Note: Front Cover -- Dairy in Human Health and Disease Across the Lifespan -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- I. Milk and its Components in Infant and Childhood Nutrition for Improved Health -- 1 Health Benefits of Bovine Colostrum in Children and Adults -- Introduction -- Historical Perspectives Regarding the Purported Indications of Colostrum -- Ayurvedic Therapies Reported About Colostrum -- Integral Components of Colostrum -- Quantity of Immunoglobulins Present in BC -- Quantity of Fat-Soluble Vitamins Present in BC -- Comparative Amounts of Natural Ingredients Present in Human, Cow, Buffalo, and Goat Milks -- Therapeutic Applications of Colostrum -- Benefits of Tryptophan in Children and Adults -- Immunity-Related Disorders and Allergy -- Cardiovascular Disorders -- Cerebral Ischemia -- Antiinflammatory Effect -- Microbial Infections -- Suppression of HIV Infection -- Weight Loss and Fitness Programs -- Diabetes and Wound Healing -- Leaky Gut Syndrome -- Bovine Colostrum for the Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease -- Cancer Therapy Applications of Molecules and Compounds Isolated From Bovine Colostrum and Milk -- Polyamines-Induced Cellular Differentiation and Growth -- Collection of Bovine Colostrum -- Manufacturing of Colostrum and its Industrial Application -- Conclusions -- References -- Further Reading -- 2 Role of MFG-E8 in Neonatal Inflammation -- Introduction -- MFG-E8: A Brief Synopsis -- Structure -- Expression and Localization -- Function -- Role of MFG-E8 in Intestinal Immune Cell Development -- Neonatal Inflammatory Diseases: Role of MFG-E8 -- Acute Gastroenteritis -- Rotavirus Infection -- Norovirus Infection -- Neonatal Sepsis -- Coagulation-Related Disease -- Necrotizing Enterocolitis -- Concluding Remarks -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Further Reading. , 3 Impact of Bovine Milk Whey Proteins and Peptides on Gastrointestinal, Immune, and Other Systems -- Introduction -- Human Digestive Tract (DT)-General Structures and Functions -- General Structures -- General Functions -- Human Immune System-General Structure and Functions -- Milk Whey Proteins and Peptides-General Physicochemical Properties -- Bioactivities and Functional Properties: Implications in Health and Diseases -- Studies Demonstrating Positive Whey Implications in Health and Diseases -- Protection of Gastric Mucosa From Ulcerative Lesions -- Protection Against Gastrointestinal Cancers -- Cancer Protection by Isolated and Purified Whey Proteins -- Lactoferrin (LF) -- β-Lactoglobulin (β-LG) and α-Lactalbumin (α-LA) -- Alpha-Lactalbumin (α-LA) -- Ubiquitin -- Immunological, Antimicrobial, and Antiviral Properties -- Immunoglobulins (Igs) -- Lactoferrin (LF) -- Lactoperoxidase (LP) -- Kappacin (CMP) -- Growth Factors Present in Milk and Milk Whey Fraction -- Insulin-like Growth Factors (IGFs) -- Transforming Growth Factor β (TGF-β) -- Epidermal Growth Factor (EGF) -- Modified and/or Enriched Whey Protein Concentrates-Applications in Gastrointestinal and Other Disturbances -- AIDS (HIV) Treatment -- WPC-Imucare -- WP Action: Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome -- WP Action: Antiinflammatory, Antiproliferative -- WP Action: Glucose Metabolism, Metabolic Stress, Type 2 Diabetes -- WP Modulation: Microbiota, Microbiome -- Dietary Bovine Milk Whey Components-Some Negative Aspects -- Allergenicity -- Lactose Intolerance -- Final Considerations and Future Perspective -- Acknowledgment -- References -- 4 The