Publisher's Synopsis
This is a clear and comprehensive guide to the major environmental dangers facing our planet today. It provides up-to-date information on the nature and current status of problems such as the destruction of the rainforest; atmospheric pollution and global warming; threats to the marine environment and Antartica; endangered species; the population explosion; and the threat of war.;The book then assesses alternatives to present patters of economic production and consuption at all levels, from international and national agencies down to the individual and explains how the pressures on world resources can be alleviated.;The World Wide Fund For Nature (formerly the World Wildlife Fund) was founded in 1968 and is active in 23 countries.
