From: Environment | Date: July 1, 1996| Author: Myers, Norman | COPYRIGHT 1996 Heldref Publications. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

With half of its 500 entries written by scientists (and some pretty eminent ones at that), this book covers a staggering array of topics, including conservation biology, resource economics, sustainable development, deep ecology, intergenerational justice, climate change, landscape management, old-growth forests, the Everglades, biodepletion, soft energy, toxicology, Bhopal, nuclear power, trace analysis, epidemiology, the environmental role of religion, Environment Canada, the Sierra...