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Encyclopedia of Global Resources

Table of Contents

Abrasives




Acid precipitation




Aerial photography




Agenda 21




Aggregates




Agricultural products




Agriculture industry




Agronomy




Air pollution and air pollution control




Alaska pipeline




Alloys




Aluminum




American Chemistry Council




American Farm Bureau Federation




American Forest and Paper Association




American Gas Association




American Mining Congress




American Petroleum Institute




Animal breeding




Animal domestication




Animal power




Animals as a medical resource




Antarctic treaties




Antimony




Antiquities Act




Aquifers




Argentina




Army Corps of Engineers, U.S.




Arsenic




Asbestos




Asphalt




Aspinall, Wayne




Astor, John Jacob




Athabasca oil sands




Atmosphere




Atomic Energy Acts




Atomic Energy Commission




Australia




Austria




Barite




Belgium




Beryllium




Bessemer process




Biodiversity




Biofuels




Biological invasions




Biomes




Biopyriboles




Biosphere




Biosphere reserves




Biotechnology




Bismuth




Borax




Boron




Botany




Brass




Brazil




Brick




Bromine




Bronze




Buildings and appliances, energy-efficient




Bureau of Land Management, U.S.




Bureau of Mines, U.S.




Bureau of Reclamation, U.S.




Cadmium




Calcium compounds




Canada




Canadian Environmental Protection Act




Canning and refrigeration of food




Capitalism and resource exploitation




Carbon




Carbon cycle




Carbon fiber and carbon nanotubes




Carbonate minerals




Carnegie, Andrew




Carson, Rachel




Carter, Jimmy




Carver, George Washington




Cement and concrete




Central Arizona Project




Ceramics




Cesium




Chernobyl nuclear accident




Chile




China




Chlorites




Chromium




Civilian Conservation Corps




Clays




Clean Air Act




Clean Water Act




Clear-cutting




Climate and resources




Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Act




Coal




Coal gasification and liquefaction




Coast and Geodetic Survey, U.S.




Coastal engineering




Coastal Zone Management Act




Cobalt




Cogeneration




Commoner, Barry




Composting




Congo, Democratic Republic of the




Conservation




Conservation biology




Conservation International




Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research




Copper




Coral reefs




Corn




Corundum and emery




Cotton




Council of Energy Resource Tribes




Crystals




Daly, Marcus




Dams




Deep drilling projects




Deep ecology




Deforestation




Deltas




Denmark




Department of Agriculture, U.S.




Department of Energy, U.S.




Department of the Interior, U.S.




Department of Transportation, U.S.




Desalination plants and technology




Desertification




Deserts




Developing countries




Diamond




Diatomite




Dimension stone




Dow, Herbert H.




Drought




Dust Bowl




Dynamite




Earth First!




Earth Summit




Earthquakes




Earth’s crust




Earthwatch Institute




Ecology




Ecosystem services




Ecosystems




Ecozones and biogeographic realms




Edison, Thomas




Edison Electric Institute




El Niño and La Niña




Electrical power




Endangered species




Endangered Species Act




Energy economics




Energy Policy Act




Energy politics




Energy storage




Environment and Natural Resources Division




Environmental biotechnology




Environmental degradation, resource exploitation and




Environmental engineering




Environmental ethics




Environmental impact statement




Environmental law in the United States




Environmental movement




Environmental Protection Agency




Erosion and erosion control




Ethanol




European Union Natura 2000




Eutrophication




Evaporites




Exclusive economic zones




Exxon Valdez oil spill




Farmland




Federal Energy Regulatory Commission




Federalism and resource management




Feldspars




Fermi, Enrico




Ferroalloys




Fertilizers




Fiberglass




Fires




Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S.




Fisheries




Flax




Floods and flood control




Fluorite




Food chain




Food shortages




Ford, Henry




Forest fires




Forest management




Forest Service, U.S.




