Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Preface -- 1 Humankind: The Agent and Victim of Global Change in the Geosphere-Biosphere System -- 2 Our Common Future: World Development and the Environment -- 3 Changes in Climates of the Past: Lessons for the Future -- 4 World Hunger, Livelihoods, and the Environment -- 5 Species Impoverishment -- 6 The Interface of Health, Population, and Development: The Ecology of Health -- 7 Environmental Toxicology -- 8 Aboriginal Peoples: The Canadian Experience -- 9 Science and Politics on Planet Earth -- Appendix: Principal's Introduction -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.