Environmental degradation

This book chronicles the environmental threat facing Mexico's water, air, natural resources, and public health and how it is affected by the political and economic system of the country.

This joint report considers the role and impact of environmental factors in securing human safety and sustained development of the eastern Caspian Sea region, including the parts of Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan opening onto the Caspian Sea. Its analysis introduces a security perspective as it seeks to identify those environmental, socio-economic and political issues that are profoundly affecting the livelihoods of the populations and could lead to social tensions and instability.

With only about one-sixth of the original coral cover left, most Caribbean coral reefs may disappear in the next 20 years, primarily due to the loss of grazers in the region, according to this latest report, Status and Trends of Caribbean Coral Reefs: 1970-2012. This is the most detailed and comprehensive study of its kind published to date – the result of the work of 90 experts over the course of three years.

Cet ouvrage collectif est un support pour l'enseignement et fait le point sur les recherches actuelles à l'interface entre la biodiversité et les enjeux de santé publique et vétérinaire, en réussant des chercheurs aux compétences et origines très variées: écologie, biologie de la conservation, épidémiologie, sociologie, économie, sciences politiques, et des professionnels de la santé, vétérinaire et humaine.