In Our Own Hands

A Strategy For Conserving California's Biological Diversity

"Biodiversity" - as debate over environmental policy grows  more heated, in California and throughout the nation, the term has become a buzzword. But what does biodiversity really mean? What really threatens it? Why we should care? Avoiding polemics and anecdotes, In Our Own Hands offers a readable, scientifically sound view of California's biological diversity and what must be done to preserve it.