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nutrients, recycling of
Nygaard, Georg
Ogowila tephra
oil industry
disasters in
double-hulled tankers in
government regulation of
Kutubu oil field
long-range outlook in
natural gas in
Point Arguello
and public opinion
on Salawati Island
technology in
Oil Search Limited
Ok Tedi copper mine
Olaf I, king of Norway
Olafsson, Thorstein
Olav the Quiet, king of Norway
Olmecs
Ord River Scheme, Australia
O’Reilly, David
Orkney Islands
Orliac, Catherine
overgrazing
ozone layer, destruction of
“Ozymandias” (Shelley)
Pacific islands:
deforestation of
disappearance of societies in
Polynesian expansion in
sustainable food production on
Pacific Ocean:
Andesite Line
garbage transport to
map
Packard Foundation
packrat midden analysis
palynology (pollen analysis)
Panguna Copper Mine
Pa Nukumara
Papua New Guinea, see New Guinea
PCBs
Peary, Robert
Pegasus Gold Inc.
Pennsylvania, forests in
per-capita environmental impact
in Australia
in China
defined
in Dominican Republic
in Polynesia
in Tikopia
Pérez Rancier, Juan Bautista
Perry, Matthew
Pertamina
pesticides
Peters, Thomas
Phelps-Dodge Corporation
photosynthesis
Picts
Pigman, Chip
Piper Alpha oil platform
Pitcairn Island
collapse of
and Easter Island
evacuation of
H.M.S. Bounty survivors on
human impact on
isolation of
maps
population of
settlement of
stone structures on
trading partners of
Platteau, Jean-Philippe
Plum Creek Timber Company
Point Arguello oil field
polders
political trouble spots (map)
pollution-intensive industries (PII)
Polynesia:
ancestors of
colonizing expansion of
diet of
human impact on
interisland voyages in
Lapita-style pottery of
plants of
“rocker jaw” of
ropes of
settlement of
social divisions in
Southeast, see Southeast Polynesia
stone structures of
see also specific islands
population control
population growth
autocatalytic
and available resources
and complexity of society
Malthusian problems of
poverty
Powell, Steve
prisoner’s dilemma
Procter and Gamble
Proposition, California
protein sources
Prunier, Gérard
Pueblo Indians
racism
Rainforest Action Network
rainforests
rational behavior
Redford, Robert
religious values
Rennell Island
Rio Tinto mines
Roggeveen, Jacob
Rolett, Barry
Roman Empire, fall of
Royal Dutch Shell Oil Company
ruins, romance of
Russia, population in
Rwanda
agriculture in
civil wars in
collapse in
deforestation and erosion in
economic crisis in
environmental problems in
famines in
genocide in
Hutu and Tutsi people in
independence of
inequality in
Kanama commune in
land disputes in
population in
Twa people in
violence and crime in
Salawati Island
Salim, Emil
saline seep
salinization
and agriculture
and climate change
and desalinization
dryland
and irrigation
processes of
and water quality
San Nicolas Island
Santa Barbara Channel, oil spill
Scandinavia:
agriculture in
Black Death (plague) in
bog iron in
fuel in
natural advantages in
navigation in
population growth in
religion in
trade with
unification of
Viking, see Vikings
written accounts of
Schwab, Charles
Scientific Certification Systems
Sea Peoples, invasions by
selfishness
Selling, Olof
sheep:
and forest fires
overgrazing by
and wool production
Shetland Islands
silviculture:
in Australia
in Japan
in New Guinea
Simon, Julian
SmartWood
Smyrill, John Arnason
societies:
archaeological studies of
comparative studies of
ice core studies of
packrat midden studies of
responses of
tree ring studies of
soil:
acidification/alkalinization
in Australia
composting
earthworms in
and fisheries
and glacier activity
in Greenland
in Iceland
loss of, see erosion
in Montana
nutrient depletion
salinization of, see salinization
and turf cutting
uplift of crust
volcanic ashfall
Sokkason, Einar
solar energy
Solomon Islands:
British colonial government of
collapse of
illegal logging in
Somalia, collapse in
South Africa
Southeast Polynesia
collapse in
habitability of
Henderson
human impact on
interisland