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7. P. Kareiva et al., 2007: “Domesticated Nature: Shaping Landscapes and Ecosystems for Human Welfare,” Science, 316, 5833, 1866–9.

8. J. Berger, 2007: “Fear, Human Shields and the Redistribution of Prey and Predators in Protected Areas,” Biology Letters, 3, 6, 620–3.

9. M. Ridley, 2009: The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves, Fourth Estate, 448 pp.

10. P. Snyder et al., 2004: “Evaluating the Influence of Different Vegetation Biomes on the Global Climate,” Climate Dynamics, 23, 279–302.

11. E. Ellis and N. Ramankutty, 2008: “Putting People in the Map: Anthropogenic Biomes of the World,” Front Ecol Environ, 6, 8, 439–47.

12. H. Haberl et al., 2007: “Quantifying and Mapping the Human Appropriation of Net Primary Production in Earth’s Terrestrial Ecosystems,” PNAS, 104, 31, 12942–7.

13. M. Imhoff et al., 2004: “Global Patterns in Human Consumption of Net Primary Production,” Nature, 429, 870–3.

14. S. Kéfi, 2007: “Spatial Vegetation Patterns and Imminent Desertification in Mediterranean Arid Ecosystems,” Nature, 449, 213–17.

15. J. Rockström et al., 2009: “Planetary Boundaries: Exploring the Safe Operating Space for Humanity,” Ecology and Society, 14, 2, 32.

16. J. Ervin, 2003: “Protected Area Assessments in Perspective,” BioScience, 53, 9, 819–22.

17. C. van Schaik et al., 1997: “The Silent Crisis: The State of Rain Forest Nature Preserves,” pp. 64–89 in R. Kramer, C. P. van Schaik, and J. Johnson, eds, The Last Stand: Protected Areas and the Defense of Tropical Biodiversity, New York: Oxford University Press.

18. R. Butler, 2010: “Brazil’s Amazon Deforestation Rate Falls to Lowest on Record,” mongabay.com.

19. D. Nepstad et al., 2006: “Inhibition of Amazon Deforestation and Fire by Parks and Indigenous Lands,” Conservation Biology, 20, 1, 65–73.

20. R. Walker et al., 2008: “Protecting the Amazon with Protected Areas,” PNAS, 106, 26, 10582–6.

21. “Mato Grosso Moves to Strip Protection of the Amazon Rainforest,” mongabay.com, November 7, 2010.

22. N. Myers et al., 2000: “Biodiversity Hotspots for Conservation Priorities,” Nature, 403, 853–8.

23. A. Rodrigues et al., 2004: “Effectiveness of the Global Protected Area Network in Representing Species Diversity,” Nature, 428, 640–3.

24. R. Mittermeier et al., 2003: “Wilderness and Biodiversity Conservation,” PNAS, 100, 18, 10309–13.

25. Mittermeier et al.

26. C. Abbott and T. Gardner, 2010: “U.S. Ethanol Industry Faces Subsidy Battle Next Year,” Reuters, December 20, 2010.

27. For the latest see http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/tags/indonesia.

28. L. Koh and D. Wilcove, 2008: “Is Oil Palm Agriculture Really Destroying Tropical Biodiversity?,” Conservation Letters, 1, 2, 60–4.

29. F. Danielsen et al., 2009: “Biofuel Plantations on Forested Lands: Double Jeopardy for Biodiversity and Climate,” Conservation Biology, 23, 2, 348–58.

30. M. Bustamante et al., 2009: “Chapter 16: What Are the Final Land Limits?,” in Biofuels: Environmental Consequences and Interactions with Changing Land Use, Proceedings of the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE) International, http://cip.cornell.edu/scope/1245782016.

31. Myself included, once again. Though I have not to date used air transportation exclusively for vacations for over a decade, I hardly need to, given that I work part-time for the president of the Maldives! I have also flown to climate change negotiations and other climate-related conferences and meetings in various parts of the world.

32. For a primer on aviation and biofuels from the perspective of the industry see http://www.enviro.aero/Content/Upload/File/BeginnersGuide_Biofuels_WebRes.pdf.

33. R. Scott, 2010: “BA Agrees Deal for UK Jet Biofuel Plant,” BBC News, February 15, 2010, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8515620.stm.

34. V. Fthenakis and H. Kim, 2009: “Land Use and Electricity Generation: A Life-Cycle Analysis,” Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 13, 6–7, 1465–74.

35. See http://www.rmi.org/rmi/Library/2009-09_FourNuclearMyths for Lovins’s arguments against Stewart