Fwd: AAAS atlas shows human impact on environment

[Bob Parcelles,Jr.]

GREETINGS:

We have touched upon this subject recently and I
thought it mught be of interest.

Bob Parcelles, Jr.
Pinellas Park, FL
" Ecology is the economics of nature; Economics is the
ecology of Man"---Dr. Marston Bates
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--- Karen Claxon <kclaxon at EARTHLINK.NET> wrote:
> Date:         Sat, 17 Feb 2001 19:55:58 -0500
> Reply-to:     Karen Claxon <kclaxon at earthlink.net>
> From:         Karen Claxon <kclaxon at EARTHLINK.NET>
> Subject:      AAAS atlas shows human impact on
> environment
> To:           ECOLOG-L at UMDD.UMD.EDU
> 
> 16 FEBRUARY 2001
> Contact: Cate Alexander
> calexand at aaas.org
> 202-326-6431
> American Association for the Advancement of Science
> 
> AAAS atlas shows human impact on environment
> 
> San Francisco, CA -16 February 2001- The AAAS
> announced today the
> publication of an atlas that graphically illustrates
> the link between
> population and the environment. It shows, says Paul
> Harrison, who wrote
> The AAAS Atlas of Population and Environment, that
> humanity is
> "overreaching itself . threatening the key resources
> on which we
> depend."
> 
> The atlas demonstrates, "the cross connections
> between human and natural
> environmental factors in determining a particular
> outcome," says Peter
> H. Raven, Director of the Missouri Botanical Garden
> and President-elect
> of AAAS, in the book's forward.
> 
> The new atlas opens with an overview of the history
> of humanity's impact
> on the environment, the current status of the
> world's major ecosystems,
> consumption trends, and policy responses to the
> impact of the human
> presence on the environment.
> 
> The second part of the book comprises primarily
> graphics and maps that
> quantify the impact of humanity on natural
> resources, land use, the
> atmosphere, waste and chemicals, ecosystems, and
> biodiversity. Graphics
> illustrate, for example, the Earth's fresh water
> resources, as well as
> the world's top per-capita water consumers and how
> each nation allocates
> its water use. The last section of the atlas,
> produced by the World
> Wildlife Fund and The Nature Conservancy, consists
> of six case studies
> that examine the relationship between population and
> environment in
> areas of North and South America, Asia and Africa.
> 
> "We have found that people have a difficult time
> understanding how
> population dynamics affect the environment," says
> Richard W. Getzinger,
> director of the AAAS International Directorate,
> which produced the
> atlas. "So we began thinking about how we could use
> the latest
> technological tools in a way that can promote human
> welfare while
> providing a better understanding of the human impact
> on the
> environment."
> 
> The atlas, which is being published by the
> University of California
> Press, was produced with funding from the Summit
> Foundation, the Hewlett
> Foundation, and the Turner Foundation. Founded in
> 1848, AAAS is the
> world's largest federation of scientists with more
> than 138,000
> individual members and 273 affiliated societies. The
> Association
> publishes the weekly, peer-reviewed journal Science
> and administers
> EurekAlert! (www.eurekalert.org) the online news
> service featuring the
> latest discoveries in science and technology.
 
 
http://www.eurekalert.org/releases/aaas-aas021201.html

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Pinellas Park, FL
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