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Contents
Tourism and transport
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EXPLORING THE ECO WAY
The wear and tear of tourism on places of
natural beauty has been an increasing concern over the
last 10 years. Planet Earth looks at the eco-friendly tourist
industry and at what measures are being put in place to
reduce ‘tourist erosion’. By Hans Peter Schoenlaub
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112
GOING AGAINST THE OIL
The automotive and aircraft industries are
still heavily reliant on oil – are they any closer to
independence? By Malcolm Maitland
Exploration and discoveries
116
TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH
From medical advances through Earth sciences
to deep sea and polar resource explorations, human
knowledge is rapidly expanding. By Sue Bowler
Partners who made it happen
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120
FOUNDING AND INTERNATIONAL IYPE
PARTNERS
A summary of the Founding and International Partners of
the International Year of Planet Earth.
Sustainability The last word
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PUTTING WORDS INTO ACTION
Despite growing international concern, rainforests 129
FORECASTING THE FUTURE
Action and understanding is needed to meet our
continue to be destroyed; the conservation efforts of high expectations of the year ahead. By Aubrey Manning
the Floresta do Futuro Project aims to take control of
plantation and forest management.
By Charles Ford
The Board of the International Year of Planet Earth wishes to thank the
following officers and members of the Year for their valuable contributions
to and sustained support for this official book of the International Year:
Professor Edward Derbyshire (Editor and former Chair, Science Programme
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WATER CRISIS! WHAT CRISIS?
Committee), Dr. Ted Nield (Chair, Outreach Programme Committee), Dr.
Currently unprotected, experts forecast water
Larry Woodfork (Chair of the Board), Professor Zhang Hongren (IUGS
President), Dr. Robert Missotten (UNESCO and Board Member), Dr. Ed de
resources will soon be guarded in similar ways to the Mulder (Executive Director of the Year and Board Member), and the Contact
rainforests. An insight into specifi c water conservation
Persons of the 74 National Committees of the International Year, the
Founding Partners and the International Partners.
initiatives. By Tony Jones
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