Global Environmental Challenges of the

The most serious environmental problems of the twenty-first century have the potential to alter the course of life on this planet. Global warming, toxic waste, water and air pollution, acid rain, and shrinking energy supplies are frightening challenges th

Introduction

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Driving Forces

Environment and Health: Population, Consumption, and the Environment

1

(14)

J. Joseph Speidel

Food Security, Population, and Environment

15

(22)

Paul R. Ehrlich

Anne H. Ehrlich

Gretchen C. Daily

Population and Consumption: What We Know, What We Need to Know

37

(14)

Robert W. Kates

Water

Water for Food Production: Will There Be Enough in 2025?

51

(20)

Sandra L. Postel

Water Wars

71

(16)

Joyce R. Starr

Water and Conflict in Asia?

87

(16)

Paul J. Smith

Charles H. Gross

Life-or Death-for the Salton Sea?

103

(10)

Robert H. Boyle

Global Climate and Atmosphere

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Synthesis of Scientific-Technical Information Relevant to Article 2 of the UN Framework Convention

113

(18)

Shadows of the Climate Future

131

(12)

Stephen H. Schneider

Human Alteration of the Global Nitrogen Cycle: Causes and Consequences

143

(16)

Peter M. Vitousek

Biodiversity

Losing Strands in the Web of Life

159

(26)

John Tuxill

Chris Bright

Riches from the Rainforest

185

(6)

Chris Wille

Dying Seas

191

(14)

Anne Platt McGinn

Sustainable Solutions

Easter Island's End

205

(10)

Jared Diamond

Neotropical Restoration Biology

215

(12)

Daniel H. Janzen

What Are Ecosystem Services?

227

(6)

Gretchen C. Daily

Marine Ecosystem Services

233

(18)

Charles H. Peterson

Jane Lubchenco

Business for Social Responsibility (BSR), Environmentally Sustainable Business Practices

251

(18)

NGOs and the Environment: From Knowledge to Action

269

(20)

Sheila Jasanoff

The Real Impacts of Household Consumption

289

(22)

Michael Brower

Warren Leon

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Global Environmental Challenges of the Twenty-First Century Resources, Consumption, and Sustainable Solutions

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