Forestry




Forests




France




Freeze-drying of food




Friends of the Earth International




Fuel cells




Gallium




Garnet




Gases, inert or noble




Gasoline and other petroleum fuels




Gems




General Mining Law




Genetic diversity




Genetic prospecting




Genetic resources




Geochemical cycles




Geodes




Geographic information systems




Geology




Geothermal and hydrothermal energy




Germanium




Germany




Getty, J. Paul




Geysers and hot springs




Glaciation




Glass




Global Strategy for Plant Conservation




Global 200




Gneiss




Gold




Gore, Al




Granite




Graphite




Grasslands




Greece




Green Revolution




Greenhouse gases and global climate change




Greenpeace




Groundwater




Guano




Guggenheim family




Gypsum




Haber-Bosch process




Hall, Charles Martin




Hall-Héroult process




Hazardous waste disposal




Health, resource exploitation and




Helium




Hemp




Herbicides




Hill, James Jerome




Horticulture




Hydroenergy




Hydrogen




Hydrology and the hydrologic cycle




Hydroponics




Hydrothermal solutions and mineralization




Ickes, Harold




Igneous processes, rocks, and mineral deposits




Incineration of wastes




India




Indium




Indonesia




Industrial Revolution and industrialization




Integrated Ocean Drilling Program




Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change




Internal combustion engine




International Association for Impact Assessment




International Atomic Energy Agency




International Union for Conservation of Nature




Iodine




Iran




Iron




Irrigation




Isotopes, radioactive




Isotopes, stable




Italy




Ivory




Izaak Walton League of America




Jackson, Wes




Japan




Kaiser, Henry J.




Kazakhstan




Kyanite




Kyoto Protocol




Lakes




Land ethic




Land Institute




Land management




Land-use planning




Land-use regulation and control




Landfills




Landsat satellites and satellite technologies




Law of the sea




Leaching




Lead




Leopold, Aldo




Lime




Limestone




Lithium




Lithosphere




Livestock and animal husbandry




Los Angeles Aqueduct




Maathai, Wangari




McCormick, Cyrus Hall




Magma crystallization




Magnesium




Magnetic materials




Manganese




Manhattan Project




Manufacturing, energy use in




Marble




Marine mining




Marine vents




Mercury




Metals and metallurgy




Metamictization




Metamorphic processes, rocks, and mineral deposits




Methane




Methanol




Mexico




Mica




Mineral Leasing Act




Mineral resource ownership




Mineral resource use, early history of




Minerals, structure and physical properties of




Minerals Management Service




Mining safety and health issues




Mining wastes and mine reclamation




Mittal, Lakshmi




Mohs hardness scale




Molybdenum




Monoculture agriculture




Monsoons




Montreal Protocol




Muir, John




Multiple-use approach




Ocean current energy




Ocean thermal energy conversion




Ocean wave energy




Oceanography




Oceans




Oil and natural gas chemistry




Oil and natural gas distribution




Oil and natural gas drilling and wells




Oil and natural gas exploration




Oil and natural gas formation




Oil and natural gas reservoirs




Oil embargo and energy crises of 1973 and 1979




Oil industry




Oil shale and tar sands




Oil spills




Olivine




Open-pit mining




Ophiolites




Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development




Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries




Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries




Orthosilicate minerals




Overgrazing




Oxides




Oxygen




Ozone layer and ozone hole debate




Paper




Paper, alternative sources of




Peak oil




Peat




Pegmatites




Perlite




Peru




Pesticides and pest control




Petrochemical products




Petroleum refining and processing




Phosphate




Phosphorus cycle




Photovoltaic cells




Pinchot, Gifford




Placer deposits




Plant domestication and breeding




Plant fibers




Plants as a medical resource




Plate tectonics




Platinum and the platinum group metals




Plutonic rocks and mineral deposits




Plutonium




Poland




Population growth




Portugal




Potash




Powell, John Wesley




Primary production




Primary sector




Propane




Public lands




Public trust doctrine




Pumice




Quarrying




Quartz




Radium




Rain forests




Ramsar Convention




Rangeland




Rare earth elements




Reclamation Act




Recycling




Reforestation




Remote sensing




Renewable and nonrenewable resources




Reserve Mining controversy




Residual mineral deposits




Resource accounting




Resource Conservation and Recovery Act




Resource curse




Resources as a medium of economic exchange




Resources as a source of international conflict




Resources for the Future




Rhenium




Rhodes, Cecil




Rice




Risk assessment




Rockefeller, John D.




