Conservation
1. The issues
2. The terms
People, people everywhere
3. The scary graph – world population growth and the reasons
4. The have-nots – Overpopulation in poor countries
5. Moving to the cities – The world-wide shift to the cities
6. Defusing the population bomb – Controlling population growth
7. The growth of cities – City growth/making cities better places to live
8. Auckland’s transport – An example of the problems of a growing city
Living things under pressure
9. Shrinking rainforests – Destruction of tropical rainforests
10. Shrinking New Zealand habitats – Effects of early Maori and Europeans
11. The invaders – The possum and other invaders
12. Species in danger – The kiwi and biodiversity
13. Biosecurity – preventing invaders – Working to keep the invaders out
Resources under pressure
14. Water, the vital resource – Water issues/dams
15. Resources from the sea – Sustainability/fishing industries
16. Supplying our energy needs – Energy sources
17. Non-renewable resources – Mining
The waste mountain
18. Polluted water – Water pollutants/marine oil spills
19. Polluted air – Smog, acid rain and vehicle pollution
20. Rubbish mountains – Sources of rubbish/landfills
21. Dealing with the rubbish – Reducing and recycling waste
22. Dangerous wastes – Toxic chemicals
The future of the earth
23. Global warming – The greenhouse effect
24. Protecting natural environments – National parks/ecotourism
25. The future of the Earth is in our hands
Index/Glossary