Australia, Oceania, & Antarctica: A Continental Overview of Environmental Issues

by Laurie Collier Hillstrom and Kevin Hillstrom

A concise yet thorough overview of environmental issues, problems, and controversies facing Australia, Oceania, and Antarctica.

They are vast, distant, and scarcely populated. Yet the environments of Australia, Oceania, and Antarctica are facing the same threats confronting the rest of the planet, as well as some unique ones of their own. How have human-introduced species impacted Australia's natural order? What new global conventions...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1576076946
• ISBN13: 9781576076941
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: ABC-CLIO
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher