Surviving With the Biosphere - Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Environmental Future, held at Budapest, 1990.

Polunin, Nicholas and Burnett, John (editors)

ISBN 10: 074860314X / ISBN 13: 9780748603145

Published by Edinburgh University Press, 1993

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Large octavo, a few text illustrations and charts, pp xxii, 572, the book and contents are virtually as new, the dustwrapper is slightly age-toned and very slightly creased around the edges.

Seller Inventory # 011464

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Surviving With the Biosphere - Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Environmental Future, held at Budapest, 1990.
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 074860314X
• ISBN 13: 9780748603145
• Binding: Cloth
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Slightly Worn
• Seller catalogs:
  • Conservation
  • Ecology

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Synopsis

Now that the major dangers to maintaining The Biosphere in an environmentally acceptable way have been recognized, the single most important task facing mankind is to take the necessary steps to avert those dangers.
In this volume, the complete range of issues is surveyed in a masterly manner by two of the world's leading environmentalists, Dr. Martin W. Holdgate, Director of the World Conservation Union (IUCN), and Dr. Mostafa K. Tolba, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (INEP) (IUCN).
Other specialist themes are dealt with by recognized experts. First, the physical and biological problems of the environment are addressed: the atmosphere, the oceans and coastal waters, freshwater supplies, agriculture and forestry, and the maintenance of biodiversity as an irreplaceable source of genetic resource - then the theme shifts to man, his fertility, his behaviour, the instabilities of his societies, and his cultural and political activities. That leads naturally to a reconsideration of the application of economic interests and how these might be made more environmentally friendly, to changes in human behaviour that will be necessary, and to the fundamental problems for law and morality that are posed by the environment. Finally, the urgent need for global action leads to a consideration of the possibilities and problems of transnational governance.