Nature on the Edge: Lessons for the Biosphere from the California Coast botany The national media regularly features

The national media regularly features dire stories on honeybee colony collapse and its danger to our food supply

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Nature on the Edge: Lessons for the Biosphere from the California Coast botany The national media regularly featuresIn Nature on the Edge, ecologist Bruce Byers offers readers new perspectives on two iconic California coastal regions, San Francisco Bay and the Golden Gate and the Santa Barbara Channel Islands. While many peoplein California and elsewhereare familiar with these two areas, they may not know that they are part of a network of international biosphere reserves organized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).