Ecological Indicators (2) - Couverture souple

McKenzie, Daniel H.; Hyatt, D. Eric; McDonald, V. Janet

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1461371090 ISBN 13 : 9781461371090

Editeur : Springer-Verlag New York Inc., 2012

Synopsis

Today environmental problems of unprecedented magnitude confront planet earth. The sobering fact is that a whole range of human activities is affecting our global environment as profoundly as the billions of years of evolution that preceded our tenure on Earth. Tl: e pressure on vital natural resources in the developing world and elsewhere is intense, and the destruction of tropical forests, wildlife habitat, and other irreplaceable resources, is alarming. Climate change, ozone depletion, loss of genetic diversity, and marine pollution are critical global environmental concerns. Their cumulative impact threatens to destroy the planet's natural resources. The need to address this situation is urgent. More than at any previous moment in history, nature and ecological systems are in human hands, dependent on human efforts. The earth is an interconnected and interdependent global ecosystem, and change in one part of the system often causes unexpected change in other parts. Atmospheric, oceanic, wetland, terrestrial and other ecological systems have a finite capacity to absorb the environmental degradation caused by human behavior. The need for an environmentally sound, sustainable economy to ease this degradation is evident and urgent. Policies designed to stimulate economic development by foregoing pollution controls both destroy the long-term economy and ravage the environment. Over the years, we have sometimes drawn artificial distinctions between the health of individuals and the health of ecosystems. But in the real world, those distinctions do not exist.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1461371090
• ISBN 13: 9781461371090
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 835
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