Environmental Impacts

1. Introduction
2. Local effects of agriculture on the environment
   • heavy metals
   • soil micro-life
3. Effects on the environment outside the farm
   • use of agri-chemicals
     • fertilizers
     • pesticides
   • changing the uses of land
   • global warming
     • CO2 emissions
     • methane (CH4) emissions
     • nitrous oxides (N2O) emissions
   • biodiversity conservation
4. Introduction to sustainable agriculture
   • definition
5. Sources
6. Views of Agriculture and Impacts on the Environment (not yet available)