The purpose of this booklet is to provide an introduction to the many complex issues of waste management in the United States. It is designed to raise public awareness of the serious impact of current waste generation and disposal practices and to promote alternatives. It encourages citizens to involve themselves in decisions about the way waste…

The purpose of this survey was to determine the environmental education activities being conducted in Asia and plan ways in which the World Wildlife Fund, the Smithsonian Institution, and other international, private, or government agencies working on conservation can best assist the expansion, development, and implementation of environmental…

Reforestation is desperately needed in India. Three-fourths of the country's ground surface is experiencing desertification, and primitive forests are being destroyed. Reforestation would help moderate temperatures, increase ground water levels, improve soil fertility, and alleviate a wood shortage. In the past, people from the United States, such…

This report is a compilation of the papers presented at a colloquium on wilderness management and a synopsis of discussions held during the conference. The conference theme was how to determine and monitor the most significant features and qualities of the wilderness resource. Generally, participants identify solitude; pollution-free air and…

This reference is an expanded glossary of topics and terms currently related to environmental problems. These topics and terms are associated with energy, air pollution, water pollution, wastes, and pesticides. Included are 239 main entries ranging from acaricide to weathering. Each entry briefly describes the topic or term and often presents a…

Presently, the United States is behind projected progress in total solid waste systems that no longer include merely waste disposal, but require efforts at waste source reduction as well. Recycling is not always the answer to the problem and all aspects should be researched before the best system is chosen. (MA)

Many wildlife forms have returned to their native territories due to a change in man's attitude toward nature. (JC)

Presented is a bibliography of publications related to the application of the social sciences to various aspects of forestry. The major categories under which documents are classified involve social science as it applies to: 1) forestry in general; 2) forestry's productive agents; 3) forest production; 4) manufacturing; and 5) marketing, trade,…

Presented is an annotated bibliography of publications dealing with the relationship between ethics and the natural environment. Coverage begins with the post-war period (1945). The 446 entries appear alphabetically by author and title, and both a subject index and a name index are provided. Included are writings by scientists, conservationists,…

This document is a selected bibliography of social sciences in forestry. It includes five major categories: (1) social science applied to forestry at large; (2) applied to forestry's production agents; (3) applied to forest production; (4) applied to manufacturing; and (5) applied to marketing, trade and demand for forest output. The booklet has a…

Two-thirds of what we waste could be reused without important changes in our life-styles. One benefit of recycling would be the diminishing contribution of raw materials prices to inflation. For a sustainable resource policy there are three basic components: waste reduction, waste separation, and waste recovery. The first can be met by producing…

Presented are six papers on water conservation which were presented at a conference in New Jersey. The first two papers present recommendations of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection on water conservation and a master plan for New Jersey's water supply needs. The following four papers discuss water conservation with water-saving…

This booklet is intended as a guide for teaching some basic ecological concepts of natural resources and wildlife management. The document is divided into eight sections dealing respectively with ecological concepts; elements of the environment that support life; habitats; population dynamics; aspects of wildlife population management; what…

This study examines the basic ideas of the wilderness ethic and analyzes their role in giving form and definition to human encounters with nature. There are four chapters in the study. Chapter I "Sacred Space and Geopiety" uses concepts derived from phenomenology of religion to consider the wilderness ethic as a belief system and…