Roosevelt, Franklin D.




Roosevelt, Theodore




Rubber, natural




Rubber, synthetic




Rubidium




Russia




Sagebrush Rebellion




Salt




Salt domes




Sand and gravel




Sandstone




Saudi Arabia




Scandium




Sea Shepherd Conservation Society




Seafloor spreading




Secondary enrichment of mineral deposits




Sedimentary processes, rocks, and mineral deposits




Seed Savers Exchange




Seismographic technology and resource exploitation




Selenium




Semiconductors




Shale




Siemens, William




Sierra Club




Silicates




Silicon




Silver




Slash-and-burn agriculture




Slate




Smelting




Soda ash




Soil




Soil degradation




Soil management




Soil testing and analysis




Solar chimneys




Solar energy




Solid waste management




South Africa




South Korea




Space resources




Spain




Species loss




Steam and steam turbines




Steam engine




Steel




Steel industry




Stephenson, George




Stockholm Conference




Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks Agreement




Strategic resources




Streams and rivers




Strip mining




Strontium




Sugars




Sulfur




Sulfur cycle




Superfund legislation and cleanup activities




Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act




Sustainable development




Svalbard Global Seed Vault




Sweden




Switzerland




Synthetic Fuels Corporation




Taiwan




Takings law and eminent domain




Talc




Tantalum




Taylor Grazing Act




Tellurium




Tennessee Valley Authority




Textiles and fabrics




Thailand




Thallium




Thermal pollution and thermal pollution control




Thorium




Three Gorges Dam




Three Mile Island nuclear accident




Tidal energy




Timber industry




Tin




Titanium




Transportation, energy use in




Tungsten




Turkey




Ukraine




Underground mining




United Kingdom




United Nations climate change conferences




United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity




United Nations Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora




United Nations Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution




United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea




United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification




United Nations Environment Programme




United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization




United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change




United States




Uranium




U.S. Geological Survey




Vanadium




Venezuela




Vermiculite




Volcanoes




Waste management and sewage disposal




Water




Water pollution and water pollution control




Water rights




Water supply systems




Watt, James




Weather and resources




Weathering




Western Wood Products Association




Wetlands




Weyerhäuser, Friedrich




Whales and whaling




Wheat




Wilderness




Wilderness Act




Wilderness Society




Wildlife




Wildlife biology




Wind energy




Wise use movement




Wollastonite




Wood and charcoal as fuel resources




Wood and timber




World Bank




World Commission on Environment and Development




World Resources Institute




World Wide Fund for Nature




Zeolites




Zimbabwe




Zinc




Zirconium




National Audubon Society




National Biological Service




National Environmental Policy Act




National Mining Association




National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration




National Park Service




National Parks Act, Canadian




National parks and nature reserves




National Wildlife Federation




Native elements




Natural capital




Natural Resources Canada




Natural Resources Conservation Service




Natural Resources Defense Council




Nature Conservancy




The Netherlands




Nickel




Niobium




Nitrogen and ammonia




Nitrogen cycle




Nobel, Alfred




Norris, George W.




Norway




Nuclear energy




Nuclear Energy Institute




Nuclear Regulatory Commission




Nuclear waste and its disposal




Bibliography for Global Resources




Web Sites




Major Worldwide Resources by Country




Time Line of Global Resources




Major U.S. Mineral Resources




Major Canadian Mineral Resource Production and Values




Major Canadian Mineral Resource Production and Values




Major Worldwide Mineral Resources and Producers







Major U.S. Mineral Resources by State




Periodic Table of the Elements