Chapter 1 - In the beginning everything was ocean • [1]
Colombia was born under the sea • [2]
The oasis in the Caribbean desert • [4]
The Pacific: An ocean on its own terms • [8]
Chapter 2 - Cambrian Park • [13]
Once upon a time at sea... • [14]
The great Cambrian explosion • [14]
A tour of the Cambrian Park • [15
Chapter 3 - The Last Frontier • [25]
Deep dive • [26]Five percent explored • [27]
How did a coral conquer the world? • [29]
The temptation of the twilight zone • [31]
Open knowledge for the deep sea • [32]
Chapter 4 - Synergies in the rainforest • [35]
The tree kingdom • [36]The synergies become the land • [38]
Chapter 5 - From the mountains to the rivers • [43]
From the top • [44]With the mountains comes change • [47]
There is no life without water • [53]
Chapter 6 - The point of no return • [59]
The race against time • [59]
The sixth great extinction of life • [60]
The arrival of the invaders • [63]
And the weather starts to change • [65]
And deterioration takes the continents • [66]
Do our conservation measures work? • [67]
How will the extinction of species affect us? • [70]
Institutional framework for biodiversity and ecosystem services • [71]
Chapter 7 - Life support • [73]
The essential element • [74]
Water management • [76]
Water disasters • [78]
The plastic era • [80]
The steroid overflow • [81]
The cure is worse than the disease • [82]
Our encounter with water • [84]
Chapter 8 - Microbiota: hidden biodiversity • [91]
Redefining the body • [92]
Probiota • [93]
Our synergies • [96]
What if we don’t function well as an ecosystem? • [98]
And do all living organisms work in the same way? • [99]
Viruses, shapers of life • [102
apter 10 - The biodiversity vs. development dilemma • [119]
Can the biodiversity crisis be humanized? • [120]
Hydroelectric • [123]
Legalization of illicit crops • [124]
Invasive species • [125]
GM seeds • [126]
Vegetarian? • [127]
Does the cultivation of oil palm affect biodiversity? • [128]
Chapter 11 - Why do we depend on biodiversity? • [129]
Towards a new development model • [131]
Immediate opportunities • [136]
One last word for education • [146]
References cited • [149
