In this issue Vol. 5. No. 9. November 1975

Edward Goldsmith

Robert Hanie

J . Pelisek

Michael Senior

Lawrence D. Hills

H. Valdez

Sheldon Williams

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EDITORIAL

I n Praise of the Abnormal

FEATURE ARTICLES

Atlanta 2000 Prominent citizens of the U.S.A.'s "Coca-Cola City " join together to turn a vision into a programme

Conifer Plantations and Soil Deterioration Conifers planted in lowland areas outside their natural occurrence cause severe soil deterioration

Driving into the Future Do we build motorways to accommodate cars or manufacture cars to utilise the motorways we plan?

Putting Waste Water to Work Millions of gallons of waste water containing valuable minerals could be saved for use on the land

INTERVIEW

Jamaica's Minister of Mining and Natural Resources talks to Jimoh Omo-Fadaka about his country's struggle to avoid the worsening effects of industrialisation

REPORTS

Cadmium in River Water

Article 842 and The Italian Bloodbath

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This Month's Cover: Spruce Trees in Czechoslovakia Note: While every care is taken with manuscripts submitted for publication, the Editors cannot guarantee to return those not accepted. Articles published in the Ecologist do not necessarily express the views of the Editors. Editor: Edward Goldsmith. Assistant Editor: Ruth Lumley-Smith. Associate Editors: Robert Allen, Michael Allaby, Peter Bunyard, Brian Johnson, Jimoh Omo Fadaka,

Andrew MacKillop, Robert Waller, Lawrence Hills, John Papworth, John Davoll, Richard Willson, John Milton (U.S.A.), Peter Freeman. (U.S.A.) Henryk Skolimowski (U.S.A.)

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