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Download full textDepartment of Agriculture, Washington, DC. – 1980
The Soil and Water Resources Conservation Act of 1977 (RCA) directed the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to assess the country's nonfederal soil and water resources and to develop a program to conserve these and related natural resources. During this process, the USDA prepared and circulated for public comment a draft appraisal,…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Citizen Participation, Conservation Education, Conservation (Environment)
Abramovitz, Janet N. – 1989
The increasing loss of biological diversity, resulting from the loss of genetic diversity, the extinction of species, and the destruction of ecosystems, constitutes a crisis of global proportions. The resources being committed to its resolution are relatively small. This document summarizes a survey of U.S.-based organizations involved in…
Descriptors: Biodiversity, Biological Sciences, College Science, Conservation (Environment)
Crews, Kimberly A. – 1987
One of the challenges that face humanity is how to manage resource and environmental endowments in a way that will guarantee continued survival and ensure the well-being of future generations. Those resources most important to human survival are food, water, and energy. When the population of the world reached 5 billion in 1987, approximately 87…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Conservation (Environment), Developed Nations, Developing Nations
