CONTENTS: Entries include: *Acid Rain *Air Pollution *Alternative Energy *Biodiversity *Central Asia *Chernobyl *China *Debt for Nature *Deforestation *Earthquakes *Environmenta l Law *Environmental Crime *Famine *Green Revolution *Global Warming *Gulf War *Law of the Sea *Rainforests *Roman Empire *Social Ecology *Toxicity *Volcanoes *World Trade Organization *World Wildlife Fund *And many more.
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