Losing ground :
Eckholm, Erik P.
Losing ground : environmental stress and world food prospects / - 1st ed. - New York : Norton, c1976. - 223 p. ;
Includes bibliographical references: p. [203]-219 and index.
Current discussion of the environmental crisis often centers on the pollution problems of the industrial world. The author calls for massive tree-planting campaigns, agricultural reforms to benefit peasant farmers, and a slowdown in world population growth. He predicts that, unless there is a major shift in global political priorities, a third of mankind will become mired in hopeless destitution, a tragedy with ominous implications for world order.
0393064107. 0393091678
Agricultural ecology.
Agriculture
Nature--Effect of human beings on.
Food supply.
Soil erosion.
S589.7 / .E23 1976
333.7'5 / ECK
Losing ground : environmental stress and world food prospects / - 1st ed. - New York : Norton, c1976. - 223 p. ;
Includes bibliographical references: p. [203]-219 and index.
Current discussion of the environmental crisis often centers on the pollution problems of the industrial world. The author calls for massive tree-planting campaigns, agricultural reforms to benefit peasant farmers, and a slowdown in world population growth. He predicts that, unless there is a major shift in global political priorities, a third of mankind will become mired in hopeless destitution, a tragedy with ominous implications for world order.
0393064107. 0393091678
Agricultural ecology.
Agriculture
Nature--Effect of human beings on.
Food supply.
Soil erosion.
S589.7 / .E23 1976
333.7'5 / ECK