Widening perspectives on biodiversity / A.F. Krattiger e.a.

Widening perspectives on biodiversity / Anatole F. Krattiger e.a. Gland, IUCN - The World Conservation Union and The International Academy of the Environment, 1994; 489 bladzijden. ISBN 2831702003. With a foreword by Angela Cropper, Executive Secretary, Interim Secretariat for the Convention on Biological Diversity. A joint publication of IUCN and the International Academy of the Environment, this title is based on contributions to the Global Biodiversity Forum organised by the IUCN, WRI, and UNEP in October 1993. It contains over 50 original papers, and the tekst of the convention itself. Explored are questions related to the Convention, specifically, conservation and the use of genetic resources, and North-South controversies and opportunities.