Life out of bounds : bioinvasion in a borderless world

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Label

Life out of bounds : bioinvasion in a borderless world

Title remainder

bioinvasion in a borderless world

Statement of responsibility

Chris Bright

Creator

• Bright, Chris

Subject

• Animal introduction
• Biological diversity conservation
• Biological invasions
• Biological invasions
• Invasion (Biologie)
• Invasion (Biologie)
• Invasions biologiques
• Nonindigenous pests -- Control
• Plant introduction
• Umweltschaden
• Umweltschaden
• Alien plants -- Control

Language

eng

Summary

"Bioinvasion - the spread of alien, "exotic" organisms - is gnawing away at ecosystems all over the world, largely unnoticed and unopposed. The continuing increase in travel and trade around the globe is fostering the spread of more and more invaders of almost every conceivable description, from highly flammable weeds to human pathogens and forest diseases." "Chris Bright tracks the extent and explains the dangers of bioinvasion - an environmental threat that may now be surpassed only by habitat loss in its potential to irreparably damage our planet. Bright explores the counterintuitive mechanisms of invasion, in which the addition of a non-native species to an area tends to reduce that area's biodiversity. He shows that bioinvasions are not only destroying ecosystems, but also endangering public health, disrupting the cultures of traditional forest and fishing peoples, and costing our economies billions of dollars a year." "The current rates of invasion, Bright argues, are no more sustainable over the long term than are current rates of deforestation or greenhouse gas emissions. Yet according to Bright, we already have the knowledge and tools necessary to resist or roll back bioinvasions. He outlines a counter-invasion strategy that stretches from international legal reform to on-the-ground control techniques. And, recognizing that the principal challenge may not be so much technical as cultural, he calls for a higher degree of ecological literacy - an appreciation of the value of native plants and animals, and an ability to "read" landscapes well enough to see the invaders within them."--Jacket

Member of

• Worldwatch environmental alert series

Cataloging source

IHS

Dewey number

577/.18

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

QH353

LC item number

.B75 1998

Literary form

non fiction

NAL call number

QH353.B75

NAL item number

1998

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Worldwatch environmental alert series