books.google.co.uk - The environment is considered the surroundings in which an organism operates, including air, water, land, natural resources, flora, fauna, humans and their interrelation. It is this environment which is both so valuable, on the one hand, and so endangered on the other. And it is people who are by and...http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Environmental_research_at_the_leading_ed.html?id=DlgCSPE3MsQC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareEnvironmental research at the leading edge