The Ecologist
Vol. l.No . 8 February 1971
Nicholas Gould
Guest Editorial Gulliver in Automobilia
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W. M. S. Russell
Roy Bridger
G. N. Syer
Robert Allen
Edward Goldsmith
Lawrence D. Hills
Arthur J. Puffett
Graham Searle
Feature articles
Population and inflation Demographic growth the cause of inflation
The pesticide fallacy A critique of the principles ofpest control
Ahead of their time Two far-seeing Victorian conservationists
Reports
Open letter to the N.F.U . • Tall storeys for children • Cousteau on ocean pollution
Columns
Ecopolitics Good news. Mercurial venison ?
Towards a unified science Responding to the environment as a whole
Down to earth Rubbish
Ecotechnics The Aeropur—burning rubber without smoke
Student action More campus information
Feedback
Image seekers • The pill—new warning • Noise on the MO T • Detergents and oi l • The seeds o f famine • Giants killed • Canned quick-silver • Al l that glitters . . . • New Forest • Ecology technicians • Take ads • Wishes kil l fishes • Meeting the cost • Engineering leadership • Dusty answer • Setback for Minamata sufferers • Break crops break even • Megajapanopolis • Fewer fish • Nixon gets tough with industry • Kenya's plague o f children • More radioactivity for all o f us
The Institution of Environmental Sciences
Books
The quest for more—Wilderness and Plenty • Deer i n Britain • Eco-archaeology—Lands of the Morning
Letters
Conservation directory (additions to December issue)
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