"No one is better informed than Lester Brown of the multi-faceted crisis facing our planet. And no one has spelt out so clearly how our civilisation could be saved from falling 'over the edge' while there is—hopefully—still just time." —John Rowley, founder/editor www.peopleandplanet.net on World on the Edge: How to Prevent Environmental and Economic Collapse
Table of Contents
Preface (data)
1. Food: The Weak Link (pdf) (data)
2. The Ecology of Population Growth (pdf) (data)
3. Moving Up the Food Chain (data)
4. Food or Fuel? (data)
5. Eroding Soils Darkening Our Future (data)
6. Peak Water and Food Scarcity (data)
7. Grain Yields Starting to Plateau (data)
8. Rising Temperatures, Rising Food Prices (data)
9. China and the Soybean Challenge (data)
10. The Global Land Rush (data)
11. Can We Prevent a Food Breakdown? (data)
Additional Resources (pdf)
Endnotes (pdf)
Index
Acknowledgements & About the Author
Full Planet, Empty Plates: The New Geopolitics of Food Scarcity Data
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