The Global Conversion Process: The Fundamental Forces Driving the Decline of Biological Diversity

Timothy Swanson

Chapter 4 in The International Regulation of Extinction, 1994, pp 77-115 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Many leading natural scientists are predicting an imminent ‘mass extinction’ of species. Some project losses of 25 to 50 per cent of all life forms over the next one hundred years. This concern has been labelled the problem of ‘biodiversity losses’. Although these scientists indicate that there are a variety of proximate causal factors regarding extinctions (overexploitation, habitat losses, exotic species), there has been little, if any, work on the nature of the root forces currently threatening extinctions.

Keywords: Base Resource; Mass Extinction; Capital Good; Human Species; Extinction Process (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1994
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-12985-0_4

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