Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- List of Contributors -- Foreword -- 1 Introduction: Conserving Biological Diversity -- 2 The Loss of Biodiversity: The Sixth Great Extinction -- 3 Biodiversity: Concerns and Values -- 4 Is Conservation Achieving its Ends? -- 5 The End of Conservation on the Cheap, Revisited -- 6 Threat to Biodiversity: The Invasion of Exotic Species -- 7 Economic Perspectives on Preservation of Biodiversity -- 8 Biodiversity: Forests, Property Rights and Economic Value -- 9 Economics, Endangered Species and Biodiversity Loss: The Dismal Science in Practice -- 10 Biodiversity and Ethics: Religion, Science and Economics -- 11 Implications for Democratic Theory: A Normative Analysis -- References -- Index