INTERNATIONAL
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      International Update is a new EPA Headquarters Library bulletin for EPA staff interested
in international environmental information. It will be published monthly to highlight special
information services. We have recently expanded support for international initiatives, and this
bulletin will keep you current with the services and products  targeted specifically to your
critical activities.

         •  The International Collection: books and journals on  international topics.
         •  Legislative Tracking and Briefings: action updates of key legislation on
            international environmental topics, along with background and voting records of
            committee members.
         •  Reference: response to international queries, custom bibliographies, research
            guides, and database searches.

                The INFOTERRA Staff looks forward to working with you:

          •  John Butsch,  Head INFOTERRA Librarian.  John, new to our staff, has
      experience as a librarian at US Agency for International Development and World Bank.
          •  Mary Stevanus, INFOTERRA Reference Librarian. Mary worked as a general
      reference librarian at EPA before moving to INFOTERRA.  She has developed a real
      expertise with legislative databases and has a keen sense of where to find the
      environmental data.
          •  Keith Chanon, INFOTERRA Technician.  Keith comes to us from American
      University with a degree in International Studies. He has studied  at the University of
      Moscow and travelled  extensively in Eastern Europe.

Call Linda Spencer, Information Services Branch. 382-3522 for special projects, briefinqs,
management support and consultation on additional services and products.

                                  Database News
                                      — Mary Stevanus

Access to a wide variety of scientific, political,  Over  130,000 citations  are contained in this
and  international environmental journals is  commercial database covering a wide range of
available through the ENVIROLINE            environmental and natural resource topics.
database.  Full text microfiche copies of all
citations identified through the database are    For more information on the ENVIROLINE
available at the Headquarters Library.          database contact Mary  Stevanus at 245-3638.
                EPA Headquarters Library  PM211A  WSM 2904   382-5917
                                                                          June 1990

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               In the News
      Recent journal articles of interest

Anderson, Robert M.; Rudolph, Lawrence. 'On
Solid International Ground in Antarctica: A U.S.
Strategy for Regulating Environmental Impact
on the Continent." Stanford Journal of
International Law. Vol.  26, No.  1, Fall 1989.
pp. 93-151.

Charles, Daniel.  "East German  Environment
Comes into the Light." Science. Vol. 247, No.
4940, January 19, 1990. p. 274.

MacKenzie, Debora. "Montreal Nations Agree
On Tougher Rules on CFC's." New Scientist.
Vol. 125, No. 1709. March 24, 1990. pp. 21.
               What's New
     Recent additions to the International
 Collection. Reference items do not circulate.

Brown, Lester, and others.  State of the
World-1990.  WorldWatch Institute. NY: W.W.
Norton, 1990. HC59.S7 1990.

OECD Environmental Data Compendium 1989.
Paris, OECD, 1989.  TD169.O7 1989.
              Get Up and Go
    Upcoming conferences and meetings

Second World Climate Conference.
Oct 29-Nov. 7,1990.  Geneva, Switzerland.
Sponsored by the World Meteorlogical
Organization this conference will critique the
IPCC's final report on climate change, review
scientific research, and present  an action plan
on climate change.  Attendance by invitation
only, but will include papers on selected topics.
For information contact SWCC
Coordinator, WMO, POB 2300,1211 Geneva 2,
Switzerland,  (tel. +41-22-730-84-01).
International Symposium on Ecological
Indicators. October 16-19,1990. Miami Beach,
FL Sponsored by the US EPA, this forum will
focus on the identification,  application, and
monitoring of ecological indicators which
describe the status of aquatic, desert, wetland,
and  agriculture  systems.    Contact  Janet
McDonald, Kilkelly Environmental Assoc., POB
31265, Raleigh, NC 27622 (919-781-3150).
                 Update
          USSR /Eastern Europe
                      — Keith Chanon

Activities for Earth Day were scheduled
throughout  Eastern Europe. The Bulgarian
Academy of Sciences  and the  Institute for
Ecology on Environmental Matters sponsored
tree plantings, concerts, and lectures on
environmental topics.  In Czechoslovakia
grass-roots organizations including
Brontosaurus and the Czech Union for Nature
Conservation organized programs, including a
reforestation project. Concerts also took place
in Bohemia and Moravia where musicians, along
with artists, writers, and politicians supported
environmental reforms.

Hungarian radio and television broadcast
programs on national environmental issues and
the World Federation of Democratic Youth
initiated the World Youth Rainforest Action
campaign. The  Polish Ecological Club
organized a campaign to clean up the Vistula
River and areas around the Baltic Sea.

In the USSR, the Foundation for Social
Innovations coordinated rallies that focused on
preventing further damage to rivers and lakes.
The Lithuanian Greens also began a project to
save the Volga River and Althay region.

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