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Suggested Readings from InfoTrac College Edition
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"ozone layer depletion" in the Subject Guide.
"desertification" in the Subject Guide.
"deforestation" in the Subject Guide.
"biological diversity" in the Subject Guide, and then go to subdivision "analysis."
"conservation of natural resources" in the Subject Guide, and then go to subdivision "international aspects."
Does economic development lead to mangrove loss? A cross-country analysis. Edward B. Barbier, Mark Cox.
Contemporary Economic Policy Oct 2003 v21 i4 p418(15) (9377 words)
Mixed atmosphere: good and bad environmental reporting swirl together. Steven Hayward.
The American Enterprise July-August 2003 v14 i5 p36(3) (2537 words)
The evolutionary roots of our environmental problems: toward a Darwinian ecology. Dustin J. Penn.
Quarterly Review of Biology Sept 2003 v78 i3 p275(27) (16672 words)
Sparing Nature: The Conflict Between Human Population Growth and Earth's Biodiversity. (Book Review) David Pimentel.
Quarterly Review of Biology Sept 2003 v78 i3 p369(2) (343 words)
A Planet Under Stress: rising to the challenge; we need to restructure our economy in order to save the environment--and we need to do it at wartime speed. Lester R. Brown.
The Futurist Nov-Dec 2003 v37 i6 p18(6) (4160 words)
The growing water crisis: given the growing scarcity of water, it's time to change water policies worldwide. (Environment; International Food Policy Research Institute report, www.ifpri.org) Clifton Coles.
The Futurist Sept-Oct 2003 v37 i5 p10(1) (455 words)
Ozone layer on the road to recovery. Spectrum
Environment Oct 2003 v45 i8 p4(2) (423 words)
The incredible shrinking ozone hole. (Earth News/Graph It!). (Interview) Victoria Marcinkowski. Science World Nov 29, 2002 v59 i5 p6(1)
Ozone Layer Treaty Coming of Age. Global Environmental Change Report Oct 26, 2001 v13 i20 p1
The present could have been different. (Brief Article) Dr. Rob MacKenzie. Chemistry and Industry May 21, 2001 p312
Self-enforcing international environmental agreements. (Special Supplementary Issue on Environmental Economics) Scott Barrett. Oxford Economic Papers Oct 1994 v46 n4 p878(17)
Deserts advancing, civilization retreating. (Environmental Watch). (from Earth Policy Institute website, March 27, 2003)(Reprint) Janet Larsen. The Humanist July-August 2003 v63 i4 p39(2) (1248 words)
Land degradation and climate change in South Africa. Michael E. Meadows, Timm M. Hoffman. The Geographical Journal June 2003 v169 i2 p168(10) (5816 words)
Modeling wind and water erosion in Northern China under climate and land use changes. (Abstract) Q. Gao, L. Ci, M. Yu. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation Jan 2002 v57 i1 p46(10)
Governments Combat Desertification. (UN Reported: News on the United Nations System at Work). (Brief Article) UN Chronicle Dec 2001 v38 i4 p75(1)
The taming of the dunes. (preventing spread of desert) Jose Navarro. Geographical Sept 2001 v73 i9 p56
Dried Out: Floods inundate some parts of the world, while others are parched. Managing our water is a 21st century challenge. Maryann Bird. Time International May 7, 2001 v157 i18 p48+
SOME GOOD NEWS. (United Nations policy on desertification) (Brief Article) The Ecologist Dec 2000 v30 i9 p14
Facing Desertification. G. Carroll Strait. World and I Oct 2000 v15 i10 p140
Impact of Grazing and Desertification in the Chihuahuan Desert: Plant Communities, Granivores and Granivory. (Statistical Data Included) GRAHAM I. H. KERLEY, WALTER G. WHITFORD. The American Midland Naturalist July 2000 v144 i1 p78
Shifting sands. Geographical April 2000 v72 i4 p24
Riddle of the shifting sands. (the advance of the Sahara desert) Tom Nevin. African Business Feb 1999 i240 p26(2)
Did humans scorch Australia's outback? (research suggests that burning of vegetation in interior of continent during the past 50,000 years created aridity)(Brief Article) Richard Monastersky. Science News Jan 17, 1998 v153 n3 p45(1) Mag.Coll.: 94M0322.
Environmental transformations in developing countries: hybrid research and democratic policy. Simon Batterbury, Timothy Forsyth, Koy Thomson. The Geographical Journal July 1997 v163 n2 p126(7)
Land degradation. (threats of desertification) UN Chronicle Summer 1997 v34 n2 p26(3) Mag.Coll.: 89M3953.
