The World watch reader on global environmental issues / [electronic resource] magazine staff editor, Lester R. Brown ; managing editor, James P. Gorman ; senior editor, Mark Cheater ; assistant editor, Howard Youth ; editorial committee, Lester R. Brown ... [et al.].

Includes index.

Restoring degraded land / Sandra Postel -- The ocean blues / Nicholas Lenssen -- Mending the earth's shield / Cynthia Pollock Shea -- The heat is on / Christopher Flavin -- You are what you breathe / Hilary F. French -- Eastern Europe's clean break with the past / Hilary F. French -- Emerging water scarcities / Sandra Postel -- Feeding six billion / Lester R. Brown -- Cradles of life / Alan Durning -- Sustainable forestry / John C. Ryan -- The case against reviving nuclear power / Christopher Flavin -- Harvesting the wind / Cynthia Pollock Shea -- Rocky road ahead for the automobile / Michael G. Renner -- Pedaling into the future / Marcia D. Lowe -- China's baby budget / Jodi L. Jacobson -- Abortion in a new light / Jodi L. Jacobson -- Vision of a sustainable world / Lester R. Brown, Christopher Flavin, and Sandra Postel.