Loss of Biodiversity introduces readers to the important concepts for understanding the environmental challenges and consequences of the declining diversity of life on the planet. Contributions from scientists, and academics in the social sciences and humanities provide readers with an initial "tool kit" for understanding the concepts central to their disciplinary perspective and the multi-dimensional aspects of the loss of biodiversity.

Contributions by: David Anderson, David Backus, Alan Balch, J Whitfield Gibbons, David Haskell, Ben Minteer, Daniel Press