Role of Fats in Milk and Dairy Products in Nutrition and Health from Infancy to Adulthood -- Milk -- Milk From Different Species -- Milk Fats and Fatty Acids -- Direct Comparison of Fatty Acids in Human Versus Cow and Sheep Milk. , Role of Maternal Breast in the Production of Human Milk -- Cow's Milk -- Breed/Genetics -- Environment/Management -- Different Absorption of Fats From Human Versus Cow Milk -- Dairy Products -- Butter -- Cheese -- Yogurt -- Functional Effects of Milk and its Derivatives -- Body Weight -- Cholesterol Levels -- Blood Pressure -- Cardiovascular Diseases -- Diabetes -- Metabolic Syndrome -- Cancer -- References -- Further Reading -- 5 Human Milk Oligosaccharides and Health Promotion Through the Gut Microbiome -- Introduction -- Structural Diversity of HMO -- Infant Gut Microbiome Assembly -- Prebiotic Effect of HMO on the Gut Microbiome -- Molecular Strategies for HMO Utilization -- Bifidobacterium infantis Strategies for HMO Consumption -- Bifidobacterium bifidum Strategy -- Bifidobacterium breve and Bifidobacterium longum Strategies -- Other Physiological Effects of HMO -- Prebiotic Role of Other Milk Glycoconjugates -- Milk Glycolipids -- Milk Glycoproteins -- Dairy Infant Formula to Replicate the Biological Effect of Breast Milk -- Conclusions and Future Directions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 6 Dairy Products and Obesity in Children and Adolescents -- Introduction -- Epidemiological Evidence of How Dairy Product Intake Affects Body Weight and Body Fat -- Evidence from Observational Studies -- Cross-Sectional Studies -- Longitudinal Studies -- Evidence from Experimental Studies -- Proposed Mechanisms of Dairy Components on Body Weight and Body Fat Regulation -- Conclusion -- References -- 7 World Milk Production and Socio-Economic Factors Effecting Its Consumption -- World Milk Production, Facts and Numbers -- Milk Processing -- General Information About the Dairy Market -- The Dairy Chain -- Milk Consumption and Factors That Influence It -- References -- Further Reading -- 8 The Benefits of Alpha-Lactalbumin in Early Childhood -- Introduction. , Alpha-Lactalbumin Structure -- Alpha-Lactalbumin and Lactation -- The Activity of Bioactive Peptides of Alpha-Lactalbumin Origin -- The Nutritional and Physiologic Significance of Alpha-Lactalbumin-Enriched Infant Formula -- Potential Roles of Alpha-Lactalbumin in the Infant Gastrointestinal Tract -- Conclusions -- References -- 9 Foodborne Pathogens in Milk and Dairy Products: Genetic Characterization and Rapid Diagnostic Approach for Food Safety of ... -- Introduction -- Bacterial Pathogens and the Methods for Detection and Identification -- Fungi and Mold Contamination and Detection -- Protozoan Parasite Contamination and Their Detection -- Conclusion -- Disclaimer -- References -- 10 Using Fortified Milk as a Vehicle for Nutrients: From Infancy to Senescence -- Introduction -- Fortification of Mother's Milk -- Milk Fortification to Combat Micronutrient Deficiencies -- Iron -- Vitamin A -- Vitamin D -- Calcium -- Zinc -- Multi-Micronutrient -- Milk Fortification for Health Promotion: Pre- and Probiotics -- Biofortification of Milk -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- 11 Cow's Milk Consumption and Child Growth -- Introduction -- Studies of Milk Consumption and Growth in Height -- Milk Consumption During Pregnancy and Prenatal Growth -- Infants -- Preschool Age Children -- Prepubertal Children (5-11 years) -- Adolescents (12-18 years) -- Age at Menarche -- Mechanisms Linking Cow's Milk Consumption to Child Growth and Maturation -- Calcium -- Insulin-Like Growth Factor I -- Conclusion -- References -- II. Macro Components and Nutrients in Dairy and their Implications for Human Health and Disease in Young Adults -- 12 The Relevance of Biogenic Amines in Dairy Products -- Introduction -- Biogenic Amines -- The Role of Milk and Dairy Products in Biogenic Amines Production -- Microbiota -- Type of Milk and Heat Treatment -- Ripening and Proteolysis. , Physical-Chemical Characteristics -- Postripening Technological Processes -- Impacts of Biogenic Amines in Consumers -- Control of Biogenic Amines Production in Milk and Dairy Products -- Final Remarks -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 13 Benefits of Lactobacillus helveticus Fermented Milk in Sports and Health -- General Introduction -- Characteristics of Lactobacillus Fermented Milk -- Exercise-Induced Muscle Damage -- Impaired Insulin Sensitivity After Muscle-Damaging Exercise -- Fermented Milk and Muscle Damage After Exercise -- Milk Casein Hydrolysate and Muscle Damage After Exercise -- Perspectives -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 14 Whey Protein and Diabetes -- Introduction -- Nature of Whey Protein -- Whey and Appetite Regulation -- Mechanisms by Which Whey Can Reduce Postprandial Glycemia -- Effect on the "Gut-Incretin" Axis -- Effect on Gastric Emptying -- Direct Effect of Amino Acids (Derived From Whey) on Insulin Secretion -- Effect of Whey on Glucagon Secretion -- Potential Effects on Alpha-Glucosidase and GLUT-4 -- Issues to Be Considered for Glycemic Control With Whey Protein -- Who May Benefit? -- What Should Be the Optimal Dose? -- Can the Acute Effects Be Sustained With Long-Term Consumption? -- Are There Any Potential Adverse Effects? -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Conflicts of Interest -- References -- 15 B Vitamins in Cow Milk: Their Relevance to Human Health -- Introduction -- B Vitamins -- Discovery and Chemical Characteristics -- Metabolic Roles and Other Biological Activities -- Insufficient Intakes in Humans -- Notion of Vitamin Deficiency -- Consequences of B-Vitamin Deficiencies -- B Vitamins in Human Nutrition -- Intake Recommendations -- Prevalence of B-Vitamin Deficiencies and at Risk Subjects -- Cow Milk as a Source of B Vitamins -- Importance of Cow Milk for B-Vitamin Supply in Human Nutrition. , Factors Affecting Secretion of B Vitamins in Cow Milk.

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Note: Cover -- North America -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Introduction The World's Environments -- Organization -- Coverage by Geographic Region -- Acknowledgments -- Biographical Notes -- Authors -- Advisory Board -- Contributors -- 1 Population and Land Use -- Exhausting North America's "Ecological Capital" -- Population Trends -- Canada-The Other "Melting Pot" -- United States Sees Dramatic Population Shift to the West and South -- Socioeconomic Factors and Consumption -- North America's Outsized "Ecological Footprint" -- Consumption in Canada -- Consumption in the United States -- Urbanization in North America -- Urbanization in the United States -- Sprawl in Canada -- Sprawl in the United States -- Addressing the Problem of Urban Sprawl -- Sources: -- 2 Biodiversity -- Habitat Loss Crowding Some Species to the Brink of Extinction -- North America Bedeviled by Alien Species -- Protecting At-Risk Species in the United States -- The Endangered Species