1. Section 1: Introduction. The dependence of world economics onecosystems1.1 Biodiversity, an IntroductionBy Chrysostomos Meli, United Kingdom1.2 Global biodiversity challenges todayBy Bianca Madison-Vuleta1.3 An Understanding of Molecular BiodiversityBy Pauline Obl, Imperial College London1.4 A Global Movement for ChangeBy Miriam Kennet1.5 Marine BiodiversityBy Wiebina Heesterman, PhD1.6 Urban biodiversity in SingaporeBy Robin Ngiam1.7 Learning to Re-Value NatureBy Kristof and Stacia Nordin1.8 Bees on a Green LandscapeBy Mark and Kym Prichard1.9 Sustainable Economics in History: A Model for a Green FutureBy Dr. Hans-Guenter Wagner2 Section 2: The importance of Biodiversity for use in human health andmedicine2.1 The value of Biodiversity. Extinction of Plants with Medicinal UsesBy Anna Fry, University of Oxford2.2 Biodiversity for MedicineBy Dr Zoja Milovanovic, Barts and the London School of Medicine3 Section 3: Soil and Biodiversity 1153.1 Soil Quality and Soil BiodiversityBy Chrysostomos Meli, University of Manchester3.2 Remediation Methods for Soil Quality and BiodiversityBy Anna Wainer, Imperial College London3.3 Soil Biodiversity and Quality: What are Their Links? and Should We Care?By Musa Sibanda, University of Northampton3.4 A focus on the threats to soil qualityBy Sarah Morris, Imperial College London4 Section 4 : The tension between humans and biodiversity- Humans- Arethey Stewards, participants or destroyers?4.1 Anthropogenic threats to biodiversity: AmphibiansBy Watrobska, Cecylia M4.2 Human- animal conflicts - Wild Tiger Conservation Case StudyBy Anna Wainer, Imperial College London4.3 Green Economics Working for Elephants and People in the Sahel of MaliBy Dr. Susan Canney4Biodiversity: The Variety of Life Under Threat5 Section 5: Ethics of Biodiversity 1595.1 Ethics - the pre-moral problem in Environmental EthicsBy W. Thomas Duncanson5.2 The Idea of ResponsibilityBy Laszlo Zsolnai5.3 Buddhism and Ecological ValuesBy Laszlo Zsolnai, Budapest University of Economic Sciences and ESC RennesBusiness School5.4 Questioning Environmental SustainabilityBy Professor Michael Benfield PhD5.5 Ethics of Land Grabbing - Are Governments Justified to Acquiesce IndigenousLands?By Jane Marlen von Rabenau, Student and Head of LSE Student Union TerraSociety, Protecting Indigenous Land Rights.6 Section 6: The Ecosystem Services Debate: Biodiversity Debate aboutMonetary Values, Intrinsic Values Perspectives and propositions6.1 Biodiversity and Ecosystem ServicesBy Ethan Staats, Virginia Commonwealth University6.2 The Use of Ecosystem Services in Policy - A Mexican case study. Mexico's paymentsfor ecosystem services programme: in the wrong place at the right timeBy Andrea Alatorre-Troncoso , Andrew T. Knight, Imperial College ConservationScience, Silwood Park Campus, Ascot, UK7 Section 7 : Technological progress debates 2307.1 Biodiversity Controversy: GM foodBy Thomas Hopkins, University of Birmingham7.2 Let's Talk about Genetically Modified FoodBy Bianca Madison-Vuleta7.3 Global Food Security - Analysis And SolutionsBy Bianca Madison-Vuleta7.4 The True Cost of Factory Pig FarmingBy Tracy, Marchioness of Worcester8 Section 8: Case study Madagascar8.1 Biodiversity hotspots - MadagascarBy Ralph Wainer, University of Durham & University of Hong Kong