World Resources 2000-2001 : People and Ecosystems - The Fraying Web of Life

The dawn of an new millennium is an appropriate time to take stock of the condition of the Earth's ecosystems and to draw lessons from our global experience with managing and protecting them. This millennial edition focuses on five critical ecosystems that have been shaped by the interaction of physical environment, biological conditions, and human intervention - croplands, forests, coastal zones, freshwater systems, and grasslands.