Preface Chapter 1 Historical Certitude of Transition of Human Civilization A Review of the Relationship between Man and Nature Chapter 2 The Earth's Wonderful Biosphere The Origin, Structure and Current State of Man's Green Homeland Chapter 3 Probing the Ecological Footprints of Mankind It's Imperative to Pay Off the Debt Owed to the Ecological Environment Chapter 4 Transformation of Development Mode Brooks No Delay Taking the Road of Sustainable Development Chapter 5 Stop Bottomless Extravagant Consumption Changing Human Consumption Pattern Chapter 6 Does Nature Need a Rest? The Rehabilitation of the Natural Ecological System Chapter 7 Population Development & Saving the Earth's Biosphere Coordinated Development of Population, Economy and Society Chapter 8 It Is Time to Replace War With Peace War and Mankind's Survival Enviroment Chapter 9 The Special Mission of Science & Technology Applying the Highest Wisdom of Mankind to Saving the Earth's Biosphere Chapter 10 Lack of Ethics and Morals Results in a Sorrowful Fate for Nature Residents of the Global Village Need More Lessons in the Culture of Ecological Ethics Chapter 11 Saving the Biosphere Calls for Transforming the Traditional Legal System The Legal System as an Efficient Instrument for Environmental Protection Chapter 12 Maximizing the Leverage of Scientific Evaluation Scientific Criteria and Methods of Development Level Evaluation Chapter 13 Concerted Global Efforts: the Last Hope Collaborative Environmental Governance to Date and Recommended Countermeasures Index Postscript Editorial Committee Publisher's Note