Environmental Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
FURTHER READING
Groombridge, B., ed. (1992)
Global Biodiversity: the status of the Earth's living resources
,
London: Chapman & Hall. A detailed study of the current situation regarding threats to species
and to ecosystems of high diversity.
UN Environment Programme (1995)
Global Biodiversity Assessment
, Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press. The official and detailed study coming out of the Rio conference on global
biodiversity. Packed with useful discussion and examples.
Wilson, E. O. (1992)
The Diversity of Life
, London: Penguin. This is perhaps the most scholarly
and up-to-date account of the nature and causes of diversity. Very readable and full of
examples.
