More Author Talks Population, Emissions Growth: AP

Robert Engelman, author of More: Population, Nature, and What Women Want, is quoted in the Associated Press story "Population growth contributes to emissions growth."

"...countries will begin to see that a more rapidly rising population will make it hard for them to curb emissions,” says Engelman.

In the video above, Engelman discusses More in-depth.

Obama Appoints Island Press Authors to Top Posts

President-elect Barack Obama announced he will appoint Dr. Jane Lubchenco, contributor to The Work of Nature: How the Diversity of Life Sustains Us, and Dr. John Holdren, contributor to Science Magazines's State of the Planet 2008-2009, to top science posts in his administration.

In this video, Obama talks more about his latests appointments.

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Island Press In the News

• Jan-Feb Issue | Audubon Magazine reviews Revolution on the Range

• 1/4/09 | The Washington Post reviews Where Our Food Comes From

• 12/22/08 | NYT Dot Earth: The uncertain legacy of Chico Mendes

• 12/21/08 | Treehugger.com: Jeremy Piven leaves show due to fish mercury poisoining

• 12/21/08 | The Times: EU plans to impose fish quotas on amateur sea anglers

• 12/20/08 | Science News: Review of Where Our Food Comes From

• 12/18/08 | HuffingtonPost.com: Ethanol and Water

• 12/10/08 | Nature: Back to the roots of crop farming

• 12/9/08: Podcast of Dr. Jane Hightower at the Commonwealth Club

Expert Profile: Gary Paul Nabhan

Gary Paul Nabhan is a world-renowned ethnobiologist, conservationist, and essayist. The author of Where Our Food Comes From: Retracing Nikolay Vavilov's Quest to End Famine, he has been honored with a MacArthur "Genius" Fellowship and The John Burroughs Medal for nature writing.

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