Deforestation and species loss
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| Year of Publication |
1991
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| Book Title |
Preserving the Global Environment: The Challenge of Shared Leadership
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| Edition |
1
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| Pagination |
78-111
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| Date Published |
01/1991
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| Publisher |
W.W. Norton
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| City |
New York
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| Language |
English
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| ISBN |
0-393-96093-5
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| Call Number |
HC110.E5P68 1991
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| Abstract |
Deforestation and species loss are problems that have plagued modernization the world over. The worldwide estimate of the deforestation rate which was calculated by the FAO in 1980 was a loss of some 11.3 million hectares annually. With the loss of these forests, animals species biodiversity is greatly threatened. Population pressure and bad governmental policies has led to much deforestation. Global implications are that the world's food supply at risk, as well as, the international commerce based on the trade of agricultural commodities. It is necessary to reform government policies regarding land use to help manage the problem.
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| Research Notes |
Local system: LIAS1551420 Local system: (OCoLC)22386753 General Note: At head of title: The American Assembly, Columbia University. World Resources Institute, Washington, DC General Note: Includes index |
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