The table of contents for the six units of this study guide appear below.
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- 1. Biodiversity
- A visit to the lemurs of Madagascar offers a perfect case study on the importance of biodiversity
- 2. Habitat loss
- Elephants in East Africa, hornbills in Borneo, other birds in Hawaii and lemurs in Madagascar struggle with a tough problem: a human population that robs them of a place to live
- 3. Genetic islands
- Cheetahs and lions in East Africa find themselves in small "gene ponds" created by shrinking habitat
- 4. Poaching
- A look at elephants, which have rebounded since the 1989 ban on ivory, and hyacinth macaws in Brazil
- 5. Human encroachment
- Case study: Why shark attacks on humans have skyrocketed in recent years
- 6. Climate change
- Wildfires in Borneo--a problem for nearly two decades--finally win worldwide attention.