Act -- Habitat Loss Blamed for Canada's Growing Number of Imperiled Species -- Sources: -- 3 Parks, Preserves, and Protected Areas -- Protected Areas in the United States -- Protected Areas in Canada -- Protecting Parks from External Threats -- Shielding Protected Areas from Incompatible Land Uses -- North America's Protected Areas: Overused and Underfunded? -- Protected Areas Starved for Operating Funds -- Managing Canada's Parks in an Era of Budget Cuts -- Secondary Uses in Protected Areas -- Sources: -- 4 Forests -- Economic and Environmental Benefits of Forests -- The Bountiful Forests of Canada -- Most U.S. Forests Held in Private Ownership -- The Clash over National Forests -- Spotted Owls and Old-Growth Forests in the Pacific Northwest -- The Salvage Rider of 1995 -- Roadless Protection in the National Forests -- North American Logging Operations and Their Environmental Impact. , Clearcutting -- Plantations and Old-Growth Forest -- Rate of Cut -- Logging Roads -- Oversight of Public Forests -- Sources: -- 5 Agriculture -- Agriculture's Nonrenewable Resource Base -- Land -- Soil -- Water -- Transgenic Crops and Biodiversity -- Energy and Productivity -- The Changing Face of North American Agriculture -- Conventional Farming Methods -- Alternative Farming Methods -- Incorporating Sustainability into Agricultural Practices -- Sources: -- 6 Freshwater -- World Leaders in Freshwater Supply and Use -- Water Pollution a Continuing Problem -- Unsustainable Groundwater Use in the American West -- Depletion of Wetlands -- Debate over Dams and Other "River-Taming" Projects -- Sources: -- 7 Oceans and Coastal Areas -- Fishery Resources in Jeopardy -- Modern Fishing Fleets Empty the Oceans -- The Atlantic Fishing Grounds -- The Pacific Fishing Grounds -- The Pacific Salmon Treaty -- The 1999 PST -- Environmental Concerns Dog Growing Aquaculture Sector -- Marine Mammals and Sea Birds in North America's Seas -- Pollution in North American Seas -- Offshore Drilling and Mining -- Coastal Areas Threatened by Rampant Development -- Sources: -- 8 Energy and Transportation -- Energy Production and Consumption in North America -- Oil and Automobiles -- Automobile Use in North America -- Demand for Abundant Natural Gas Continues to Grow -- "King Coal" Remains a Staple of North American Energy Grid -- Nuclear Power Beleaguered by Safety Concerns -- Hydropower and Other Forms of Renewable Energy -- Sources: -- 9 Air Quality and the Atmosphere -- Air Pollution Trends -- Emissions in North America -- Key Pollution Sources -- Acid Precipitation in North America -- Reducing Air Toxics -- Growing Concern over Fine Particulate Matter -- The Battle to Reduce Ground-Level Ozone -- Atmospheric Issues -- Fraying of the Ozone Layer. , Greenhouse Gases and Global Warming -- North America and the Kyoto Protocol -- Sources: -- 10 Environmental Activism -- Organizing Awareness, 1820-1880 -- Movement Begins with Appreciation of Nature -- Early Environmental Organizations Form -- Progressive Politics and the Birth of Conservation, 1880-1950 -- Conservation vs. Preservation -- The Fight over Hetch Hetchy -- Environmentalist Action and Activism, 1960-2000 -- Silent Spring Launches the Modern Environmental Movement -- The Continuing Controversy over Western Dams -- Governments Respond to Growing Activism -- Deep Ecology, Earth First!, and Other Radical Movements -- Sources: -- Appendix International Environmental and Developmental Agencies, Organizations, and Programs on the World Wide Web -- Index.

