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The World's Environments & Conservation

The World's Environments & Conservation


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Table of Contents:
Chapter 1; Facts about the environment 5; Environmental problems in industrial countries 6; Development we can live with 8; Environmental problems in the developing world 8; Chapter 2; Revolutions in conservation 11; Changing views about wildlife 12; In the beginning 14; Farming revolutions 14; A slow and gradual change 14; Immigrant farmers carve a place in the wilderness 16; The fate of forests 18; Governments and wilderness 18; The first steps to conservation 20; Pressure on the forests 20; Becoming aware of the environment 22; From managing to preserving 24; Modern pressures on the wilderness 24; Chapter 3; Learning how to manage the environment 27; The pace of change 28; How plants adapt to the climate 28; Understanding the balance of nature 30; Nature versus farmer 30; Plants, soil and the environment 30; How a natural region works 32; How a natural region is used fully 32; Natural checks and balances 34; Disrupting the balance of nature 34; How nature copes with disasters 36; Chapter 4; How to conserve the environment 39; Fragile environments 39; Mountain environments 40; Overgrazing tundra 42; Tundra 42; Forests, logging and acid rain 44; Coniferous forests 44; The vanishing broadleaf forests 46; Temperate broadleaf forests 46; Grasslands under the plough 48; Steppes, the temperate grasslands 48; Deserts 50; Savanna, the near-tropical grasslands 50; Desert environments 52; Saving the tropical rainforests 54; Tropical rainforests 54; Draining the wetlands 56; Wetland environments 56; Ecotourism to preserve the environment 58; Coral reefs in crisis 58; Benefiting from tourist pressure 60; Success can bring problems 62; Making ecotourism work 62; Glossary 63; Further reading 63; Index 64


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781869860783
  • Publisher: Atlantic Europe Publishing Co Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Atlantic Europe Publishing Co Ltd
  • Height: 286 mm
  • Series Title: 10 World Geography S.
  • ISBN-10: 1869860780
  • Publisher Date: 01 Jun 1995
  • Binding: Hardback
  • No of Pages: 64
  • Width: 230 mm


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