Biodiversity Crisis
Part of Curriculum Collections.
The Biodiversity Crisis: Losing What Counts is part of the museum's essay book series, designed to give teachers, students, and general readers insight into complex science topics. Each book includes case studies, profiles, and essays by leading scientists, along with an extensive glossary.
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PROFILE: Penelope Bodry-Sanders
From acting on the Broadway stage to acting on her concerns about habitat destruction in Madagascar, Penelope Bodry-Sanders has had...
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Case Study: The Belize Ethnobotany Reserve Project
Traditional healers are among those hurt by logging and development of the rain forest. In Central America, they've joined forces...
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The Biodiversity Crisis: Losing What Counts
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PROFILE: Amy Vedder
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PROFILE: Dolores R. Santoliquido
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PROFILE: Jaime A. Pinkham
As head of the Department of Fisheries Resource Management for the Nez Perce tribe, Pinkham sees a strong link between the protection...
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PROFILE: Jane Goodall
Goodall's work studying and working to protect chimpanzees is legendary. Yet it is not the only conservation effort in which she...
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PROFILE: Abebe Getahun
This biologist was inspired by the Swedish scientists he encountered as a youth in Ethiopia. Learn how his career studying freshwater...
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PROFILE: Clare Flemming
Bats are the only native mammal on Puerto Rico today, but that was not always the case. Find out what Flemming has learned by rappelling...
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PROFILE: Kevin Browngoehl
Not long ago, leukemia was a fatal disease. Thanks to treatment that includes a potent drug created from a Madagascar plant, today...
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The Biodiversity Crisis: Brown-Eyed, Milk-Giving… and Extinct: Losing Mammals Since A.D. 1500*
Which regions of the world have seen the greatest rates of mammal extinction? Surprisingly, it's not the Amazon rain forest nor Africa's...
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Profile: Michael Balick
Around the world, habitats are being destroyed and people are turning away from ancient traditions. Balick is working to make sure...
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The Biodiversity Crisis: Lake Victoria
In the world's largest tropical lake, Nile perch have nearly destroyed the ecosystem. But don't blame the perch—humans are at fault.
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Restoration of the Elwha River by Dam Removal, Washington
In a single century, the salmon population of Washington State's Elwha River shrunk by more than 99 percent. What caused this dramatic...
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The Biodiversity Crisis: St. Lucia Parrot Recovery
In the 1970s, only 100 St. Lucia parrots were left in the wild. Learn how an international effort more than tripled the population...
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Wilderness Preservation Act, U.S.A.
There are more than 260 distinct ecosystems in the United States. Yet only a little over half of them are in protected wilderness...
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The Green Guerillas, New York City
From a humble start 25 years ago tossing seed-filled water balloons into abandoned city lots, the Green Guerillas have grown into...
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The Biodiversity Crisis: Jaguars
Because they feed on everything from monkeys and pacas to armadillos and alligators, jaguars play a key role in the rainforest ecosystem.
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The Biodiversity Crisis: Reefs in Crisis
Humans have harmlessly harvested coral reefs for thousands of years. So why has our behavior in recent years put reefs at risk?