按照联合国的声明,2010年是“国际生物多样性年”,热带生物及保护协会(ATBC)在2010年第九期热带生物(Biotropica)杂志上发表的文章包含一个特殊的关于生物多样性的章节。
这部分包含着由Jaboury Ghazoul组合的16条评论,他是苏黎世ETH的生物学家,同时还是热带生物(Biotropica)杂志的总编辑。这些评论包含着同生物多样性相关的广泛的问题,具体包括:
- Between a Pristine Myth and an Impoverished Future Charles R. Clement and André B. Junqueira
- Evaluating Tropical Biodiversity: Do We Need a More Refined Approach? Anne E. Magurran and Helder Queiroz
- Hope for Tropical Biodiversity through True Bioliteracy Daniel H. Janzen
- Biodiversity Mapping: The ‘John Gould’ Component of Tropical Biology John T. Longino
- Rain Forest Conservation in a Tribal World: Why Forest Dwellers Prefer Loggers to Conservationists Vojtech Novotny
- Saving Slash-and-Burn to Save Biodiversity Christine Padoch and Miguel Pinedo-Vasquez
- Tropical Biodiversity in Human-Modified Landscapes: What is our Trump Card? Marcelo Tabarelli
- Global Mapping of Ecosystem Disservices: The Unspoken Reality that Nature Sometimes Kills us Robert R. Dunn
- Significance of Biodiversity to Health Christopher N. Herndon and Rhett A. Butler
- Will Tropical Biodiversity Survive our Approach to Global Change? Hans Ter Steege
- Is There Enough Science for Conservation Action? Ramanan U. Shaanker and Kotiganahalli N. Ganeshaiah
- Purity and Prejudice: Deluding Ourselves About Biodiversity Conservation Douglas Sheil and Erik Meijaard
- Conservation in Low-Governance Environments Douglas W. Yu, Taal Levi and Glenn H. Shepard
- A Government’s Perspective on Safeguarding Biodiversity: The Seychelles Experience Didier Dogley
- Let’s Not Forget the Biodiversity of the Cities Ariel E. Lugo
- Diamonds or Dragonflies? A Question of Reshaping Societal Values Jaboury Ghazoul
更多的免费评论可通过Biotropica的网站访问。
为了支持该期杂志,ATBC专门建立了一个包含作者传记的页面。
热带生物和保护协会是世界上最大的专心于研究和慎虑使用热带生态系统的科学研究组织。