Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- Preface
- Language and measures
- Acknowledgements
- Permissions
- Part I The Litany
- Part II Human welfare
- Part III Can human prosperity continue?
- 8 Are we living on borrowed time?
- 9 Will we have enough food?
- 10 Forests – are we losing them?
- 11 Energy
- 12 Non-energy resources
- 13 Water
- 14 Conclusion to Part III: continued prosperity
- Part IV Pollution: does it undercut human prosperity?
- Part V Tomorrow's problems
- Part VI The Real State of the World
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
10 - Forests – are we losing them?
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 March 2013
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- Preface
- Language and measures
- Acknowledgements
- Permissions
- Part I The Litany
- Part II Human welfare
- Part III Can human prosperity continue?
- 8 Are we living on borrowed time?
- 9 Will we have enough food?
- 10 Forests – are we losing them?
- 11 Energy
- 12 Non-energy resources
- 13 Water
- 14 Conclusion to Part III: continued prosperity
- Part IV Pollution: does it undercut human prosperity?
- Part V Tomorrow's problems
- Part VI The Real State of the World
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
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- The Skeptical EnvironmentalistMeasuring the Real State of the World, pp. 110 - 117Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2001