From Care to Action: Making a Sustainable WorldEarthscan Publications, 1996 - 346 pages Sir Martin Holdgate brings his unrivalled experience to the task of examining the world's progress towards a sustainable future, looking at developments since Caring for the Earth and the 1992 Earth Summit, and explaining what now needs to be done. |
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The human tide | 1 |
the ladder to dominance | 7 |
The impacts of development | 13 |
Copyright | |
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