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Save the earth / [electronic resource] [edited by] Jonathon Porritt ; foreword, HRH the Prince of Wales ; introduction, Robert Redford.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Atlanta, Ga. : Turner Pub. ; Kansas City, Mo. : Distributed by Andrews & McMeel, c1991.Edition: 1st American edDescription: 208 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cmISBN:
  • 1878685058 :
  • 9781878685056
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 363.7 20
LOC classification:
  • GF26 .S28 1991
  • S944 P67 1991
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction / Robert Redford -- 1. Awakening: Taking stock : is this the last chance?/ Jonathon Porritt ; A new international order : one world and beyond / Jonathon Porritt -- 2. Earth: Rainforest : the disappearing forests / Norman Myers ; Grasslands : defending the open range / David Hall and Jonathan Scurlock ; Croplands : blowing in the wind / Lester Brown ; Biodiversity : the richness of life : The importance of diversity / Peter Raven ; A wealth of species / Ghillean Prance ; Mountains : losing the high ground / David Pitt and Denis Landenbergue -- 3. Air: Global warming : climate at risk / Stephen Schneider ; Air pollution : living dangerously / Michael Walsh --
4. Fire: Population : crunching numbers / Jonathon Porritt ; Towns and cities : empowering people / Jorge Hardoy and David Satterthwaite ; Rural resources : relearning civilization / Anil Agarwal ; Tribal peoples : honoring wisdom / Robin Hanbury-Tenison -- 5. Water: Oceans and seas : failing fisheries / John Beddington ; Shorelines and estuaries : turning the tide / Robert Earll ; Rivers and lakes : damming the flow / Philip Williams ; Wetlands : draining the world dry / David Bellamy -- 6. Healing: Accepting responsibility : ecology begins at home / Jonathon Porritt ; The way forward : celebrating the earth / Jonathon Porritt.
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"A Dorling Kindersley book"--T.p. verso.

"First published in Great Britain in 1991 by Dorling Kindersley Limited ... London"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 202) and index.

Introduction / Robert Redford -- 1. Awakening: Taking stock : is this the last chance?/ Jonathon Porritt ; A new international order : one world and beyond / Jonathon Porritt -- 2. Earth: Rainforest : the disappearing forests / Norman Myers ; Grasslands : defending the open range / David Hall and Jonathan Scurlock ; Croplands : blowing in the wind / Lester Brown ; Biodiversity : the richness of life : The importance of diversity / Peter Raven ; A wealth of species / Ghillean Prance ; Mountains : losing the high ground / David Pitt and Denis Landenbergue -- 3. Air: Global warming : climate at risk / Stephen Schneider ; Air pollution : living dangerously / Michael Walsh --

4. Fire: Population : crunching numbers / Jonathon Porritt ; Towns and cities : empowering people / Jorge Hardoy and David Satterthwaite ; Rural resources : relearning civilization / Anil Agarwal ; Tribal peoples : honoring wisdom / Robin Hanbury-Tenison -- 5. Water: Oceans and seas : failing fisheries / John Beddington ; Shorelines and estuaries : turning the tide / Robert Earll ; Rivers and lakes : damming the flow / Philip Williams ; Wetlands : draining the world dry / David Bellamy -- 6. Healing: Accepting responsibility : ecology begins at home / Jonathon Porritt ; The way forward : celebrating the earth / Jonathon Porritt.

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