《伯克希尔可持续发展百科全书》第8卷《美洲和大洋洲：评估可持续性》对两个地区的可持续性实践进行了广泛报道，这两个地区在哥伦比亚交换之前相对孤立，在交换之后殖民，以及污染、资源过度使用和环境退化的挑战，在文化和历史上相互联系。区域专家和国际学者关注南太平洋岛屿等地区的环境历史，这些岛屿现在因气候变化而受到海平面上升的特别威胁，以及其政府和企业可以在促进或阻止可持续选择方面发挥重要作用的国家：巴西，世界舞台上的一个新兴大国；美国是仅次于中国和印度的世界第三人口大国；新西兰似乎正在成为令人羡慕的可持续发展模式。
Berkshire Encyclopedia of Sustainability, Vol. 8: The Americas and Oceania – Assessing Sustainability
The Americas and Oceania: Assessing Sustainability, Volume 8 of the Berkshire Encyclopedia of Sustainability, provides extensive coverage of sustainability practices in two regions linked culturally and historically by their relative isolation before the Columbian exchange, by their colonization after it, and by the challenges of pollution, resource overuse, and environmental degradation. Regional experts and international scholars focus on environmental history in areas such as the South Pacific islands, now particularly threatened by rising ocean levels due to climate change, and on countries whose governments and corporations can play a major role in promoting or discouraging sustainable choices: Brazil, an emergent power on the world stage; the United States, the worlds third most populous nation after China and India; and New Zealand, seemingly on its way to becoming an enviable model of sustainable development.
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