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consequences for society
and drought
of Easter Island
and erosion
exporting to other nations
and extinction of forests
government regulation of
of Japan
and leased logging rights
long-term thinking in
in Maya sites
in Montana
of New Guinea
in Norse Greenland
social licence to operate in
in Southwestern U.S.
dendrochronology (tree ring study)
Derr, Ken
desertification
Dominican Republic:
agriculture of
Balaguer in
border of Haiti and
bottom-up ecology movement in
civil war in
climate of
consumerism in
cooperation between Haiti and
economy of
emigration from
environmental problems of
face-to-face society in
Falconbridgc iron/nickel mine
forest management in
future prospects
immigrant groups in
map
national parks in
NGOs in
per-capita human impact in
political instability in
population of
socioeconomic change in
top-down environmental management in
Trujillo in
U.S. military occupation of
Vedado del Yaque
Donner Party, cannibalism of
Dorset people
drought
DuPont Company
“Dutch” elm disease
Duvalier, François “Papa Doc,”
Duvalier, Jean-Claude “Baby Doc,”
East Africa, population in
Easter Island
agriculture on
Anakena Beach
birds of
botanical surveys of
civil war on
clans, chiefs, and commoners of
and climate change
crematoria of
decline and collapse of
deforestation of
diet of
European impacts on
geography of
history of
isolation of
map
as metaphor
and Polynesia
population of
Rano Raraku quarry
rats on
rongo-rongo writing system of
ropes of
sheep grazing on
slave raids on
statues of
ecocide
education
Edwards, Edmundo
Egede, Hans
Egypt, pyramids of
Ehrlich, Paul
Eliel family
El Niño
El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO)
Endangered Species Act
endocrine disruptors
energy sources
English, Nathan
Enron Corporation
environmental management:
bottom-up approach to
distribution in
and the economy
by exporting resource depletion
as First World concern
for the future
hope for
importance of
and improving conditions
mixed approach to
one-liner objections to
in past vs. present
and population levels
prediction errors in
Rio convention on
switching to other resources
with technology
top-down approach to
and values
environmental problems, twelve main types of
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
environmental trouble spots (map)
Erhardt, Emil
Eriksson, Leif
Eriksson, Thorvald
Erik the Red
erosion:
causes of
consequences of
control of
and river sedimentation
European Economic Community (EEC)
European Union
eutrophication
evil, origins of
Exxon Valdez
Faeroe Islands
religion in
Viking colony in
Falconbridge iron/nickel mine
Falkow, Stan
Fertile Crescent
fertilizer, runoff of
Firth, Raymond
Fischer, Steven
fishing
aquaculture
in Australia
by-catch in
in California
certification in
chain of custody in
with dynamite and cyanide
and extinct species
in Greenland
and health of stock
in Japan
management problems of
and marine habitats
and Marine Stewardship Council
and mining
in Montana
and non-native species
overfishing
perverse subsidies in
protein provided in
sustainable
and tragedy of the commons
by trawling
and water quality
and whirling disease
Flenley, John
Florida, native species of
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
food distribution
food taboos
Ford, Henry
forest fires
and air quality
causes of
costs of
natural role of
prevention of
and soil quality
suppression of
forests:
consumption of products from
decline of
depletion of, see deforestation
direct ecological connection of
fire-resistant
fuel loads in
functions of
as habitat
logging industry
management of
old-growth
rainforests
as renewable resources
tree density in
value in
virgin
Forest Service, U.S.
Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)
certification by
and chain of custody
criteria of
effectiveness of
Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) (cont.)
and green building standard
in Home Depot stores
mission of
France, in World War II
Franklin Expedition
Fraser, Malcolm
French, Roxa
Frobisher,