Page 8 - Environment: The Science Behind the Stories

10 Agriculture, Forest Ecosystems and Forest Resources 326
Biotechnology, and Forest Loss 329
the Future of Food 261 Forest Management 332
Parks and Protected Areas
341
CENTRAL CASE STUDY The Science Behind the Story:
Transgenic Maize in Fighting over Fire and Forests 342
Southern Mexico? 262 The Science Behind the Story:
Forest Fragmentation in the Amazon 348

The Race to Feed the World 263
Raising Animals for Food 267
Preserving Crop Diversity 270 13 The Urban Environment:
Conserving Pollinators, Controlling Pests 272 Creating Sustainable
Organic Agriculture 275 Cities 353
The Science Behind the Story: CENTRAL CASE STUDY
How Productive Is Organic Farming? 276 Managing Growth in
Genetically Modified Food 279
Portland, Oregon 354
The Science Behind the Story: Transgenic
Contamination of Native Maize? 284
Sustainable Food Production 286 Our Urbanizing World 355
Sprawl 357
11 Biodiversity and Creating Livable Cities 360
Conservation Biology 292 Urban Sustainability 368
The Science Behind the Story: Baltimore
CENTRAL CASE STUDY and Phoenix Showcase Urban Ecology 370
Will We Slice through
the Serengeti? 293

14 Environmental Health
Our Planet of Life 294 and Toxicology 376
Extinction and Biodiversity Loss 299
The Science Behind the Story: CENTRAL CASE STUDY
Wildlife Declines in African Reserves 304 Poison in the Bottle:
Benefits of Biodiversity 308 Is Bisphenol A Safe? 377
Conservation Biology: The Search
for Solutions 312
Environmental Health 378
The Science Behind the Story: Using
Forensics to Uncover Illegal Whaling 318 The Science Behind the Story:
Testing the Safety of Bisphenol A 380
Toxic Substances and Their
Effects on Organisms
12 Forests, Toxic Substances and Their 385
Forest Management, Effects on Ecosystems 390
and Protected Areas 324 Studying Effects of Hazards 392

CENTRAL CASE STUDY The Science Behind the Story:
Certified Sustainable Paper Pesticides and Child Development in CONTENT S
in Your Textbook 325 Mexico’s Yaqui Valley 396
Risk Assessment and Risk Management 398
Philosophical and Policy Approaches 400
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