standard of living on
stone structures of
trade with
Maori New Zealand
Marine Stewardship Council (MSC)
Marquesan Islands:
language of
and outlying islands
social structure of
stone structures of
Maya
agriculture
cenotes (sinkholes) of
Chichén Itzá
Classic period of
and climate
collapse of society
complex society of
Copán
deforestation by
diet
and droughts
European conquest of
lessons from
Long Count calendar of
map
Mayapán
and Mesoamerican culture
population of
power cycling of
Tikal
warfare of
water management
written records of
McDonald’s Corporation
McGovern, Thomas
McIntosh, Bill
McVeigh, Timothy
Medieval Warm Period
Mediterranean fruit fly
Mesoamericans
Mesopotamia
methane
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Miller, Chris
Milltown Dam, Montana
Mimbres society
mining:
in Australia
bankruptcy proceedings in
borax
cleanup in
coal industry
in Colorado
cyanide heap-leach method
economic factors for
hardrock
insurance bonds in
in Japan
legacy problems in
in Montana
in New Guinea
overburden component of
platinum/palladium
public attitudes toward
regulation of
social license to operate
tailings from
titanium
toxic wastes in
waste rock in
and water quality
Minoan Crete, collapse of
MMSD (Mining Minerals and Sustainable Development) project
Moche civilization, collapse of
Montana
agriculture in
anti-government attitudes in
author’s story
bottom-up management in
climate of
Cook’s story
economic history of
environmental problems of
Falkow’s story
fishing in
five themes illustrated in
forests in
Huls Farm
hunting in
as ideal case study
Laible’s story
map
militias in
mining in
native and non-native species in
Pigman’s story
polarization in
population in
quality of life in
schools in
soil of
taxes in
water in
Montana Land Reliance
motor vehicles
Mt. Tambora, eruption of
Mulloy, William
Murray/Darling river system, Australia
Mycenean Greece
National Forest Service, U.S.
Native Americans:
in Canada
decimated by disease
disappearing societies of
Dorset people
exploitation of
Inuit, see Inuit
Mesoamericans
in Montana
as slaves
in Southwestern U.S.; see also Anasazi
Tainos
in Vinland
natural experiment method
natural gas
Nature Conservancy, The
Navajo people
neighbors, hostile
Netherlands, polders in
Nettles, Bill
Nevada, gold mines in
Newfoundland
New Guinea
agriculture of
and Australia landmass
bottom-up management in
deforestation of
and El Niño
government of
indicator species of
Kutubu oil field
mining in
plant domestication in
population growth of
settlement of
silviculture in
volcanic ashfall on
wood supplies on
Nordrseta hunting ground
Norfolk Island
Norse Greenland
abandonment of
agriculture in
burial customs in
climate in
communal cooperation in
conservative society of
decline of
deforestation of
environment of
Erik the Red in
Eurocentrism in
food in
fuel in
Gardar Cathedral
Gardar Farm
hunting in
Hvalsey Church
integrated economy of
Inuit in
iron poverty in
isolation of
native species in
population of
religion in
Sandnes Farm
settlement of
social stratification in
soil quality in
starvation in
survival of
trade with
tree shortage in
turf cutting in
Viking colony in
violence in
North Atlantic:
map
sea ice in
North Sea, oil/gas in
Norway, see Scandinavia
nutrients, recycling of
Nygaard, Georg
Ogowila tephra
oil industry
disasters in
double-hulled tankers in
government regulation of
Kutubu oil field
long-range outlook in
natural gas in
Point Arguello
and public opinion
on Salawati Island
technology in
Oil Search Limited
Ok Tedi copper mine
Olaf I, king of Norway
Olafsson, Thorstein
Olav the Quiet, king of Norway
Olmecs
Ord River Scheme, Australia
O’Reilly, David
Orkney Islands
Orliac, Catherine
overgrazing
ozone layer, destruction of
“Ozymandias” (Shelley)
Pacific islands:
deforestation of
disappearance of societies in
Polynesian expansion in
sustainable food production on
Pacific Ocean:
Andesite Line
garbage transport to
map
Packard Foundation
packrat midden analysis
palynology (pollen analysis)
Panguna Copper Mine
Pa Nukumara
Papua New Guinea, see New Guinea
PCBs
Peary, Robert
Pegasus Gold Inc.
