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245 0 0 _aGlobal resources :
_h[electronic resource]
_bopposing viewpoints /
_cMatthew Polesetsky, book editor.
260 _aSan Diego, CA :
_bGreenhaven Press,
_cc1991.
300 _a288 p. :
_bill. ;
_c23 cm.
490 1 _aOpposing viewpoints series
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 280-281) and index.
520 _aSets out differing views on the nature and extent of depletion of the Earth's resources and whether development has caused environmental and population crises.
505 0 _aGlobal resource scarcity is a serious problem / Lester R. Brown -- Global resource scarcity is not a serious problem / Julian L. Simon -- Using advanced technology destroys global resources / Lester W. Milbrath -- Using advanced technology conserves global resources / Philip C. Cruver -- World Bank policies cause global resource scarcity / Rainforest Action Network -- World Bank policies help conserve global resources / David R. Malpass -- The greenhouse effect is real / Irving Mintzer & James Hansen -- The greenhouse effect is exaggerated / Warren T. Brookes -- The greenhouse effect will be benign / Sherwood Idso -- The greenhouse effect will result in disaster / Andrew C. Revkin -- The greenhouse effect requires immediate action / Michael Oppenheimer & Robert H. Boyle -- Immediate action on the greenhouse effect is unwarranted / Jane S. Shaw & Richard L. Stroup -- Population growth threatens global resources / Paul R. Ehrlich & Anne H. Ehrlich -- Population growth does not threaten global resources / Karl Zinsmeister -- Family planning programs are needed to protect global resources / Zero Population Growth -- Family planning programs alone are ineffective / Frances Moore Lappé and Rachel Schurman -- International population control programs are necessary / Don Hinrichsen -- International population control programs are harmful / Betsy Hartmann -- Changing farmers' lifestyles can save rain forests / New Forests Project -- Eliminating government support for deforestation can save rain forests / Gregory F. Rehmke -- Indigenous people can save rain forests / Santos Adam Afsua -- Harvesting rain forests' native plants can stop deforestation / Charles M. Peters -- Selective logging can save rain forests / Scott Lewis -- Tourism can save rain forests / Edward Warner -- Alternative agriculture will achieve sustainability / National Research Council -- Alternative agriculture will not achieve sustainability / Pierre Crosson & Janet Ekey Ostrov -- Biotechnology can promote sustainable agriculture / Howard A. Schneiderman & Will D. Carpenter -- Biotechnology can harm sustainable agriculture / Miriam Reidy -- Vegetarianism promotes sustainable agriculture / J.S. Smith -- Meat consumption promotes sustainable agriculture / National Cattlemen's Association -- International policies will conserve global resources / James Gustave Speth -- International policies may damage global resources / David Brokensha & Bernard W. Riley -- Sweeping energy policies are needed to conserve global resources / Christopher Flavin & Alan B. Durning -- Energy policies are unnecessary / Julian L. Simon -- Debt-for-Nature swaps promote conservation / William K. Reilly -- Debt-for-Nature swaps harm conservation / Brian Tokar.
650 0 _aEconomic development
_xEnvironmental aspects.
650 0 _aNatural resources
_xManagement.
650 1 _aConservation of natural resources.
700 1 _aPolesetsky, Matthew,
_d1968-
830 0 _aOpposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)
856 4 1 _uhttp://www.archive.org/details/globalresourceso00pole
_zFree eBook from the Internet Archive
856 4 2 _uhttp://www.openlibrary.org/books/OL8274532M
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