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State of the world 1998. A Worldwatch Institute report on progress toward a sustainable society

Author
Starke L. (ed)
Date
1998
Source
IUCN (ID: MON-061569)
Publisher | Place of publication
W.W.Norton & Co. | New York, NY, USA
ISBN
0-393-31727-7; $13.95
Pages
251 p.
Language
English
Field of application
International
Subject
Environment gen.
Keyword
Comprehensive description
Abstract

Contents: 1. The future of growth 2. Sustaining the world's forests 3. Losing strands in the web of life 4. Promoting sustainable fisheries 5. Struggling to raise cropland productivity 6. Recycling organic wastes 7. Responding to the threat of climate change 8. Curbing the proliferation of small arms 9. Assessing private capital flows to developing countries 10. Building a new economy