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The book examines how the preservation of biodiversity is fundamentally linked to human well-being through illustration of the importance of biological diversity to the human sociocultural and psychological condition. Nine chapters consider the following: the universal basis for how humans value nature; differences in those values by gender, age, ethnicity, occupation and geographical location; how environment-related activities affect values; variation in values relating to different species; how values vary across cultures; and policy and management implications.