What's being done. (desertification remedies) UN Chronicle Summer 1997 v34 n2 p29(1) Mag.Coll.: 89M3956.
The Convention to Combat Desertification: lessons learned for sustainable development. Pamela S. Chasek. Journal of Environment & Development June 1997 v6 n2 p147(23)
Drowning in sand. (environmental effects of desertification) Giselle V. Steele. E Jan-Feb 1997 v8 n1 p15(4)
Tourism and deforestation in the Mt Everest region of Nepal. Stan Stevens.
The Geographical Journal Sept 2003 v169 i3 p255(23) (10571 words)
Common ground for farmers and forests: alarmed by signs of extensive deforestation over the past decades, groups in Costa Rica are developing programs that combine ecological awareness and sustainable agriculture. Joyce Gregory Wyels. Americas (English Edition) March-April 2003 v55 i2 p22(8)
The nature of shifting cultivation: stories of harmony, degradation, and redemption. William E. O'Brien. Human Ecology: An Interdisciplinary Journal Dec 2002 v30 i4 p483(20)
Trees, not talk. (reducing forest loss) (Brief Article) (Editorial) World Watch Sept-Oct 2002 v15 i5 p2(1)
Institutional constraints and deforestation: an application to Mexico. Edward B. Barbier. Economic Inquiry July 2002 v40 i3 p508(12) Bus.Coll.: 140P0682.
Trading forests for trade. (South America). (Brief Article) Earth Island Journal Summer 2002 v17 i2 p18(1)
Save the clouds, too. (Spectrum). (deforestation changes weather patterns) (Brief Article) Allison Torres. Environment April 2002 v44 i3 p4(1) Mag.Coll.: 110J0371.
2001 FAO State of The World's Forests report. (Reference Watch). (Brief Article) Forest Products Journal April 2002 v52 i4 p5(1)
National and International Failure of Deforestation Policy in Costa Rica. (Political Science). (Brief Article) Michigan Academician Spring 2002 v34 i1 p78(1)
Welcome to my jungle ... before it's gone. (Rainforests). (Statistical Data Included) Karen de Seve. Science World March 11, 2002 v58 i11 p7(8) Mag.Coll.: 110H0078.
Tree cutting harms water supplies: Deforestation can have long-range impacts. (Environment). (Brief Article) Dan Johnson. The Futurist March-April 2002 v36 i2 p6(2) Mag.Coll.: 110K3281. Bus.Coll.: 138Y0905.
Proximate causes and underlying driving forces of tropical deforestation: Tropical forests are disappearing as the result of many pressures, both local and regional, acting in various combinations in different geographical locations. (Articles). (Statistical Data Included) Helmut J. Geist, Eric F. Lambin. BioScience Feb 2002 v52 i2 p143(8)
Power and Interest on Sumatra's rainforest frontier: Clientelist coalitions, illegal logging and conservation in the Alas Valley. John F. McCarthy. Journal of Southeast Asian Studies Feb 2002 v33 i1 p77(30)
The Brazilian tropical forest: deforestation and human rights. Scott Morrison. International Journal of Politics and Ethics Winter 2001 v1 i4 p379(11)
Global Look at Carbon Sinks. (Science Update). (Brief Article) Global Environmental Change Report Nov 23, 2001 v13 i22 p5(2)
Amazon forest could disappear, soon. (environmental effects of deforestation) (Brief Article) Science News July 14, 2001 v160 i2 p24 Mag.Coll.: 108C0025.
THE HISTORY OF DEFORESTATION. Michael Williams. History Today July 2001 v51 i7 p30 Mag.Coll.: 108G0537.
A Sound idea. CHRIS HAYHURST. E March 2001 v12 i2 p54
The Dynamics of Agricultural Intensification and Resource Conservation in the Buffer Zone of the Maya Biosphere Reserve, Peten, Guatemala. Avrum J. Shriar. Human Ecology: An Interdisciplinary Journal March 2001 v29 i1 p27
Environmental Awareness and Environmental Education in Myanmar. HLA HLA WIN. Social Education March 2001 v65 i2 p98
Coffee Labor Regimes and Deforestation on a Brazilian Frontier, 1915-1965 [*]. Christian Brannstrom. Economic Geography Oct 2000 v76 i4 p326 Bus.Coll.: 131Y0309.
