Mountains of the World
Subtitle: A Global Priority
Contributors: B. Messerli (Editor); J.D. Ives (Editor)
Publisher: Informa Healthcare
Published: May 15, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 510
ISBN-13: 9781850707813
Subjects: Environmental science; Human geography; Management of land & natural resources; Mountains; Ecology; Physical Geography; Science; Life Sciences - Ecology; Europe; Cardiology; Earth Sciences - Geology; Science / Ecology; Earth Sciences - Geography
First sentence: In 1992, the Rio Earth Summit (UNCED) not only established the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD), it set in motion the mechanism for review of the progress made within the first five years following the Summit (Rio Plus Five or Earth Summit Review, 1997).