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2.1 Who is overpopulated? Some comparisons of population, per capita gross domestic product, energy use, and other resource demands. Different places have widely divergent levels of population, affluence, and technology, with unclear implications for environmental impact.

3.1 Market-based solutions. An overview of some dominant environmental regulatory mechanisms that involve market components and are based in part on market logics. Note that in all cases the state remains an important player in making markets work and achieving environmental goals.

12.1 Comparison of the number of important insect species measured to be present in differing systems of coffee production in Costa Rica

12.2 Some key tropical exports and their leading export countries. Most major tropical commodities are grown in forest frontiers of countries experiencing tropical deforestation.

12.3 The predominant banana export companies operating globally, their share of the market in 2002, and their headquartered locations.

13.1 Countries worldwide with gray wolf populations of 3000 or greater.

14.1 Countries producing most uranium, 2019.

14.2 Comparison of predicted and actual radioactive contaminant migration at Maxey flat low-level radioactive waste facility, Kentucky (US),

15.1 Overfished marine species.

17.1 Freshwater usage around the world. The total average withdrawals of freshwater per person vary enormously around the world, as do the proportions of those dedicated to domestic use.

17.2 Domestic US water use. A family of four uses 400 gallons of water daily, 300 of which are used indoors

17.3 Selected leading per capita consumer nations of bottled water, 2007.

18.1 Energy inputs and costs of potato production per hectare in the United States.