{"id":461,"date":"2018-09-06T10:23:11","date_gmt":"2018-09-06T14:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/environmentalissues\/front-matter\/introduction\/"},"modified":"2024-05-14T15:09:08","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T19:09:08","slug":"introduction","status":"publish","type":"front-matter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/environmentalissues\/front-matter\/introduction\/","title":{"raw":"About This Textbook","rendered":"About This Textbook"},"content":{"raw":"<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-641 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/environmentalissues\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/526\/2018\/09\/GreatBearRainForest-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/>\r\n<em>\r\nEnvironmental Issues<\/em> is a free open textbook that enables students to develop a nuanced understanding of today's most pressing environmental issues. This text helps students grasp the scientific foundation of environmental topics so they can better understand the world around them and their impact upon it.\r\n\r\nThis book is a collaboration between various authors and organizations\u00a0that are committed to providing students with high quality and affordable textbooks. This version is an <strong>in progress<\/strong> Canadian adaptation, with new content and areas of focus from editor and author Andrew Frank, based on the original <a href=\"https:\/\/cnx.org\/contents\/185cbf87-c72e-48f5-b51e-f14f21b5eabd@10.99\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\"Environmental Biology\"<\/a> by Matthew Fischer, editor, which is licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License<\/a>.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/cnx.org\/contents\/185cbf87-c72e-48f5-b51e-f14f21b5eabd@10.99\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\"Environmental Biology\"<\/a> is in turn adapted from the following sources, in addition to new content from Matthew Fischer:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cnx.org\/contents\/185cbf87-c72e-48f5-b51e-f14f21b5eabd@10.99\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\"Biology\"<\/a>\u00a0by <a href=\"https:\/\/openstax.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OpenStax<\/a>\u00a0is licensed under <a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/3.0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CC BY 3.0<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/cnx.org\/contents\/1741effd-9cda-4b2b-a91e-003e6f587263@43.5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\"Sustainability: A Comprehensive Foundation\"<\/a> by <span class=\"list-comma\">Tom Theis and Jonathan Tomkin, Editors,\u00a0<\/span>is licensed under <a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/3.0\">CC BY 3.0<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ck12.org\/user%3Azg9yc25lckbnbwfpbc5jb20.\/book\/Essentials-of-Environmental-Science\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\"Essentials of Environmental Science\"<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0<a>Kamala Dor\u0161ner<\/a>\u00a0is licensed under\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CC BY 4.0<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<em>Environmental Issues <\/em>is licensed under\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CC BY 4.0<\/a> and is actively edited, written and remixed by Andrew Frank, Environmental Protection instructor at Kwantlen Polytechnic University. If you have questions, suggestions, or find errors in this text, please contact him at andrew.frank@kpu.ca.\r\n\r\n<em>Photo above taken in Gitga'at First Nation territory in the Great Bear Rainforest of British Columbia, courtesy of Andrew Frank.\r\n<\/em>\r\n\r\n<em>Cover photo taken in Okanagan Nation Alliance territory at Vaseaux Lake, British Columbia, courtesy of Andrew Frank.<\/em>","rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-641 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/environmentalissues\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/526\/2018\/09\/GreatBearRainForest-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/environmentalissues\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/526\/2018\/09\/GreatBearRainForest-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/environmentalissues\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/526\/2018\/09\/GreatBearRainForest-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/environmentalissues\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/526\/2018\/09\/GreatBearRainForest-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/environmentalissues\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/526\/2018\/09\/GreatBearRainForest-65x43.jpg 65w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/environmentalissues\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/526\/2018\/09\/GreatBearRainForest-225x150.jpg 225w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/environmentalissues\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/526\/2018\/09\/GreatBearRainForest-350x233.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><br \/>\n<em><br \/>\nEnvironmental Issues<\/em> is a free open textbook that enables students to develop a nuanced understanding of today&#8217;s most pressing environmental issues. This text helps students grasp the scientific foundation of environmental topics so they can better understand the world around them and their impact upon it.<\/p>\n<p>This book is a collaboration between various authors and organizations\u00a0that are committed to providing students with high quality and affordable textbooks. This version is an <strong>in progress<\/strong> Canadian adaptation, with new content and areas of focus from editor and author Andrew Frank, based on the original <a href=\"https:\/\/cnx.org\/contents\/185cbf87-c72e-48f5-b51e-f14f21b5eabd@10.99\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Environmental Biology&#8221;<\/a> by Matthew Fischer, editor, which is licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cnx.org\/contents\/185cbf87-c72e-48f5-b51e-f14f21b5eabd@10.99\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Environmental Biology&#8221;<\/a> is in turn adapted from the following sources, in addition to new content from Matthew Fischer:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cnx.org\/contents\/185cbf87-c72e-48f5-b51e-f14f21b5eabd@10.99\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Biology&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0by <a href=\"https:\/\/openstax.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OpenStax<\/a>\u00a0is licensed under <a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/3.0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CC BY 3.0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/cnx.org\/contents\/1741effd-9cda-4b2b-a91e-003e6f587263@43.5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Sustainability: A Comprehensive Foundation&#8221;<\/a> by <span class=\"list-comma\">Tom Theis and Jonathan Tomkin, Editors,\u00a0<\/span>is licensed under <a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/3.0\">CC BY 3.0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ck12.org\/user%3Azg9yc25lckbnbwfpbc5jb20.\/book\/Essentials-of-Environmental-Science\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Essentials of Environmental Science&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0<a>Kamala Dor\u0161ner<\/a>\u00a0is licensed under\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CC BY 4.0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Environmental Issues <\/em>is licensed under\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CC BY 4.0<\/a> and is actively edited, written and remixed by Andrew Frank, Environmental Protection instructor at Kwantlen Polytechnic University. 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