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The Amazon has seen a fair amount of environmental degradation and humans have been degrading the environment since the use of fire. Thomas Lovejoy argues that we need… -
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This chapter covers ecosystem conversion, and specifically the ways in which humans convert natural landscapes so that they have a productive form for human ends whether… -
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The natural state of the environment is continually changing because of human impact, which is called “shifting baselines.” This change is not only gradual;… -
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The modern international environmental movement started with the Stockholm Environment Conference convened by the United Nations in 1972, followed by the Earth Summit in… -
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The consequences of habitat fragmentation are huge but they accumulate over time. Thomas Lovejoy uses the example of the Forest Fragments Project from the Amazon, which… -
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This chapter provides an overview of grasslands. They are highly vulnerable to development pressures; in the United States, this is the prairie biome. Prairie soils are… -
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In Bhutan, things are not measured in terms of Gross National Product, but in terms of Gross National Happiness. They are very careful about what increments of… -
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While almost every country in the world has a ministry of environment, these are not particularly powerful, so sustainable development must be an integrated effort…