Conservation and environmentalism
Subtitle: an encyclopedia
By: editor, Robert Paehlke.
Contributors: Paehlke, Robert.
Series: Garland reference library of social science ;; vol. 645; Garland reference library of social science ;; v. 645.
Publisher: Garland Pub.
Published: 1995
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 771
Subjects: Environmental sciences -- Encyclopedias.; Environmental protection -- Encyclopedias.; Environmentalism -- Encyclopedias.; Conservation of natural resources -- Encyclopedias.
Description: Focusing on problems and solutions, this authoritative reference work covers all aspects of the environment, from the Everglades to the Himalayas, from legislation in Australia to pollution problems in Eastern Europe, from tropical rain forests to the Porcupine Caribou herd of the Alaskan and Canadian Arctic.

Some of the best-known environmental professionals from 14 countries around the world have written original articles for this multidisciplinary Encyclopedia, including Norman Myers, Eugene C. Hargrove, Reed F. Noss, Max Oelschlaeger, J. Baird Callicott, George Sessions, M. S. Swaminathan, Gilbert F. White, Michael E. Kraft, Michael P. Cohen, Paul Ekins, and many others.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.