Protecting beyond the protected / Tim O'Riordan -- Biodiversity: threats and challenges / Thomas E. Lovejoy -- Biodiversity and biodepletion: the need for a paradigm shift / Norman Myers -- People, livelihoods and collective action in biodiversity management / Jules Pretty -- Deliberative democracy and participatory biodiversity / Tim O'Riordan and Susanne Stoll-Kleemann -- The politics of biodiversity in Europe / Tim O'Riordan [and others] -- Community-based involvement in biodiversity protection in the United States / Toddi A. Steelman -- An ecoregional approach to biodiversity conservation in Cape Floral Kingdom, South Africa / Amanda Younge -- Wildlife management in Namibia: the conservancy approach / Markus A. Nuding -- Brazil: selling biodiversity with local livelihoods / Ione Egler -- The mixed experience of private sector involvement in biodiversity management in Costa Rica / Michael Sturm -- The uncertain role of biodiversity management in emerging democracies / Martin Welp [and others] -- Enhancing biodiversity and humanity / Susanne Stoll-Kleemann and Tim O'Riordan.