From the oceans to continental heartlands, human activities have altered the physical characteristics of Earth's surface. With Earth's population projected to p

"The book before you...carries the urgent warning that we are rapidly altering and destroying the environments that have fostered the diversity of life forms fo

The rate of extinction of biological species is greater today than at any time in the last 65 million years. Some predict that if this rate continues, two-third

CONSERVATION BIOGEOGRAPHY The Earth’s ecosystems are in the midst of an unprecedented period of change as a result of human action. Many habitats have been co

The present book has been designed to bind prime knowledge of climate change-induced impacts on various aspects of our environment and its biological diversity.