This millennial edition focuses on five critical ecosystems that have been shaped by the interaction of physical environment, biological conditions, and human intervention: Croplands, forests, coastal zones, freshwater systems, and grasslands.
Explores the scale and magnitude of timber, energy, and mineral resources development within Canada’s northern frontier, home to over a third of the world’s boreal forest and a tenth of total global forest cover.
Offers the first scientific assessment of the world’s large, intact natural forests and graphically depicts the extent of human impacts on global forests.
Identifies key steps Guyana can take for sustainable forestry management, providing both concrete proposals for immediate and long-term action and a comprehensive analysis of the country’s forestry programs to date.
Across the United States, air pollution is contributing to the decline and ultimate death of forest trees and to widespread losses in crop yields.
