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Chapter 18 — The Imperative of Ecological Health Explore Suggested Readings The following readings supplement those suggested in chapter 18 of the text. Dauvergne, Peter. Shadows in the Forest: Japan and the Politics of Timber in Southeast Asia. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1997. Feshbach, Murray. Ecological Disaster: Cleaning Up the Hidden Legacy of the Soviet Regime. Washington, D.C.: Brookings, 1995. Harrison, Paul. The Third World Revolution: Population, Environment, and a Sustainable World. New York: Penguin, 1994. Nadakavukaren, Anne. Our Global Environment: A Health Perspective, 2nd Edition. Long Grove, Il.: Waveland Pr Inc, 2005. Speth, James Gustave. Red Sky at Morning: America and the Crisis of the Global Environment. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2004. Stevis, Dimitris, and Valerie Assetto, eds. The International Political Economy of the Environment: Critical Issues. Boulder: Lynne Rienner, 2001. Victor, David G. The Collapse of the Kyoto Protocol and the Struggle to Slow Global Warming. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2001. Young, Oran R., ed. The Effectiveness of International Environmental Regimes: Causal Connections and Behavioral Mechanisms. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1999. Annotated Links
This is the official global warming site of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The site is set up to answer eleven key questions about global warming including questions related to the greenhouse effect, sea level changes, weather patterns, and the like. The Population Institute is a nonprofit educational organization headquartered in Washington, D.C. but with members in 172 countries. The Institute seeks to reduce excessive population growth and to achieve a world population in balance with a healthy global environment and resource base. Founded in 1892, the Sierra Club was first led by the famous environmentalist John Muir. The Club now has roughly 700,000 members and a wide array of programs in the United States and around the world seeking to preserve and protect the environment. This Web site is a rich source of information on environmental concerns. United Nations Environment
Programme (UNEP) UNEP was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya. The work of the organization is focused in thirteen areas: environmental assessment, atmosphere, chemicals, marine and coastal areas, freshwater, land, biodiversity, energy, urban issues, sustainable consumption, business and industry, governance and law, and civil society and the public. This rich site is worth exploring. World Wildlife Federation
(WWF) Founded in 1961, the World Wildlife Federation is the world’s largest and perhaps most effective independent organization dedicated to the conservation of nature. It operates in 100 countries and has an incredible array of programs.
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