From Publishers WeeklyNext June Brazil will host a U.N. Earth Summit to discuss worldwide environmental policies. This handsomely illustrated volume is a companion to Turner Broadcasting's six-hour special program concerning the conference. Porritt, an environmental advocate in Britain, sets the stage and contributes a piece on population. Norman Myers, Lester Brown, Stephen Schneider, David Bellamy, Robin Hanbury-Tenison write about rain forests, croplands, global warming, wetlands and tribal peoples. Other environmentalists discuss rural resources, oceans, mountains, rivers and lakes, shorelines and estuaries, biodiversity. Each topic is accompanied by dramatic color photographs, elaborate graphics and quotations from international celebrities and leaders. The book sends a powerful message that shows effectively where we stand in relation to the health of the earth.Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc

"A Dorling Kindersley book"--Title page verso. "First published in Great Britain in 1991 by Dorling Kindersley Limited ... London"--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references (page 202) and index.

The author's distinctive message is augmented by contributions from many other eminent environmentalists, each with a different perspective on the world's environmental problems.