A Wealth Of Wild Species: Storehouse For Human Welfare

by Norman Myers

Overview

This book tells how our welfare is ever more intimately tied up with the welfare of the millions of species that share the One Earth home with us. It presents a synoptic review of the contributions that wild species make, and can make, to our daily lives.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780429724336
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/20/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	288
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Myers, Norman

Table of Contents

Preface -- Prologue -- Wild Species: A Key Factor in Our Daily Lives -- Agriculture -- A Tale of a Few Wild Corn Stalks -- The Genetic Guts of Modern Agriculture -- More Genes for Mealtimes -- New Foods Coming on Line -- Insect Food of the Future -- Medicine -- Plants and Medicine -- Plants as Sources of Anticancer Drugs -- Animals and Medicine -- Marine Life and Medicine -- Industry -- Plants and Industry -- Growing Gasoline -- Some Esoteric Uses of Wildlife -- Genetic Engineering -- The Ultimate Genetic Contribution -- Epilogue -- Dollars and Sense -- Other Titles of Interest from Westview Press