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Natural resources / Cheryl Jakab.
Discusses the most urgent issues with natural resources around the globe, including high rates of consumption, damage from mining, lumber harvesting decreasing forest cover, loss of soil fertility and erosion, and throwing resources away as garbage.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781599201252
- Physical Description: 32 p. : col. ill., col. map
- Publisher: North Mankato, Minn: Smart Apple Media, 2008.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Includes index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Facing global issues -- What's the issue? -- Natural resources issues around the globe -- Issue 1 Overconsumption of natural resources -- Issue 2 Mining natural resources -- Issue 3 Lumber and trees -- Issue 4 Loss of good soil -- Issue 5 Resources going |
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| Subject: | Conservation of natural resources |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lakeshore Branch | J 333.7 Jak | 31681001866227 | JNONFIC | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Each volume in this contemporary series contains three sections: first is an introduction that clearly defines the issue and provides a brief history of the subject; the second section draws together significant primary source documents; and the third section gathers useful research tools such as facts and figures, brief biographies, a bibliography, and more. - Baker & Taylor
Explains what natural resourses are, how they are being exploited, and what should be done now to protect them.