Pennsylvania, forests in
per-capita environmental impact
in Australia
in China
defined
in Dominican Republic
in Polynesia
in Tikopia
Pérez Rancier, Juan Bautista
Perry, Matthew
Pertamina
pesticides
Peters, Thomas
Phelps-Dodge Corporation
photosynthesis
Picts
Pigman, Chip
Piper Alpha oil platform
Pitcairn Island
collapse of
and Easter Island
evacuation of
H.M.S. Bounty survivors on
human impact on
isolation of
maps
population of
settlement of
stone structures on
trading partners of
Platteau, Jean-Philippe
Plum Creek Timber Company
Point Arguello oil field
polders
political trouble spots (map)
pollution-intensive industries (PII)
Polynesia:
ancestors of
colonizing expansion of
diet of
human impact on
interisland voyages in
Lapita-style pottery of
plants of
“rocker jaw” of
ropes of
settlement of
social divisions in
Southeast, see Southeast Polynesia
stone structures of
see also specific islands
population control
population growth
autocatalytic
and available resources
and complexity of society
Malthusian problems of
poverty
Powell, Steve
prisoner’s dilemma
Procter and Gamble
Proposition, California
protein sources
Prunier, Gérard
Pueblo Indians
racism
Rainforest Action Network
rainforests
rational behavior
Redford, Robert
religious values
Rennell Island
Rio Tinto mines
Roggeveen, Jacob
Rolett, Barry
Roman Empire, fall of
Royal Dutch Shell Oil Company
ruins, romance of
Russia, population in
Rwanda
agriculture in
civil wars in
collapse in
deforestation and erosion in
economic crisis in
environmental problems in
famines in
genocide in
Hutu and Tutsi people in
independence of
inequality in
Kanama commune in
land disputes in
population in
Twa people in
violence and crime in
Salawati Island
Salim, Emil
saline seep
salinization
and agriculture
and climate change
and desalinization
dryland
and irrigation
processes of
and water quality
San Nicolas Island
Santa Barbara Channel, oil spill
Scandinavia:
agriculture in
Black Death (plague) in
bog iron in
fuel in
natural advantages in
navigation in
population growth in
religion in
trade with
unification of
Viking, see Vikings
written accounts of
Schwab, Charles
Scientific Certification Systems
Sea Peoples, invasions by
selfishness
Selling, Olof
sheep:
and forest fires
overgrazing by
and wool production
Shetland Islands
silviculture:
in Australia
in Japan
in New Guinea
Simon, Julian
SmartWood
Smyrill, John Arnason
societies:
archaeological studies of
comparative studies of
ice core studies of
packrat midden studies of
responses of
tree ring studies of
soil:
acidification/alkalinization
in Australia
composting
earthworms in
and fisheries
and glacier activity
in Greenland
in Iceland
loss of, see erosion
in Montana
nutrient depletion
salinization of, see salinization
and turf cutting
uplift of crust
volcanic ashfall
Sokkason, Einar
solar energy
Solomon Islands:
British colonial government of
collapse of
illegal logging in
Somalia, collapse in
South Africa
Southeast Polynesia
collapse in
habitability of
Henderson
human impact on
interisland trade
Mangareva
metaphor of
Pitcairn
Southern California
Southwestern U.S.:
agriculture in
Anasazi in
arroyo cutting in
bottom-up management in
cannibalism in
deforestation in
disappearing cultures in
dry climate of
first humans in
housing in
prehistory studies of
regional integration in
water management in
Soviet Union, collapse of
species, introduced vs. native
Stamford Bridge, Battle of
starvation
Steadman, David
Stephens, John
Stevenson, Chris
Stiller, David
Stillwater Mining Company
Stonehenge
sunk-cost effect
sunlight:
as energy source
and greenhouse gases
Sustainable Fisheries Fund
Tahiti
Taino people
Tainter, Joseph
technology
in oil industry
pollution-intensive industries
side effects of
Teller Wildlife Refuge
Tembec timber company
Teotihuacán
terrorism
Third World:
cleanup costs in
collapsing societies in
disease in
emigration from
environmental problems of
exploited by First World nations
First World goals in
and fisheries
food distribution to
and forests
per-capita impact in
population growth in
Thomas, Jack Ward
Three Gorges Dam, China
Thucycides
Tibito tephra
Tiffany & Co.
Tikopia Island
bottom-up management in
clans on
food production on
human impact on environment in
isolation of
land ownership on
Lapita people of
population density of
population management on
rainforest of
settlement of
sustainable economy of
timber industry, see forests
Tin Cup Dam, Montana
Tiwanaku collapse
Tokugawa era, see Japan
Tonga
top-down environmental management
China
Domini
can Republic
Inca Empire
Tokugawa-era Japan
and tragedy of the commons
Totman, Conrad
toxic chemicals
toxic wastes, in mining industry
trade, friendly partners in
tragedy of the commons
tree ring studies (dendrochronology)
trouble spots (map)
Trout Unlimited
Trujillo, Rafael
Tuamotu Archipelago
Tuchman, Barbara
turf cutting
Tutsi people
Ulfsson, Gunnbj��rn
Unilever Corporation
Union Carbide, Bhopal
Union Oil, oil spill by
United Nations Conference on the Human Environment
values:
clashes of
moral
in problem-solving
undermining of
Van Devender, Tom
Van Tilburg, Jo Anne
Varangians
Vargas, Patricia
Venezuela, natural gas from
Vikings
agriculture of
archaeological studies of
comparative studies of
cultural legacy of
deforestation by
emergence of
expansion waves of
iron used by
North Atlantic colonies of
North Atlantic map
as raiders
religion of
social system of
written accounts of
Vinland:
abandonment of
Indian populations of
natural resources of
Viking colony in
warfare
cannibalism in
false analogy in
water:
aquifers
and dams
desalinization of
desertification
and drought
and global warming
for irrigation, see irrigation
management of
osmotic pressure of
overallocated
plankton in
quality of
reservoirs
river flow stoppages of
saline seep of; see also salinization
from snowmelt
temperatures of
uses of
in wells
wetland destruction
water cycle
Waterman, Robert Jr.
water table
Webster, David
weeds
Weisler, Marshall
whirling disease
William the Conqueror
wind generators
Wisconsin, hunting industry in
Woolsey, Vern
world map
World Trade Organization (WTO)
World War I
World War II
World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
Wyoming, methane extraction in
Yahi Indians
Yangtze River, China
Yellow River, China
Yellowstone National Park
Yen, Douglas
Young, Mike
Zapotecs, writing of
Zero Population Growth
Zortman-Landusky Mine
Zuni pueblo
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