State of the World 1998: A Worldwatch Institute Report on Progress Toward a Sustainable Society

State of the World

by Lester R. Brown, Christopher Flavin, Hilary F. French

Written in clear and concise language, with easy-to-read charts and tables, State of the World presents a view of our changing world that we, and our leaders, cannot afford to ignore. Topics include an assessment of the world's forests, an analysis of the decline of fisheries around the world, a survey of all major groups of vertebrate fauna facing severe stress, and the financial aspects of sustainable development.

Genres: Ecology

288 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

About the author

Lester Russel Brown is an American environmentalist, founder of the Worldwatch Institute, and founder and president of the Earth Policy Institute, a nonprofit research organization based in Washington, D.C. BBC Radio commentator Peter Day calls him "one of the great pioneer environmentalists."

In the mid-1970s, Brown helped pioneer the concept of sustainable development, during a career that started with farming. As early as 1978, in his book The Twenty-Ninth Day, he was already warning of "the various dangers arising out of our manhandling of nature...by overfishing the oceans, stripping the forests, turning land into desert." In 1986, the Library of Congress requested his personal papers noting that his writings “have already strongly affected thinking about problems of world population and resources.”

He has been the recipient of many prizes and awards, including, the 1987 United Nations Environment Prize, the 1989 World Wide Fund for Nature Gold Medal, and the 1994 Blue Planet Prize for his "contributions to solving global environmental problems."

Excerpted from Wikipedia.

Reviews

[Yazan Algarawneh · Rating 3 out of 5]

يتحدث الكتاب عن احصائيات و تقارير لما حدث في عام 1998 وما قبلها و تنبؤات لما بعدها من سنوات على عدة اصعده

حياة الأسماك و الصيد الجائر و أحوال الاراضي الزراعية و المحاصيل الخاصه بها

و يتحدث عن اعادة تدوير النفايات العضوية و ربطها بما بعدها من فصول عن لحصائيات لإعادة التدوير التي تحدث في اوروبا و امريكا

و يتحدث عن فصل الأسلحة و استخدامها و كيف الفرق بين المحتماعات من حيث هذه العادة و استخدامها المتطرف من قبل ما وصفه بالدول الرجعية

و اخر ما تحدث عنه هو الأقتصاد و قلة المياة في بعض الدول و كيف قامت مصر باستبدال محاصيل الارز إلى قمح و تنظيم الاسره و الفرق بين باكستان و نظيرتها بنغلادش

و غيرها من المواضيع

بالمجمل مواضيع مهنه و شيقه لكن الطرح و الإطاله و الالحشو يجعله سيء و غير مستساغ و ممل جدًا