Rob Hengeveld
Author of Wasted World: How Our Consumption Challenges the Planet
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- Canonical name
- Hengeveld, Rob
- Other names
- Hengeveld, R.
- Birthdate
- 1939
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Netherlands
- Education
- University of Leiden
- Occupations
- biologist
ecologist
biogeographer - Organizations
- Free University of Amsterdam
Research Institute for Nature Management
International Biogeography Society - Awards and honors
- Distinguished Statistical Ecologist Award (International Association for Ecology)
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- 4.8
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- 5
Following this discussion, the author examines Exhausting and Wasting Our Resources where, among other issues, the author discusses the problem of landfills overflowing with manmade, non-biodegradable waste. As far as resources are concerned, when we’ve used them up. They are gone. Likewise, when the freshwater is gone, there is no magic wand to wave and produce more. Pollution in the air is warming the climate, bringing about changes that could lead to catastrophe. As deforestation degrades continents, there is a loss in biodiversity; as the demand for agricultural land and wood and for timber increases, the inevitable result is world-wide, total destruction of the forests.
Will the demands of population growth and infrastructure lead to society’s collapse? What will happen if the overpopulation of the planet continues at its current rate? Can there be another [brighter] future for our world?
Thought-provoking and urgent in its message, this is an edict no one should ignore. Yes, it seems heavy-handed; yes, it is frustrating in that there are more problems than there seem to be solutions for them [or, at least solutions people are willing to try]. It’s depressing, but ignoring the science presented here will not make the problems vanish. This is the future for our world unless we become proactive in addressing these issues.
A selected bibliography follows the text; all readers should take time to explore the problems and the possible solutions for changing the dire predictions currently facing humanity.
Highly recommended.… (more)