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1 online resource (863 pages) |
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Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; Foreword; Preface; EARTHCARE Conference International Advisory Committee; PART I CEREMONIES AND MAJOR ADDRESSES; OPENING CEREMONY; 1. Welcome; 2. World Environment Day Message from the Secretary-General of the United Nations; 3. World Environment Day Message from the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme; 4. Introduction to EARTHCARE; 5. EARTHCARE: A Petition; 6. Presentation of the EARTHCARE Petition to the United Nations; OPENING PLENARY SESSION; 7. Welcome; 8. Welcome |
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9. Keynote Address: The Evolution of EARTHCARE- From WilderneBANQUET; 10. Presentation of the EARTHCARE Award to His Excellency Carlos Andrés Pérez, President of the Republic of Venezuela; 11. Presentation of the John Muir Award to the Honorable William O. Douglas, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States; 12. EARTHCARE Address: Alaska-Northern Outpost on Center Stage; CLOSING CEREMONY; 13. A Call to Action; PART II FORMAL CONFERENCE SESSIONS; NATURAL SYSTEMS; 14. Introduction: The Primordial Interdependence; The Atmosphere; 15. Introduction |
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16. Atmospheric Pollution and Energy Production17. The Impact of Urban Air Pollution on Remote Regions; The Hydrologic Cycle: The Oceans; 18. The Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea and the Protection of the Marine Environment; 19. The Great Ocean Debate: A Clash of Realities; The Hydrologic Cycle: Coastal Marine and Island Environments; 20. Coastal Marine Environments; 21. Conservation of the Coastal Marine Environment: A North European Viewpoint; 22. The Coastal-Zone Development Dilemma of Island Systems; The Hydrologic Cycle: Rivers |
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23. Water and Life: River Resources and Human Concerns24. Conservation Problems in the Amazon Basin; 25. Development Projects in the Nile Basin, with Special Reference to Disease Repercussions; The Hydrologic Cycle: Freshwater Wetlands; 26. Freshwater Wetlands; 27. Wetlands: Assessment and Access; 28. Wetland Conservation and Management Problems; Terrestrial Ecosystems: Temperate Forests; 29. Uses and Problems of the Temperate Forest in the United States; 30. EARTHCARE and Temperate Forests; 31. Wilderness Fire Management in Yosemite National Park; Terrestrial Ecosystems: Tropical Forests |
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32. Emphasis on Tropical Rain Forests: An Introduction33. Regeneration Problems of the Tropical Rain Forest; 34. Scientific, Aesthetic, and Cultural Values of Rain-Forest Wildlife; Terrestrial Ecosystems: Savannahs and Other Grasslands; 35. Conservation Problems of Savannahs and Other Grasslands; 36. Wildlife of Savannahs and Grasslands: A Common Heritage of the Global Community; Terrestrial Ecosystems: Deserts; 37. The Perplexity of Desert Preservation in a Threatening World; 38. The Nature of Desert Ecosystems; 39. Mareotis: A Productive Coastal Desert in Egypt; The Polar Regions |
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40. The Polar Regions and Human Welfare: Regimes for Environmental Protection |
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Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780429706035 |
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0429706030 |
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