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- Title
Large-Scale Species Introductions to Preserve Global Biodiversity: Noah's Ark Revisited.
- Authors
Lev-Yadun, Simcha
- Abstract
The article discusses the worldwide loss of ecological biodiversity to mass extinctions, the associated environmental and human health impacts, and a proposal for intervention. The author describes the proposed approach of introducing species at risk of natural-habitat loss to ecosystems that have experienced damage and loss due to extinction of species. He calls it a Noah's Ark approach.
- Subjects
BIODIVERSITY conservation; BIOLOGICAL extinction; ECOSYSTEM management; NOAH'S ark; CRISIS management; ENVIRONMENTAL protection planning
- Publication
AMBIO - A Journal of the Human Environment, 2009, Vol 38, Issue 3, p174
- ISSN
0044-7447
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1579/0044-7447-38.3.174