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Law, values,and the environment: A reader and selective bibliography

Author
Wells R. (ed)
Date
1996
Source
IUCN (ID: MON-061394)
Publisher | Place of publication
Scarecrow Press Inc | Lanham, MD, USA
Pages
675 p.
Language
English
Field of application
International
Subject
Environment gen.
Keyword
Comprehensive description
Abstract

Contents: Environmental ethics and the emergence of a global community Biodiversity Protecting the oceans and fresh water sources International efforts to protect the tropical rain forests The impact of population growth on the environment Limiting transboundary atmospheric pollution Land degradation International toxic waste management International efforts to protect the last frontiers: Antarctica and national parks The environmental challenge to outer space Crafting an international legal system to protect the environment