How to Do Good in the Forest. (Brief Article) Frances Seymour. Foreign Policy Sept 2000 p106 Mag.Coll.: 105F3694.
The Politics of Biodiversity. Julie Majeres. World and I Dec 2002 v17 i12 p54
The Future of Conservation. Steven Sanderson. Foreign Affairs Sept-Oct 2002 v81 i5 p162
Ocean predators have diversity hot spots. (Shark Serengeti) S. Milius. Science News August 9, 2003 v164 i6 p85(2) (485 words)
Conserving biodiversity coldspots: recent calls to direct conservation funding to the world's biodiversity hotspots may be bad investment advice. Peter Kareiva, Michelle Marvier. American Scientist July-August 2003 v91 i4 p344(8) (4116 words)
Qualitative insight into public knowledge of, and concern with, biodiversity. (Brief Comment). Lori M. Hunter, Joan Brehm. Human Ecology: An Interdisciplinary Journal June 2003 v31 i2 p309(12) (5024 words)
Bioweapons, Biodiversity, and Ecocide: potential effects of biological weapons on biological diversity. (Articles). Joseph P. Dudley, Michael H. Woodford. BioScience July 2002 v52 i7 p583(10)
Study finds modern agriculture could foster, not degrade, biodiversity. (Brief Article) Brian Halweil. World Watch Sept 2001 v14 i5 p8
Wealth of Life. (biodiversity) Dwight G. Smith. World and I August 2001 v16 i8 p132
Biodiversity: a friend for life. (Brief Article) UNESCO Courier May 2000 p16 Mag.Coll.: 103E2489.
Vanishing Before Our Eyes: Not since an asteroid smacked Earth 65 million years ago have animal and plant species died out so fast. We have no idea what we're losing. (Biodiversity) Edward O. Wilson. Time April 26, 2000 v155 i17 p28+
Protecting nature's diversity: mending strands in the web of life. (includes related article on reptiles and amphibians) John Tuxill, Chris Bright. The Futurist June-July 1998 v32 n5 p46(6) Mag.Coll.: 94C3711. Bus.Coll.: 109Q1236.
Life in the balance: our failure to recognize our connection with the global ecosystem lies behind the biodiversity crisis facing our planet today. (includes related information about biodiversity and groups of organisms) Niles Eldredge. Natural History June 1998 v107 n5 p42(12) Mag.Coll.: 94D0525.
Biodiversity since Rio. (Column) Jeffrey A. McNeely, David G. Victor, Kal Raustiala. Environment March 1997 v39 n2 p2(3)
Diversity - nature's insurance policy against catastrophe. Vicky Cullen. Oceanus Fall-Winter 1995 v38 n2 p2(2)
Systematics and biodiversity: policies at higher levels. (Special Supplement: biodiversity policy) Quentin D. Wheeler. BioScience June 1995 v45 n6 pS21(8)
On the Road. (Brief Article) Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy Winter 1999 v14 i4 p5
Future Perfect. (Statistical Data Included) DANJA VAN DER VELDT. Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy Winter 1999 v14 i4 p13
Hitting the Mark. (international environmental agreements) Oran R. Young. Environment Oct 1999 v41 i8 p20 Mag.Coll.: 100G0103.
Ecological footprints. (effect of countries on global natural resources) David Holtzman. Dollars & Sense July-August 1999 i224 p42(1)
Institutional solutions for governing the global commons: design factors and effectiveness. Charles Hall. Journal of Environment & Development June 1998 v7 n2 p86(29)
The world network of biosphere reserves. UNESCO Courier May 1997 p36(2) Mag.Coll.: 89G3711.
Natural resource conservation: a global issue. Samina Khalil. Economic Review March 1991 v22 n3 p15(2) Bus.Coll.: 58U2209.
Top 10 reasons to watch trends: World Future Society members explain the value of environmental scanning and trend analysis. (Future View). Cynthia G. Wagner. The Futurist March-April 2002 v36 i2 p68(2) Mag.Coll.: 110K3343. Bus.Coll.: 138Y0967.
Suitable for these Wadsworth textbooks:
Kegley and Wittkopf, World Politics: Trend and Transformation, Ninth Edition, Chapter 10
Russett, Starr, and Kinsella, World Politics: The Menu for Choice, Seventh Edition, Chapter 16
Nester, International Relations: Politics and Economics in the 21st Century, First Edition, Chapter 17
Spiegel et al, World Politics in a New Era, Third Edition, Chapter 12 |
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