Earthcare: Global Protection Of Natural Areas

Edmund A. Schofield The Institute of Ecology, Butler University, U.S.A.

Other Titles in This Series -- Foreword -- Preface -- Ceremonies and Major Addresses -- Opening Ceremony -- World Environment Day Message from the Secretary-General of the United Nations -- World Environment Day Message from the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme -- EARTHCARE: A Petition -- Presentation of the EARTHCARE Petition to the United Nations -- Opening Plenary Session -- Welcome -- The Evolution of EARTHCARE— From Wilderness to Global Protection -- Banquet -- 47 -- 51 -- 61 -- A Call to Action -- Formal Conference Sessions -- Natural Systems -- 103 -- Introduction -- Atmospheric Pollution and Energy Production -- 131 -- The Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea and the Protection of the Marine Environment -- The Great Ocean Debate: A Clash of Realities -- The Hydrologic Cycle: Coastal Marine and Island Environments -- Conservation of the Coastal Marine Environment: A North European Viewpoint -- The Coastal-Zone Development Dilemma of Island Systems -- The Hydrologic Cycle: Rivers -- 191 -- Development Projects in the Nile Basin, with Special Reference to Disease Repercussions -- The Hydrologic Cycle: Freshwater Wetlands -- Wetlands: Assessment and Access -- Wetland Conservation and Management Problems -- Terrestrial Ecosystems: Temperate Forests -- 309 -- 324 -- 337 -- Emphasis on Tropical Rain Forests: An Introduction -- 347 -- 359 -- Conservation Problems of Savannahs and Other Grasslands -- 411 -- The Perplexity of Desert Preservation in a Threatening World -- The Nature of Desert Ecosystems -- Mareotis: A Productive Coastal Desert in Egypt -- The Polar Regions -- 479 -- 513 -- Environmental Laws and Conventions: Toward Societal Compacts with Nature -- Human Settlement and Natural Areas -- Nature and Human Settlement -- Interdependence: The Interaction of Societies and Ecosystems -- 567 -- 583 -- 599 -- 617 -- The Urgency of Preserving Natural Ecosystems -- Ecologically Sound Development in a Developed Country: Canada -- Opportunities for Environmental Protection in the Developing World -- Institutional Measures for the Preservation of Ecosystems -- 660 -- Habitat Management: Problems and Prospects -- National Parks: Atonement for Environmental Sins -- Biotic Impoverishment -- Private Action for the Global Protection of Natural Areas -- United Nations Environment Programme -- Zapovedniks: National Preserves of the Soviet Union -- 765 -- The Invasion of Cyprus and the Huge Environmental Price -- Declaration of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment -- Convention on Wetlands of International Importance, Especially as Waterfowl Habitat -- Appendix C -- Resolution Adopted by the Tropical Forests Panel -- Zapovedniks in the Soviet Union -- Biographical Information -- Conference Participanto -- Credits