United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
Information Resources
Management
(PM-211A)
INTERNATIONAL
UPDATE
January 1991
220N91001
JAN 2 5 1991
.NVIRONMtNTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
LIBRARY, REGION V
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NEW ACQUISITIONS
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The International Collection has received new and noteworthy items relating to international
environmental issues. For more information, please contact the International Staff at the
Headquarters Library at FTS 382-5917.
ENVIRONMENTAL DATA
Directions for internationally Compatible
Environmental Data. Hemisphere Publishing
Corporation, 1990. (TD 193 .057 1990)
The present stale of international environmental data
such as standards and guidelines is examined. The
information presented isa result of acontinuing workshop
on environmental data co-sponsored by several
governmental and international groups, such as the
EPA, UNESCO, and Environment Canada. Particular
emphasis is placed on the problems associated with the
sharing and compatibility of environmental data gathered
from varied nations.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
Environmental Policy in China. Indiana
University Press, 1988. (HC430 .E5R67 1988)
Author Lester Ross provides a thorough look at the
post-Mao environmental policies in the People's
Republic of China, including separate chapters on
forestry policies, water resources management, and
pollution control.
Changing the Global Environment:
Perspectives on Human Involvement.
Academic Press, Inc., 1989. (GF75.C471989)
A series of essays written by environmental, economic,
and social scientists from around the world explore
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methods through which technology and human
involvement can be employed to improve the global
environment.
Sustainable Development: Economics and
Environment in the Third World. Gower
Publishing Company, 1990. (HD75.6 .P431990)
The economic implications of sustainability are
discussed, with special reference to cost-benefit
analysis. Case studies from developing nations are
also included.
REFERENCE COLLECTION
Environmental Data Report. The United
Nations Environment Programme, 1989. (REF
QH 541.15 .M64E58 1989/90)
The secona eaition ot this valuable UNEP publication
includes environmental data and statistics not found
elsewhere. Sections include subjects such as
environmental pollution, climate, natural resources, and
wastes.
The Europe World Yearbook, 1990. Europa
Publications Limited, 1990. (REF JN 1 .E851990,
Volumes 1 -2)
This two volume set, now in its thirty-first edition, provides
statistical and directory information on international
organizations and the countries of the world.
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WHAT'S NEW
-Keith Chanon
To enable EPA staff and other library users to
keep informed of recent environmentally
related events from around the world,
INFOTERRA has subscribed to several
Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS)
and Joint Publications Research Service
(JPRS) publications. Currently, these include
daily reports on the Soviet Union, East Europe,
Latin America, and Sub-Saharan Africa, in
addition to a worldwide reporton Environmental
Issues. INFOTERRA also plans to receive
regional area reports for Africa, East Europe,
and Latin America, as we!! as science and
technology reports focused on the developing
world and on international data bases.
The JPRS Environmental Issues Report
provides information on significant
environmental activities in individual countries,
while also reporting on worldwide
developments. All of the publications contain
time-sensitive material from foreign
newspapers, journals, television broadcasts,
radio, and press agencies.
The FBIS and JPRS services are supported
by the Central Intelligence Agency. Reports
are available to government offices free of
charge. To see a complete listing of
publications, please contact the INFOTERRA
staff at FTS 382-5917.
CONFERENCE UPDATE
Global Pollution Prevention '91. Washington,
D.C., April 3-5, 1991. The objective of this
conference is to identify and exchange
technical and policy information on successful
and innovative approaches to pollution
prevention. For registration information please
contact: Global Pollution Prevention '91; 25
South Quaker Lane - Suite 24, Alexandria, VA,
22314, or call 703-823-2333.
U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
-John Butsch
The U.S. Agency for International Development
(AID), created by the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961, today carries out U.S. economic
assistance programs in the developing world.
In recent years, the major thrust of AID has
been the development of the private sector in
third world countries, in addition to its continued
support for health, education, and agriculture.
Over the years, AID'S involvement with
environmental issues has expanded. In the
mid-1970s, AID received a congressional
mandate to ensure that all of its development
projects be environmentally sound, and began
to fund environmental projects. In 1977, the
U.S. Foreign Assistance Act was amended to
include environmental provisions. It was in
1988 that the first major AID Policy Paper
covering environmental issues was written,
which encouraged AIDfieldmissionsto expand
and strengthen environment and natural
resource programs.
Lastyear, an AID environmental working group
prepared a paper, the Agency Environmental
Initiative, which set out a strategy for the next
decade. Individual geographic bureaus within
the Agency have also created environmental
strategies for their respective regions.
Since 1988, EPA has had a Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) with AID. The number
of collaborative programs has expanded
substantially during the last year under the
aegis of an EPA/AID steering group, chaired
by the EPA Office of International Activities.
There are several types of AID program
documents which may be of interest to EPA
staff. For further information concerning the
availability of AID resources, please contact
the INFOTERRA staff at FTS 382-5917.
EPA Headauarters Library
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