"This book covers an enormous span of issues and disciplinary perspectives. Especially welcome is the authors' efforts to address the moral and ethical aspects of this important topic."--Walter A. Rosenbaum, University of Florida

Acknowledgments ixIntroduction / Lakshman D. Guruswamy and Jeffrey A. McNeely 1I. Identifying the Problem: An OverviewBiological Extinction: Its Scope and Meaning for Us / Peter H. Raven and Jeffrey A. McNeely 13Biodiversity and Public Policy: The Middle of the Road / Ariel E. Lugo 33II. Scientific ResponsesBiotechnology Can Help Reduce the Loss of Biodiversity / Robert B. Horsch and Robert T. Fraley 49Agricultural Industrialization and the Loss of Biodiversity / Laura L. Jackson 66An Ex Situ "Library of Life" Strategy / Gregory Benford 87III. Economic ResponsesSustainable Development and North-South Trade / Graciela Chichilnisky 101Markets and Biodiversity / Geoffrey M. Heal 118The Commercialization of Indigenous Genetic Resources as Conservation and Development Policy / R. David Simpson, Roger A. Sedjo, and John W. Reid 129IV. Institutional ResponsesScales, Polycentricity, and Incentives: Designing Complexity to Govern Complexity / Elinor Ostrom 149Halting the Loss of Biodiversty: International Institutional Measures / Walter V. Reid 168Rewarding Local Communities for Conserving Biodiversity: The Case of the Honey Bee / Anil K. Gupta 180International Research on Crop Plants: Strategies for Utilizing Biotechnology and Proprietary Products / Gary H. Toenniessen 190The Mayagna Indigenous Community of Nicaragua: Moving from Conflict to a Convergence of Interests / S. James Anaya and S. Todd Crider 202Biodiversity Prospecting Frameworks: The INBio Experience in Costa Rica / Ana M. Sittenfeld and Annie Lovejoy 223V. Moral ResponsesBiological Resources and Endangered Species: History, Values, and Policy / Bryan G. Norton 247On the Uses of Biodiversity / Mark Sagoff 265VI. Legal ImplementationWhat to Do About Biodiversity: The Earth's Biological Riches in Law and Economics / Christopher D. Stone 287Aspects of Intellectual Property in Biotechnology: Some European Legal Perspectives / Yvonne Cripps 316Animals as Inventions: Biotechnology and Intellectual Property Rights / Mark Sagoff 331The Convention of Biological Diversity: A Polemic / Lakshman D. Guruswamy 351Transformative Possibilities: Reinventing the Convention on Biological Diversity / Brent Hendricks 360Conclusion: How to Save the Biodiversity of Planet Earth / Jeffrey A. McNeely and Lakshman D. Guruswamy 376Appendix 393Contributors 415Index 421