... comment that the Fraser River is only slightly cleaner than it was before FRAP seems appropriate here. However, given the magnitude of the pollution problem in the Fraser Basin, which in the late 1980s had the fastest population growth in Canada, it was perhaps unrealistic to believe that a program of FRAP's size could significantly improve the situation. Nonetheless, it should be noted that, ... now to reduce fossil fuel use and commit to reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. From Alaska's Bristol Bay, to the fishing towns of British Columbia, people depend on salmon. Jobs and culture...

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... place in nature and his role in the depletion of the natural system. Plato pointed out that the forests in Attica were disappearing as a result of human intervention and that this had serious consequences for the people living there. He also paid attention to the size o the population, ... the availability of natural resources and the total area of fertile land. To all this, Aristotle added a strong sense of nature's usefulness. The idea that everything that happens in nature has a purpose and that man is the ultimate goal in the natural order ... compromising the ability of future gene...

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... . Global emissions of carbon have risen throughout most of the twentieth century, culminating in a greater than threefold increase since 1950. During these 40 years, however, emission growth rates have slowed - from 4.6 % annually in the fifties and sixties to 2.5% in the seventies and 1.3% in the eighties. (Brown/Flavin/Kane 1992) The main reasons for this are higher oil prices, which encouraged greater energy ... in developing countries. (Brown/Flavin/Kane 1992) Methane's contribution is not far behind that of carbon dioxide. Methane accounts for about 20% of global warming. More than ...

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... low-income nations. On average, someone living in a developed nation consumes twice as much grain, twice as much fish, three times as much meat, nine times as much paper, and and eleven times as much gasoline as someone living in a developing nation. Consumers in high-income countries "about 16 percent of the world's population "accounted for 80 percent of the ... money spent on private consumption in 1997. By contrast, purchases by consumers in low-income nations "the poorest 35 percent of the world's population "represented less than 2 percent of all ... evidence of leadership by the...

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... low-income nations. On average, someone living in a developed nation consumes twice as much grain, twice as much fish, three times as much meat, nine times as much paper, and and eleven times as much gasoline as someone living in a developing nation. Consumers in high-income countries "about 16 percent of the world's population "accounted for 80 percent of the ... money spent on private consumption in 1997. By contrast, purchases by consumers in low-income nations "the poorest 35 percent of the world's population "represented less than 2 percent of all ... evidence of leadership by the...

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... of sustaining the two was nearly impossible. Lingering questions of the Earth Summit, held shortly after the end of the Cold War in Rio, June 1992, still persist as a result of discord and reluctance among nations. It now seems that people are expecting much from what ... will be the outcome of the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, South Africa in September this year. An establishment of an ultimate breakthrough ... reported that Los Angeles, one of the world's most industrialized cities, reduced the amount of pollutants in the air by half during last 25 years whi...

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