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Alyssa G. Priolo

Ms. Moya

CGC1D1

17 December 2018

Annotated Bibliography

Haswell, Arthur. “​The Earth Strikes Back: How We Use and Abuse Our Planet​.” Edited by

Claire Edwards, Thameside Press, 2000.

This book focuses on environmental issues surrounding land and provides

examples of attempts to solve global problems. ​How We Use and Abuse Our Planet

shares information about the human effect on land and describes each problem related to

the topic “Life on Land”, such as deforestation and biodiversity, in detail. This source

was very helpful in supplying ideas of how “Life on Land” affects humans overtime.

Heikel, Ramona. ​To Be Canadian: Respect Our World Sustainability​. Edited by Claire Edwards,

Beech Street Books, 2017.

The book, ​Respect Our World Sustainability​, is about the natural resources of

Canada and how they have to last for the generations to come. It informs readers about

sustainable development and introduces ways for students to help the problems related to

the topic, “Life on Land.” This book source provide lots of knowledge about Canadian

wildlife and was very helpful when collecting information on biodiversity.

Safra, Jacob E. ​Learn and Explore: Earth's Changing Environment.​ Edited by Anthony L Green,

Campton's by Britannica, 2008.

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The article,​ Earth's Changing Environment​, in this encyclopedia was very useful

and provided lots of information about the topic, “Life on Land.” It covered various ideas

including, biodiversity, extinct species, deforestation, and desertification. This book

source went extremely into detail by explaining facts about each topic, how humans are a

main cause of the problems, and some solutions to help. It was helpful at providing

information about the human effects and global impacts on land.

United Nations. “Life on Land: Facts, Figures, Targets, Why It Matters.” ​Knowledge Hub,​ 29

Nov. 2017. Web. (16 November 2018.)

<​https://knowledge.unccd.int/publications/goal-15-life-land-facts-and-figures-targets-wh

y-it-matters​>.

This website, created by the United Nations, provided information about

Sustainable Development Goal 15. It wrote about desertification, biodiversity and

deforestation and consisted of many facts about goal 15. It provided information about

what goal 15 was trying to accomplish as well as when and how it was going to be done.

Readers should consider this source when conducting research on goal 15 as it acts as a

good base.

United Nations. ​Life on Land: Why It Matters​. Web. (16 November 2018.)

<​https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/15_Why-it-M

atters_Goal15__Life-on-Land_3p.pdf​>.

This article, created by the United Nations, covers many different points about

Goal 15 such as, why we have this goal, the problems related to this goal, the costs to fix

these problems, and what we can do to help. It explains the topic of deforestation in depth
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and helps contribute to the idea that we need to make our natural resources last. This

source was helpful at providing information about the human effects and global impacts

on land.

United Nations. “Sustainable Development.” ​Acciona.​ Web. (29 November 2018.)

<​https://www.acciona.com/sustainable-development/​>.

This website gives detailed information on the question, “What is Sustainable

Development?” This source provides readers with a general knowledge of what

sustainability is and points out and describes three types of sustainability; environmental

sustainability, social sustainability, and economic sustainability. It was helpful by

providing information that helped develop my hom