Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Global warming, rainforest destruction, mass extinction, overpopulation-the environmental problems facing our planet are immense and complex. World Environments offers students and readers a handle on the key issues, events, and people.
With six titles -- including Africa, Asia, Australia (plus Oceania and Antarctica), Europe, Latin America, and North America -- the series examines the unique -- and common -- problems facing the environments of every continent on Earth, and the ingenious ways local people are fighting back. The world's environment is sure to be the most important issue facing humanity in the next century. Readers can prepare for it with The World's Environments.
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North America, tells the story of this environmental awakening and the continuing problems that the continent faces. It tackles the tough issues, the complex problems, and the political controversies of the North American environment.
According to some estimates, one out of every nine barrels of oil used in the world every day is consumed by a North American motorist. In 1996, World Wildlife Fund Canada estimated that the country was losing wilderness to development at a rate of more than one acre every 15 seconds. Today, this pace of destruction has been faulted for eroding much of the continent's fabulous natural wealth, and new emphasis is being placed on finding a more appropriate balance between development and conservation.
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A concise yet thorough overview of the environmental issues, problems, and controversies facing the vast and diverse continent that is North America.
North America, tells the story of this environmental awakening and the continuing problems that the continent faces. It tackles the tough issues, the complex problems, and the political controversies of the North American environment.
According to some estimates, one out of every nine barrels of oil used in the world every day is consumed by a North American motorist. In 1996, World Wildlife Fund Canada estimated that the country was losing wilderness to development at a rate of more than one acre every 15 seconds. Today, this pace of destruction has been faulted for eroding much of the continent's fabulous natural wealth, and new emphasis is being placed on finding a more appropriate balance between development and conservation.