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Note: Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction 2003: The More Things Remain the Same, the More They Change -- Part I: The Players and the Position -- 1 The Players: STS, Rhetoric, and Social Epistemology -- HPS as the Prehistory of STS -- The Turn to Sociology and STS -- Rhetoric: The Theory Behind the Practice -- Enter the Social Epistemologist -- Thought Questions -- 2 The Position: Interdisciplinarity as Interpenetration -- The Terms of the Argument -- The Perils of Pluralism -- Interpenetration's Interlopers -- The Pressure Points for Interpenetration -- The Task Ahead (and the Enemy Within) -- Here I Stand -- Thought Questions -- Part II: Interpenetration at Work -- 3 Incorporation, or Epistemology Emergent -- Tycho on the Run -- Hegel to the Rescue -- Building the Better Naturalist -- Naturalism's Trial by Fire -- Thought Questions -- 4 Reflexion, or the Missing Mirror of the Social Sciences -- How Science Both Requires and Imposes Discipline -- Why the Scientific Study of Science Might Just Show That There Is No Science to Study -- The Elusive Search for the Science in the Social Sciences: Deconstructing the Five Canonical Histories -- How Economists Defeated Political Scientists at Their Own Game -- The Rhetoric That Is Science -- Thought Questions -- 5 Sublimation, or Some Hints on How to Be Cognitively Revolting -- Of Rhetorical Impasses and Forced Choices -- Some Impasses in the AI Debates -- Drawing the Battle Lines -- AI as PC-Positivism -- How My Enemy's Enemy Became My Friend -- But Now That the Coast is Clear -- Three Attempts to Clarify the Cognitive -- AI's Strange Bedfellows: Actants -- Thought Questions -- 6 Excavation, or the Withering Away of History and Philosophy of Science and the Brave New World of Science and Technology Studies. , Positioning Social Epistemology in the Transition From HPS to STS -- The Price of Humanism in Historical Scholarship -- A Symmetry Principle for Historicism -- Historicism's Version of the Cold War: The Problem of Access -- Under- and Overdetermining History -- When in Doubt, Experiment -- STS as the Posthistory of HPS -- Thought Questions -- Part III: Of Policy and Politics -- 7 Knowledge Policy: Where's the Playing Field? -- Science Policy: The Very Idea -- An Aside on Science Journalism -- Managing the Unmanageable -- The Social Construction of Society -- The Constructive Rhetoric of Knowledge Policy -- Armed for Policy: Fact-Laden Values and Hypothetical Imperatives -- Machiavelli Redux? -- A Recap on Values as a Prelude to Politics -- Thought Questions -- 8 Knowledge Politics: What Position Shall I Play? -- Philosophy as Protopolitics -- Have Science and Democracy Outgrown Each Other? -- Back From Postmodernism and Into the Public Sphere -- Beyond Academic Indifference -- The Social Epistemologist at the Bargaining Table -- Thought Questions -- Part IV: Some Worthy Opponents -- 9 Opposing the Relativist -- The Socratic Legacy to Relativism -- The Sociology of Knowledge Debates: Will the Real Relativist Please Stand Up? -- Interlude I: An Inventory of Relativisms -- Interlude II: Mannheim's Realistic Relativism -- Is Relativism Obsolete? -- Counterrelativist Models of Knowledge Production -- Thought Questions -- 10 Opposing the Antitheorist -- What Exactly Does "Theory Has No Consequences" Mean? -- Fish's Positivistic Theory of "Theory" -- Toward a More Self-Critical Positivist Theory of "Theory" -- The Universality, Abstractness, and Foolproofness of Theory -- Convention, Autonomy, and Fish's "Paper Radicalism" -- Consequential Theory: An Account of Presumption -- Thought Questions. , Postscript: The World of Tomorrow, as Opposed to the World of Today -- Appendix: Course Outlines for STS in a Rhetorical Key -- References -- Author Index -- Subject Index.

Note: Cover -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Introduction The World's Environments -- Organization -- Coverage by Geographic Region -- Acknowledgments -- Biographical Notes -- Authors -- Advisory Board -- Contributors -- 1 Population and Land Use -- Population Trends in Latin America -- A Rapidly Urbanizing Region -- Political Changes and Economic Development in Latin America -- Obstacles to Sustainable Economic Growth -- Trends in Human Development across Latin America -- Land Use and Degradation in Latin America -- Stemming the Tide of Unsustainable Land Use -- Land Reform in Latin America -- 2 Biodiversity -- Foundations of High Biodiversity in Latin America -- Defining Biodiversity -- Species Numbers -- Chief Threats to Latin American