num_pages: 223
description: Current discussion of the environmental crisis often centers on the pollution problems of the industrial world. The author calls for massive tree-planting campaigns, agricultural reforms to benefit peasant farmers, and a slowdown in world population growth. He predicts that, unless there is a major shift in global political priorities, a third of mankind will become mired in hopeless destitution, a tragedy with ominous implications for world order.
language: English
title: Losing Ground: Environmental Stress and World Food Prospects
titlecomplete: Losing Ground: Environmental Stress and World Food Prospects (Oxford Geography Series)
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Pergamon Pr