caa a22 4500 386307938 CHVBK 20180307111535.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e198810 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S003060530002233X doi S003060530002233X pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S003060530002233X Myers Norman Upper Meadow, Old Road, Headington, Oxford OX3 8SZ, UK Mass extinction—profound problem, splendid opportunity [Elektronische Daten] [Norman Myers] A major extinction spasm is under way, threatening to eliminate millions of species. Fortunately we still have time—although only just—to slow and stem the tide of extinctions that is washing over earth's biotas. We cannot stop the mass extinction altogether; the processes of broad-scale habitat depletion have generated too much momentum to be halted overnight. But there is still much we can do to contain the scale of extinctions. In short, the prospect of a broad-scope depletion of earth's biodiversity is all too real: a profound problem. All too real also is the scope for an expansive effort to limit the phenomenon, and to save species in their millions: a splendid opportunity. Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1988 Oryx Cambridge University Press 22/4(1988-10), 205-210 0030-6053 22:4<205 1988 22 ORX https://doi.org/10.1017/S003060530002233X text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S003060530002233X text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Myers Norman Upper Meadow, Old Road, Headington, Oxford OX3 8SZ, UK NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Oryx Cambridge University Press 22/4(1988-10), 205-210 0030-6053 22:4<205 1988 22 ORX CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge