Encyclopedia of Global Resources part 156 provides a wide variety of perspectives on both traditional and more recent views of Earth's resources. It serves as a bridge connecting the domains of resource exploitation, environmentalism, geology, and biology, and it explains their interrelationships in terms that students and other nonspecialists can understand. The articles in this set are extremely diverse, with articles covering soil, fisheries, forests, aluminum, the Industrial Revolution, the . Department of the Interior, the hydrologic cycle, glass, and placer mineral deposits. . | 1456 Web Sites Global Resources International Whaling Commission http A simple Web site that provides reports press releases and other statements from the commission. Also highlighted is information aboutwhales and ecosystem conservation as well as details on the group s publications magazine and annual reports . The Land Institute http This Web site centers on news publications and programs. It also includes an online bookstore and an archive database. The publications section has three subheadings science general and prairie writers. Medicinal Plant Working Group http plants MEDICINAL A Web site dedicated to outlining the medicinal uses of plants. It includes pictures descriptions and uses of nearly twenty different plant varieties. Also furnishes links to articles addressing the topic of medicinal plants. Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Millennium Assessment 2009 http en A United Nations-sponsored program the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment seeks to chart the changes in ecosystems and the consequences of these changes. The Web site has downloadable versions of entire assessment reports on issues such as desertification and wetlands and water. Open Pit Surface Mine http mining A resource with extensive information on open-pit mining and the materials derived from the process. Contains links to mining stories and videos. Also includes special sections on earthquakes and portals to other Web sites dedicated to issues related to open-pit mining. Mineral and Gemstone Kingdom Minerals A-Z http Minerals A-Z is a comprehensive look at ever y known mineral. The site is easily navigable and information can be searched by one of eight methods alphabetical order chemical group color streak hard ness crystal group elemental affiliations and Dana classification. Minerals Management Service MMS http .
