The Twenty Ninth Day
The global lily pond in which four billion of us live may already be half full. Although UN projections show world population continuing to grow until it reaches ten to sixteen billion, Lester Brown believes this is unrealistic. In this fascinating analysis of the fisheries, forests, grasslands, and croplands-the author shows that the demands at current levels of population and per capita consumption often exceed the long-term carrying capacity. He documents the overfishing, deforestation, and overgrazing that are gradually undermining human life support systems. He also explains that with energy shortages anticipated in the early eighties an…
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- ISBN: 978-0-393-05673-0
- EAN: 9780393056730
- Produktnummer: 4051712
- Verlag: W W Norton & Co
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1978
- Seitenangabe: 380 S.
- Masse: H21.6 cm x B14.0 cm x D2.2 cm 506 g
- Gewicht: 506
Über den Autor
Lester R. Brown is the founder of the Earth Policy and Worldwatch Institutes. He has been honored with numerous prizes, including a MacArthur Fellowship, the United Nations Environment Prize, and twenty-five honorary degrees. He lives in Washington, D.C.
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