Earth Report 2000: Revisiting the True State of the Planet

The Progress Explosion: Permanently Escaping The Malthusian Trap / R. Bailey -- How Do We Know The Temperature Of The Earth? Global Warming And Global Temperatures / Roy Spencer -- Doing More With Less: Dematerialization-- Unsung Environmental Triumph? / Lynn Scarlett -- World Population Prospects For The Twenty-first Century: The Specter Of Depopulation? / Nicholas Eberstadt -- Fishing For Solutions: The State Of The World's Fisheries / Michael De Alessi -- Soft Energy Versus Hard Facts: Powering The Twenty-first Century / Jerry Taylor And Peter Vandoren -- Richer Is More Resilient: Dealing With Climate Change And More Urgent Environmental Problems / Indur M. Goklany -- Endocrine Disruptors: New Toxic Menace? / Stephen H. Safe -- Biological Diversity: Divergent Views On Its Status And Diverging Approaches To Its Conservation / Rowan B. Martin -- Benchmarks: The Global Trends That Are Shaping Our World / Paul Georgia, I. Goklany, And The Competitive Enterprise Institute Staff. Ronald Bailey, Editor. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [311]-349) And Index.