* If anyone doubts our veracity in speaking of some of the man-engendered changes in the biosphere in such strong terms, let him or her consider such topics as the build-up of atmospheric carbon dioxide, the threats to the stratospheric ozone shield, the increasing capability for nuclear holocaust, pollution of fresh and salt waters and of soils, erosion and other effects of devegetation, and loss of much of the potential for genetic variability—all of which topics have been elucidated in earlier issues of this Journal.
† Growth Without Ecodisasters ? Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Environmental Future (2nd ICEF), held in Reykjavik, Iceland, 5–11 June 1977, Edited by Nicholas Polunin. Macmillan, London & Basingstoke, UK, and Halsted Press Division of John Wiley & Sons, New York, NY: xxvi + 675 pp., illustr., March 1980.