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The Business of Biodiversity.
by Mark Everard
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- Hardcover
- first
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- ISBN 10
- 1845642082
- ISBN 13
- 9781845642082
- Seller
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Oregon City, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Boston, MA WIT Press, 2009. Hardcover First Edition [2009], unstated. Very Near Fine: shows only the most minute indications of use: just a tick of wear to the lower corner tips and the mildest rubbing to the lamination. The binding is square and secure; the text is clean. This was some sort of pre-publication review copy, as there is a plate affixed to the front pastedown endpaper with prepublication information. Not perfect, but remains very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. viii, 187 pages. Illustrated in black & white. First Edition [2009], unstated. Hardcover: Pictorial Laminate Boards. This highly accessible book introduces biodiversity as a clear and pressing priority for business and provides an up-to-date briefing on biodiversity issues and concerns for business, students and academics, NGOs, government and regulators, and other interested parties. It outlines practical ase studies from around the world to demonstrate principles and consequences provides a guide for practical decision-making in business (and other organizations). Biodiversity used to be an issue of high acknowledged importance, for example following the Convention on Biological Diversity (introduced at the Rio Summit in 1992) and the UK's first Biodiversity Strategy shortly thereafter. Yet, despite subsequent global commitments to reversing the rate of species loss at the WSSD (Johannesburg 2002) later endorsed by the EU (the Gothenburg Target), the key role of business in achieving a sustainable relationship with biodiversity has received little explicit attention over recent years. The writing of this book was initially demand-led, through requests from large businesses requesting advice from the author (in his private consultancy role) on why biodiversity is important and how to tackle it. The capacities of ecosystems to support continuing human wellbeing including economic viability has, over recent years, diminished in the business arena into more simplistic tools such as ISO140001 and similar measures, while economic and social parameters have increased in profile. A renewed, focused exploration of the direct links between business and biodiversity in a changed and fast-changing world, including its implications and recommendations for appropriate actions, sheds new light on the importance of addressing this crucial vector of sustainable development and suggests novel, self-beneficial responses for business.
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- Seller
- Black Cat Hill Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 46219
- Title
- The Business of Biodiversity.
- Author
- Mark Everard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition [2009], unstated.
- ISBN 10
- 1845642082
- ISBN 13
- 9781845642082
- Publisher
- WIT Press,
- Place of Publication
- Boston, MA
- Date Published
- 2009.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Ecology Issues; Ecology, Conservation & Environmental Issues; Biodiversity; Environment: Global Issues;
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