IUCN

This international prizewinner distills the research of hundreds of scientists in this brilliant overview of the interconnectedness of life on Earth. Through breathtaking illustrations and lively narration, readers learn that every organism plays a role essential to the planet and, in surprising ways, to human economies and health. How can we protect these living things and hence our world? The authors weigh the ideas of science and world governments.

Economic forces underlie and explain much biodiversity degradation and loss, and economic instruments provide a useful set of tools for strengthening biodiversity conservation, sustainable use and equitable benefit sharing. If National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans are to be effective they must be justifiable in economic terms. This document reports on a project reviewing the use of economic measures in NBSAPs.

The title of this trilingual (Polish, English and German) publication refers to the theme of an international conference held in Poland in March 2002. Organic farming was presented at the conference as the most sustainable form of active environment conservation and an important element of rural development. Included in the document is a collection of papers presented at the conference with the final paper being the "Warsaw Declaration".