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Tables of Contents for State of the World 1998
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgments
vii
6
List of Tables and Figures
xiii
4
Foreword
xvii
1 The Future of Growth
3
18
Lester R. Brown
ECONOMY OUTGROWING ECOSYSTEMS
MORE SYSTEMS STARTING TO COLLAPSE
LEARNING FROM CHINA
FOOD SCARCITY: THE WAKE-UP CALL
A LEGACY OF TOUGH CHOICES
2 Sustaining the World's Forests
21
20
Janet N. Abramovitz
TRENDS IN FOREST AREA AND QUALITY
RISING PRESSURES ON FORESTS
THE IMPACT OF NATIONAL POLICIES
SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT
FORGING A NEW RELATIONSHIP WITH FORESTS
3 Losing Strands in the Web of Life
41
18
John Tuxill
Chris Bright
BIRDS: THE CLEAREST OF ALL INDICATORS
MAMMALS: A DARKER PICTURE
REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS: THE HIDDEN FAUNA
FISH: THE DARKEST PICTURE OF ALL HALTING THE DECLINES
4 Promoting Sustainable Fisheries
59
20
Anne Platt McGinn
EXTENT OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL CRISIS
THE IMPACT OF FISHING GEAR
HOW OVERCAPACITY DRIVES OVERFISHING
SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC RIPPLE EFFECTS
MANAGING THE FISHERS
SETTING A NEW COURSE
5 Struggling to Raise Cropland Productivity
79
17
Lester R. Brown
ONLY TWO OPTIONS
SOURCES OF HIGHER PRODUCTIVITY
RAISING GRAIN YIELDS
FACING BIOLOGICAL REALITY
THE EMERGING POLITICS OF SCARCITY
6 Recycling Organic Wastes
96
17
Gary Gardner
ORGANIC MATERIAL FLOWS
THE COST OF BREAKING THE LOOP
COMPOSTING URBAN GARBAGE
REROUTING HUMAN WASTE
RESCALING MANURE PRODUCTION
RETURNING TO OUR ORGANIC ROOTS
7 Responding to the Threat of Climate Change
113
18
Christopher Flavin
Seth Dunn
UP THE EMISSIONS MOUNTAIN-AND DOWN AGAIN?
FINDING THE RIGHT PRICE FOR CARBON
BOOSTING EFFICIENCY
SUPPORTING NEW ENERGY SUPPLIES
THE CHALLENGE OF KYOTO
8 Curbing the Proliferation of Small Arms
131
18
Michael Renner
WARS AND PRIVATIZED VIOLENCE
LIKE BUYING FISH IN THE MARKET
FEEDING THE HABIT
TAKING WEAPONS OUT OF CIRCULATION
REGISTERS, CODES, AND CONTROLS
9 Assessing Private Capital Flows to Developing Countries
149
19
Hilary F. French
FOLLOWING THE MONEY
NATURAL WEALTH
MANUFACTURING ABROAD
THE INFRASTRUCTURE BOOM
THE POWER OF THE PURSE
THE RULES OF THE GAME
10 Building a New Economy
168
21
Lester R. Brown
Jennifer Mitchell
A NEW ECONOMY
STABILIZING POPULATION
STABILIZING CLIMATE
STEERING WITH TAX POLICY
CROSSING POLITICAL THRESHOLDS
Notes
189
56
Index
245