Flora and Fauna -- Population Growth and Unsustainable Economic Development -- Invasive Species -- Gold Mining -- Colonization Politics -- Logging -- Oil Exploration -- Subsistence and Market Hunting -- Habitat Fragmentation -- Vulnerable Regions of Exceptional Biodiversity -- Tropical Andes -- Mesoamerica -- Chocó-Darién Moist Forests -- Caribbean -- Gulf of California -- Galápagos Islands -- Atlantic Forest -- Brazilian Cerrado -- Central Chile -- The Pantanal -- Venezuelan Llanos Savannas -- Pampas Grasslands -- Valdivian Temperate Rain Forests and Juan Fernandez Islands -- 3 Parks, Preserves, and Protected Areas -- The Changing Face of Habitat Conservation in Latin America -- Latin America's Protected-Area Networks -- Defining Protected Areas in Latin America -- Nonbinding Categories of Protected Areas-International Conventions -- Overview of Threats to Protected Areas in Latin America -- Indigenous Peoples and Protected Areas -- Extractive and Communal Reserves -- The Future of Latin American Protected Areas -- 4 Forests -- The Value of Forests -- Forest Types and Conservation Status. , Tropical Moist Broadleaf Forests -- Tropical Dry Broadleaf Forests -- Temperate Forests -- Tropical and Subtropical Coniferous Forests -- Mangrove Forests -- Regional Trends in Forest Cover and Health -- Caribbean -- Central America -- South America -- Plantations in Latin America -- Leading Causes of Deforestation -- Central America-The Cattle Connection -- The Amazon Region: The Forest-to-Crop-to-Pasture System -- Logging and Timber Production -- Fuel Wood and Charcoal -- Protecting Forests through Improved Management and Protected-Area Networks -- Halting Deforestation through Carbon Credits -- 5 Agriculture -- Agriculture's Impact on Latin America's Environment -- Agriculture in Central America -- Agriculture in Mexico -- Agriculture in South America -- Historical Development of Agriculture -- Pillars of South America's Agriculture Sector -- Agriculture in the Caribbean -- The Future of Agriculture in Latin America -- 6 Freshwater -- Freshwater Supply and Use -- Availability of Water Resources across the Region -- Growing Competition for Limited Resources -- New Water Management Models Emerging -- Freshwater Pollution and Degradation Issues -- Major Sources of Water Pollution in Latin America -- Waste and Industrial Effluents -- Agricultural Fertilizers, Herbicides, and Pesticides -- Mining Operations -- Weighing the Pros and Cons of Dams in Latin America -- Tucuruí and other Controversial Hydro Projects -- 7 Oceans and Coastal Areas -- Marine Systems of Latin America -- Fisheries Threatened by Overexploitation and Pollution -- Marine Fisheries in the Waters of the Caribbean and Central America -- Marine Fisheries in the Waters of South America -- Marine Resources and the Threat of Pollution -- Pollution in the Caribbean and Central America -- Pollution in South America -- Coastal Areas under Stress. , The Potential Impact of Climate Change on Latin America -- Measures Taken to Preserve and Protect Oceans and Coastal Areas -- 8 Energy and Transportation -- Fossil Fuels and Their Environmental Impact -- The Oil Industry in Latin America -- Oil and the Environment in Latin America -- The Natural Gas Industry in Latin America -- Hydroelectric Power in Latin America -- Nuclear Energy in Latin America -- The Coal Industry in Latin America -- Renewable Energy Resources in Latin America -- Subsidies in the Latin American Energy Sector -- Liberalization and Privatization of the Energy Industry -- Transportation and the Environment in Latin America -- A Revolution in Bus Transit Systems? -- Bus Rapid Transit in Curitiba, Brazil -- The Transmilenio BRT Project in Bogotá, Colombia -- Transportation and the Environment in São Paulo, Brazil -- Urban Transportation and Pollution: The Mexico City Case -- 9 Air Quality and the Atmosphere -- Air Quality in Latin America and the Caribbean -- Latin America and the Ozone Layer -- Climate Change in Latin America -- Latin America's Contribution to Global Warming -- Potential Impact of Global Climate Change -- Addressing the Threat of Climate Change -- Latin America's "Kyoto Forests" -- 10 Environmental Activism -- The Nascent Movement: 1800s-1950 -- Policies of Protection: The Second Wave, 1950-1980 -- The Modern Movement: 1980-Present -- Modern Environmental Advocacy around Latin America -- Appendix A International Environmental and Developmental Agencies, Organizations, and Programs on the World Wide Web -- Appendix B Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) Member Countries and Their Dates of Entry -- Index.

