2012
• Mô tả vật lý: 1 electronic resource (316 p.)
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 205826
• Chủ đề: 1. Geological surface processes (geomorphology)

Tóm tắt

In this book entitled "The Biosphere", researchers from all regions of the world report on their findings to explore the origins, evolution, ecosystems and resource utilization patterns of the biosphere. Some describe the complexities and challenges that humanity faces in its efforts to experiment and establish a new partnership with nature in places designated as biosphere reserves by UNESCO under its Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme. At the dawn of the 21st century humanity is ever more aware and conscious of the adverse consequences that it has brought upon global climate change and biodiversity loss. We are at a critical moment of reflection and action to work out a new compact with the biosphere that sustains our own wellbeing and that of our planetary companions. This book is a modest attempt to enrich and enable that special moment and its march ahead in human history.