*Edited by Oscar Grillo and Gianfranco Venora*

Biological Diversity and Sustainable Resources Use is a very interesting volume, including attractive overviews and original case studies mainly focused on socio-economical effects of the right management of the ecosystems biodiversity, as well as on the useful integration between human activities and environmental responses. Ecological, medical and historical aspects of the sustainable development are also discussed in this book which consists of articles written by international experts, offering the reader a clear and extensive view of the present condition in which our planet is.

ISBN 978-953-307-706-2

Biological Diversity and Sustainable Resources Use

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## Biological Diversity and Sustainable Resources Use

*Edited by Oscar Grillo and Gianfranco Venora*

**BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY** 

Edited by **Oscar Grillo** and **Gianfranco Venora**

**AND SUSTAINABLE** 

**RESOURCES USE** 

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## **BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY AND SUSTAINABLE RESOURCES USE**

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Edited by **Oscar Grillo** and **Gianfranco Venora**

http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/1834 Edited by Oscar Grillo and Gianfranco Venora

#### **Contributors**

Andre Johannes Pelser, Nola Redelinghuys, Nontombi Velelo, Maria G.L. Brandão, Cristiane Grael, Christopher William Fagg, Giselle Zenker Justo, Carmen Ferreira, Ana Carolina Souza, Hugo Rocha, Matheus Freitas Fernandes-Pedrosa, Angelo De Fatima, Joseph Hitimana, James Legilisho Ole Kiyiapi, Humphrey Kisioh, Fiesta Warinwa, Rose Mayienda, Daudi Sumba, Philip Lenaiyasa, Pauline Wambui Kibugi, Ingrid Schuler, Luis Antonio Orozco, Elizabeth Hodson, Cecilia Peluola

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