Canada and the state of the planet : the social, economic, and environmental trends that are shaping our lives

Keating, Michael, 1943-, author

Book 1997

More and more, Canadians are being affected by worldwide environmental changes--the thinning of the ozone layer, deforestation, overfishing, overuse of water, degradation of the land, and extinctions of animal and plant species. Canada and the State of the Planet explains the main elements of those changes in a clear, non-partisan way. Drawing on the best sources at home and abroad, it boils down a vast amount of information--much of it written i...

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Canada Environmental conditions

Canadian Global Change Program

Climatic changes

Environmental policy Canada

Fisheries Climatic factors Canada

Forest biodiversity Climatic factors Canada

Forests and forestry Climatic factors Canada

Global environmental change

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ISBN:

9780195412468
019541246X

Description:

x, 100 pages : illustrations, maps,charts ; 21 cm

Other Title:

Social, economic, and environmental trends that are shaping our lives

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 95) and index

Contents:

1. Canada and the changing planet / Michael Keating
2. A global view / Maurice Strong
3. Canada in the global climate system / James P. Bruce
4. The preservation of biodiversity: a matter of survival / Jacques Prescott
5. The vulnerable North / Mary Simon
6. Choosing our path: Canadian business and global change / Hugh Morris
7. Driving forces of change
8. Environmental trends
9. Trends in the quality of life
10. Options for improving the trends
11. Our changing planet
12. Glossary of environmental terms
13. Environmental chronology
14. Contacts and internet sites
15. Suggestions for further reading
How to contact the Canadian Global Change Program

LCCN:

97181934

Control Number:

65201

Other Authors:

Bruce, J.P. (James P.), 1928- author
Canadian Global Change Program, author
Prescott, Jacques, author
Simon, Mary, author
Strong, Maurice F., author

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