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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
WHAT EVERYONE NEEDS TO KNOW (R) |
| By: |
Pamela Hill |
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Paperback |
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£10.99 |
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£9.62 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0190223073 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780190223076 |
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| Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS INC |
| Pub. date: |
31 March, 2017 |
| Series: |
What Everyone Needs to Know |
| Pages: |
256 |
| Description: |
Environmental Protection: What Everyone Needs to Know (R) helps readers to access and navigate the robust system of environmental laws that have emerged to check the deleterious impact of human activity on the natural environment. Using concrete examples to cover historical background as well as contemporary scientific, legal, and economic topics, the book explores hot-button current issues from nanopollution to climate change. |
| Synopsis: |
In 1962, Rachel Carson's Silent Spring sounded an alarm: the natural environment is being dangerously degraded because of human activity. Ever since, environmental protection has been a major societal concern. A robust system of environmental laws has emerged in the United States, commercial activities are increasingly scrutinized for their environmental impact, and communities around the world are becoming aware of the environment as a global issue requiring international attention. The most important evidence comes from the environment itself: the planet is warming, water supplies are at risk, ecosystems are under stress, and species are being lost at an unprecedented rate. Environmental Protection: What Everyone Needs to Know(R) provides accessible information that will help readers navigate this complex and highly relevant subject. It gives background information on the origins and development of environmental protection; introductions to the main elements of environmental protectio |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Oxford University Press Inc |
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