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008			110111s1992 enk e 0 eng
020			_a0091774330 (paperback)
020			_a0091774349 (hbk.)
020			_a9780091774332 (paperback)
020			_a9780091774349 (hbk.)
050	0	0	_aG1046.G3 _bL4 1992
090	0	0	_a333.7/0223 _220
245	1	0	_aAtlas of the environment _cGeoffrey Lean, Don Hinrichsen.
250			_aNew ed.
260			_aOxford, OX _bHelicon _cc1992.
300			_a1 atlas (192 p.) _bcol. ill., col. maps _c29 cm.
500			_aAt head of title: WWF.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 187-192).
505	0		_aMajor biomes, climatic regions and land use -- Human numbers -- The urban revolution -- Food production and consumption -- Drinking water and sanitation -- Health -- The education gap -- GNP and the debt squeeze -- Industrialization and development -- Indigenous people and refugees -- Deserts and desertification -- Freshwater : abundance and scarcity -- Freshwater pollution -- Tropical forest destruction -- The tropical timber trade -- The fuelwood crisis -- Damaged watersheds -- Temperate forests under threat -- Acid rain -- Urban air pollution -- The greenhouse effect -- The ozone layer -- Toxic and hazardous wastes -- The spread of agrochemicals -- Natural and man-made disasters -- Fossil fuel resources and energy conservation -- Nuclear energy -- Renewable energy resources -- Biological diversity and genetic resources -- Areas of endemism -- Protected areas and national parks -- Major conservation efforts -- Wildlife trade -- Migration -- The world's wetlands -- The world's fisheries -- Whales and whaling -- Mangroves, coral reefs and seagrasses -- Mineral resources of the sea -- Pollution of the seas -- The Arctic -- Antarctica.
650		0	_aEconomic geography _vMaps.
650		0	_aNatural resources _vMaps.
650		0	_aNature _xEffect of human beings on _vMaps.
653	0		_aEnvironment
655		7	_aAtlases. _2lcgft
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