Sparing Nature: The Conflict Between Human Population Growth and Earth's Biodiversity

by Jeffrey K. McKee

Book Overview

Are humans too good at adapting to the earth's natural environment? Every day, there is a net gain of more than 200,000 people on the planet--that's 146 a minute. Has our explosive population growth led to the mass extinction of countless species in the earth's plant and animal communities?

Jeffrey K. McKee contends yes. The more people there are, the more we push aside wild plants and animals. In Sparing Nature, he explores...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813535581
• ISBN13: 9780813535586
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"