Note: Cover -- ASIA -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Introduction The World's Environments -- Organization -- Coverage by Geographic Region -- Acknowledgments -- Biographical Notes -- Authors -- Advisory Board -- Contributors -- 1 Population and Land Use -- Poverty Levels Reduced across Asia despite Growing Populations -- Meeting the Challenges of Population Growth -- Food Security -- Consumerism -- Urbanization and Migration -- Land Management -- Regional Population and Land Use Trends -- East Asia -- Southeast Asia -- Central Asia -- South Asia -- Sources: -- 2 Biodiversity -- Chief Threats to Asian Flora and Fauna -- Land Conversion and Fragmentation -- Alien species -- Overharvesting and the Asian Wildlife Trade -- Regional Biodiversity Trends -- China -- South Asia -- Southeast Asia -- Preserving Asian Biodiversity -- Sources: -- 3 Parks, Preserves, and Protected Areas -- Defining Protected Areas -- Asia's Protected Area Networks, Past and Present -- East and Central Asia -- South Asia -- Southeast Asia -- The Quest to Improve Asia's Protected Area Networks -- Sources: -- 4 Forests -- Deforestation in Asia -- Major Ecological Regions of Asia -- Asia Forest Resources by Subregion -- Central Asia -- South Asia -- Southeast Asia -- East Asia -- Building Sustainability into Asian Forest Management -- Sources: -- 5 Agriculture -- Recent Agricultural Trends in Asia -- The Green Revolution Spurs Record Agricultural Growth -- The Green Revolution's Environmental Legacy -- Modern Asian Agriculture Buffeted by Financial and Weather Forces -- Asia's Growing Livestock Sector -- Asia a Dominant Player in Global Aquaculture -- Major Environmental Problems in Asian Agriculture -- Land Conversion -- Soil Erosion -- Water Use -- Fertilizers and Pesticides -- Genetically Modified (GM) Crops and Asia's Future -- Keys to Sustainable Agriculture Growth. , Sources: -- 6 Freshwater -- Freshwater Supply and Use -- The Freshwater Crisis in China -- Freshwater Issues on the Indian Subcontinent -- Asia's Imperiled Waterways -- Dam-Building on the Increase in Asia -- Sources: -- 7 Oceans and Coastal Areas -- Concerns Grow about Status of Asian Fisheries -- Population Surge Brings Marine Pollution Problems -- Asia's Endangered Mangrove Forests and Coral Reefs -- Mangrove Forests-A Key Element in Marine Ecosystems -- Valuable Coral Reefs Threatened -- Scientists Warn of Possible Inundation of Coastal Areas -- Central Asia's Inland Seas -- Asia's Disappearing Aral Sea -- Tapping Oil Reserves beneath the Caspian Sea -- Sources: -- 8 Energy and Transportation -- The State of Energy in Asia -- Coal -- Oil -- Natural Gas -- Hydro and Nuclear Power -- Renewable Energy -- Renewables Emerge as Practical Energy Option -- Confronting King Coal -- Meeting the Transportation Challenges of the Twenty-First Century -- Public Transport Trends in Asia -- Sources: -- 9 Air Quality and the Atmosphere -- Air Pollution -- Urban Trends Drive Jump in Emissions -- Emission Trends across the Continent -- Major Threats to Air Quality across Asia -- Acid Rain -- Particulate Matter and Haze -- Atmospheric Issues -- Asia's Role in Ozone Layer Loss -- Asia's Role in Global Climate Change -- The Kyoto Protocol -- Sources: -- 10 Environmental Activism -- The Experiences of Individual Asian Nations -- Thailand -- The Philippines -- Vietnam -- South Korea -- Taiwan -- China -- Japan -- Sources: -- Appendix International Environmental and Developmental Agencies, Organizations, and Programs on the World Wide Web -- Index.

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