Planet in Peril: An Atlas of Current Threats to People and the Environment

by United Nations

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This atlas, written by an international team of specialists, illustrates through text, beautifully rendered maps, graphics and diagrams the interplay between population and the world’s ecosystems and natural resources both in the short and long terms. The publication brings together a wealth of information from the most up-to-date sources on such key issues as climate change, access to water, exploitation of ocean resources, nuclear energy and waste, renewable energy, weapons of mass destruction, causes of industrial accidents, waste, export, hunger, genetically modified organisms, urban development, access to health care and ecological change in China.
  • ISBN13 9788277010380
  • Publish Date 30 May 2006
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 3 August 2011
  • Publish Country NO
  • Imprint Grid Arendal
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 38
  • Language English