Visualizing Environmental Science

Contents xxxi

15

Biodiversity

and Conservation 

Species Richness and Biological Diversity 

Endangered and Extinct Species 

■ %.6)2/$)3#/6%29

Is Your Coffee Bird Friendly® 

■ WHAT A SCIENTIST SEES:

7HERE)S$ECLINING"IOLOGICAL

$IVERSITYTHE-OST3ERIOUS 

Conservation Biology 

Conservation Policies and Laws 390

■ #!3%345$9:

The Challenges of Protecting

Rare Species 393

16

Solid and

Hazardous Waste 

Solid Waste 

■ WHAT A SCIENTIST SEES:

3ANITARY,ANDlLLS 

■ %.6)2/$)3#/6%29

4HE53n#HINA2ECYCLING#ONNECTION 

Reducing Solid Waste 

Hazardous Waste 

■ %.6)2/$)3#/6%29:

(ANDLING.ANOTECHNOLOGY3AFELY 

Managing Hazardous Waste 

■ #!3%345$9:

(IGH

4ECH7ASTE 

© Greg Smith/© Corbis

Joel Sartore/NG Image Collection