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The Demise Of Diversity
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Author : Josef Reichholf
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
The Demise Of Diversity written by Josef Reichholf and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Biodiversity conservation categories.
The Earth has a fantastic diversity of species, a diversity that is being reduced and destroyed.
The Demise Of Diversity
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Author : Charles Robert Pace
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1974
The Demise Of Diversity written by Charles Robert Pace and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1974 with categories.
The Demise Of Diversity
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Author : Josef Reichholf
language : en
Publisher: Haus Publishing
Release Date : 2009-11-01
The Demise Of Diversity written by Josef Reichholf and has been published by Haus Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-11-01 with Science categories.
Maintaining the natural diversity of the countless species on Earth is of fundamental importance for the continued existence of life on this planet. Nevertheless, ecosystems are being destroyed, as the cultivation of land for agriculture, industry and housing is intensified and oceans continue to be exploited. The Demise of Diversity: Loss and Extinction deals with biodiversity on this planet and the vital importance of sustaining it—nothing less than the future of life on Earth.
The Demise Of Diversity
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Author : Charles Robert Pace
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1974
The Demise Of Diversity written by Charles Robert Pace and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1974 with Education, Higher categories.
The End Of Diversity As We Know It
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Author : Martin N. Davidson
language : en
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Release Date : 2011-11-17
The End Of Diversity As We Know It written by Martin N. Davidson and has been published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-17 with Business & Economics categories.
“In plain English, Martin Davidson explains how diversity can make a company more efficient and innovative, which leads to greater profits.” —Reginald Hudlin, producer/director and former President, Black Entertainment Television, Inc. A conversation with a CFO he worked with led Martin Davidson to explore the flaws in how companies typically manage diversity. They don’t integrate diversity into their overall business strategy. They focus on differences that have little impact on their business. And often their diversity efforts end up hindering the professional development of the very people they were designed to help. Davidson explains how what he calls Leveraging DifferenceTM turns persistent diversity problems into solutions that drive business results. Difference becomes a powerful source of sustainable competitive advantage instead of a distracting mandate handed down from HR. To begin with, leaders must identify the differences most important to achieving organizational goals, even if the differences aren’t the obvious ones. The second challenge is to help employees work together to understand the ways these differences matter to the business. Finally, leaders need to experiment with how to use these relevant differences to get things done. Davidson provides compelling examples of how organizations have tackled each of these challenges. Ultimately this is a book about leadership. As with any other strategic imperative, leaders need to take an active role—drive rather than just delegate. Successfully leveraging difference can be what distinguishes an ordinary organization from an extraordinary one. “This extensively researched book moves the diversity paradigm from the human resource cubicle to the whole organization, the tactical to the strategic, the short term to the sustainable, and the domestic to the global.” —Dr. Austin Ifedirah, Founder & Managing Partner, Engagent Health
The Diversity Of Life
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Author : Edward O. Wilson
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 1992
The Diversity Of Life written by Edward O. Wilson and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Nature categories.
View a collection of videos on Professor Wilson entitled "On the Relation of Science and the Humanities" "In the Amazon Basin the greatest violence sometimes begins as a flicker of light beyond the horizon. There in the perfect bowl of the night sky, untouched by light from any human source, a thunderstorm sends its premonitory signal and begins a slow journey to the observer, who thinks: the world is about to change." Watching from the edge of the Brazilian rain forest, witness to the sort of violence nature visits upon its creatures, Edward O. Wilson reflects on the crucible of evolution, and so begins his remarkable account of how the living world became diverse and how humans are destroying that diversity. Wilson, internationally regarded as the dean of biodiversity studies, conducts us on a tour through time, traces the processes that create new species in bursts of adaptive radiation, and points out the cataclysmic events that have disrupted evolution and diminished global diversity over the past 600 million years. The five enormous natural blows to the planet (such as meteorite strikes and climatic changes) required 10 to 100 million years of evolutionary repair. The sixth great spasm of extinction on earth--caused this time entirely by humans--may be the one that breaks the crucible of life. Wilson identifies this crisis in countless ecosystems around the globe: coral reefs, grasslands, rain forests, and other natural habitats. Drawing on a variety of examples such as the decline of bird populations in the United States, the extinction of many species of freshwater fish in Africa and Asia, and the rapid disappearance of flora and fauna as the rain forests are cut down, he poignantly describes the death throes of the living world's diversity--projected to decline as much as 20 percent by the year 2020. All evidence marshaled here resonates through Wilson's tightly reasoned call for a spirit of stewardship over the world's biological wealth. He makes a plea for specific actions that will enhance rather than diminish not just diversity but the quality of life on earth. Cutting through the tangle of environmental issues that often obscure the real concern, Wilson maintains that the era of confrontation between forces for the preservation of nature and those for economic development is over; he convincingly drives home the point that both aims can, and must, be integrated. Unparalleled in its range and depth, Wilson's masterwork is essential reading for those who care about preserving the world biological variety and ensuring our planet's health.
The Demise Of Diversity
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Author : Charles Robert Pace
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1974
The Demise Of Diversity written by Charles Robert Pace and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1974 with Universities and colleges categories.
Catastrophic Thinking
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Author : David Sepkoski
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2023-12-06
Catastrophic Thinking written by David Sepkoski and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-12-06 with History categories.
A history of scientific ideas about extinction that explains why we learned to value diversity as a precious resource at the same time as we learned to “think catastrophically” about extinction. We live in an age in which we are repeatedly reminded—by scientists, by the media, by popular culture—of the looming threat of mass extinction. We’re told that human activity is currently producing a sixth mass extinction, perhaps of even greater magnitude than the five previous geological catastrophes that drastically altered life on Earth. Indeed, there is a very real concern that the human species may itself be poised to go the way of the dinosaurs, victims of the most recent mass extinction some 65 million years ago. How we interpret the causes and consequences of extinction and their ensuing moral imperatives is deeply embedded in the cultural values of any given historical moment. And, as David Sepkoski reveals, the history of scientific ideas about extinction over the past two hundred years—as both a past and a current process—is implicated in major changes in the way Western society has approached biological and cultural diversity. It seems self-evident to most of us that diverse ecosystems and societies are intrinsically valuable, but the current fascination with diversity is a relatively recent phenomenon. In fact, the way we value diversity depends crucially on our sense that it is precarious—that it is something actively threatened, and that its loss could have profound consequences. In Catastrophic Thinking, Sepkoski uncovers how and why we learned to value diversity as a precious resource at the same time as we learned to think catastrophically about extinction.
The End Of Diversity In Art Historical Writing
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Author : James Elkins
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2020-12-07
The End Of Diversity In Art Historical Writing written by James Elkins and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-12-07 with Art categories.
The End of Diversity in Art Historical Writing is the most globally informed book on world art history, drawing on research in 76 countries. In addition some chapters have been crowd sourced: posted on the internet for comments, which have been incorporated into the text. It covers the principal accounts of Eurocentrism, center and margins, circulations and atlases of art, decolonial theory, incommensurate cultures, the origins and dissemination of the "October" model, problems of access to resources, models of multiple modernisms, and the emergence of English as the de facto lingua franca of art writing.
The End Of Diversity As We Know It
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Author : Martin N. Davidson
language : en
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Release Date : 2011-11-17
The End Of Diversity As We Know It written by Martin N. Davidson and has been published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-17 with Business & Economics categories.
Davidson makes the bold claim that millions--maybe billions--of dollars in diversity training are being wasted. He has found a better way: Stop forcing diversity on people as a goal in and of itself, and instead use it strategically, creating business improvement strategies that draw on employees' different strengths.