The International Regulation of Extinction

by Timothy M. Swanson

During the summer of 1992, the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro was hailed as a watershed moment in the ecology movement. Over 100 nations signed a new international treaty intended to conserve biological diversity. Yet, every day, species--many not even discovered--are driven into extinction and the ecological crisis continues to be a pressing global problem.Stressing the need to build bridges between the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814779921
• ISBN13: 9780814779927
• Release Date: July 1994
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.8" x 8.8"