Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Foreword -- Editors' Note -- 1 Tropical Forests: A Resource in Jeopardy -- Comments -- 2 Dimensions of a New Vulnerability: The Significance of Large-scale Urbanization in Developing Countries -- Comments -- 3 The Heating Up of the Climate -- Comments -- Response to Comments -- 4 Greening of the Desert -- Comments -- Response to Comments -- What Happened to the Energy Crisis? A Comment on the Global Commentary Papers -- About the IFIAS