by Lester Russell Brown · W W Norton & Co Inc · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780393313390
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«State of the World 1996» is the annual report of the Worldwatch Institute by Lester R. Brown and other authors, published by W. W. Norton in paperback.
The report examines the limits of the development model and how to reconcile economic growth with environmental balance. Its sections cover practical agriculture, solar energy, water conservation, biodiversity and human rights, and propose measures for a transition toward a sustainable society.
It is the 1996 installment of the State of the World series, with the subtitle «A Worldwatch Institute Report on Progress Toward a Sustainable Society».
For a general audience interested in ecology, environmental economics and sustainability policies.
Lester Russel Brown is an American environmental analyst, founder of the Worldwatch Institute, and founder and former president of the Earth Policy Institute, a nonprofit research organization based in Washington, D.C. BBC Radio commentator Peter Day referred to him as "one of the great pioneer environmentalists."
