Title:
Managing the land
Personal Author EPSB:
Summary:
Describes the geological makeup of Earth and the ecosystems it supports; discusses issues that affect the land, including population growth, mining, landfills, pollution, erosion; and explains how people can help manage and preserve land.
Year Published:
2003
Series:
Physical Description:
32 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Note:
Includes index.
Contents:
Our world -- Our future -- To the center of the earth -- Living off the land -- Wanted! more soil for food -- Creeping concrete jungles -- Diggin it up -- Mountains made of garbage -- Poisoning the land -- Global warming and the land -- Getting away from it all -- Sacred land -- Project land -- Think globally -- Sustaining our world.
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader MG 5.5 1.0 59027
ISBN:
9780791070208
Publisher:
Philadelphia : Chelsea House Publishers, 2003.
