United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
Information Resources
Management
(PM-211A)
EPA220/N-92-009
October 1992
INTERIMATIO
UPDATE
CEIVED
PUBLIC AFFAIRS INFORMATION
PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service) is a
bibliographic database available on CO-ROM at the
EPA Headquarters Library. It contains citations to
public policy literature in a variety of subjects, includ-
ing:
• environment
• business
• economics
• law
• international relations
• political science
• social sciences
References and summaries in English are provided to
material published in any of six languages: English,
French, German, Italian, Portuguese, or Spanish.
Printed material in the following formats is included:
• journal articles
• books
• government documents
• committee hearings
• pamphlets
• public and private organization reports
PAIS can be searched by subject, title, author, or
keyword. Search results can be printed or downloaded
to a 3 1/2" floppy disk. Remember to bring your own
disk if you want to download information. The Library
staff will be conducting a training session on PAIS on
December 12,1992. Access instructions, searching
procedures, subject scope of the CD product, and
printing/saving to disk will be covered at this session.
Since class size will be limited, please contact the
Headquarters Library Reference Desk at 202-260-5921
to reserve a spot for PAIS, or any of the other CD-ROM
training sessions listed below:
11/92
12/92
1/93
Energy & Environment
PAIS
Aquatic Sciences & Fisheries
Abstract
If the schedule listed above is not convenient, the
INFOTERRA staff would be happy to conduct training
sessions for you or your office for any of the CD-ROM
products in the collection. Subjects covered include
medicine, technology, and the environment. For more
information about PAIS, and other CD-ROMs, or to
arrange a training session, please contact Beth
Behrendt, INFOTERRA Reference Librarian
(contractor) at 202-260-5927.
WE ARE HERE TO HELP!
• Need information on international
environmental issues to finish a report?
• Curious about environmental concerns in
other countries?
Call the INFOTERRA staff. We have access to a
wide range of resources, including a variety of jour-
nals and many information systems.
• Stay on top of the events and issues of the •
international environmental scene. |
• Make the most of the services available to •
you.
Call INFOTERRA at 202-260-5917,
or visit us in the Headquarters
Library, Monday through Friday,
8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
- INFOTERRA/USA National Focal Point
UNCED COUNTRY REPORTS
INFOTERRA has begun acquiring the country
reports prepared for UNCED. These are documents
prepared by the government of each country that
participated in the Rfe Conference. The reports
focus on what each country perceives to be its most
important environmental issues, the actions that it
has taken to improve the environment, and its goals
for the future. So far INFOTERRA has received
reports (in English} from the following countries:
Japan, Israel, Poland, and the Peoples' Republic of
China. :
While these are not currently circulating from the
collection, you are welcome to visit INFOTERRA,
and the staff wai be happy to share them with you.
ygj Printed on Recycled Paper
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RECENT JOURNAL ARTICLES OF
INTEREST
Bennett, Bradley C. Plants and People of the
Amazonian Rainforests: The Role of Ethnobotany in
Sustainable Development* BloSclence
{September 1992), VoL42 No.8: pp,599-607.
Bk>om. Jane L and Mark A. Sitverman. ^Recent
Developments in Environmental taw in Eastern
Europe." Environmental Claims Journal
(Autumn 1992). Vol.5 No. 1: pp.117-31. < }
"Can We Learn to Nurture Nature?" {a special section
on women and the environment^ Environmental :
Action. (Summer 1992). Vol.24 No.2; pp.it-2&f
Georgieva, Kristallna. "Environmental Policy in : ;
Southeastern Europe; Green Desires. Gray Realities"
Environmental Impact Assessment Review, \
(September 1992). VoL12No3: pp,239-43. : j
Gtffis, Anna Maria. Israeli Researchers Planning for
Global Climate Change on the Local Level"
BloSclence. (September 1992). • :
Vol.42 NO.«: pp.587-89- ! ;
Khadka* Narayan. "Human Survival or Environmental
Protection? A NepaleseDHernrna." Asian
Environment. (2nd Quarter 1992). Vol.14 No>2:
pp/U-33. .. j
Kim, Karl and Duk Lee Murabayasht "Recent '
Developments In the Use of Environmental Impact
Statements in Korea." Environmental Impact
Assessment Review, {September 1992),
VoM2 No.3: 295-314. i
Luling, Virginia. "The Scramble for African Timber."
Multinational Monitor. (September 1992),
VOL13 N0.9: pp.10-12.
Repetto, Robert, 'garth in theBalance ^heet;
Incorporating Natural Resources in National Income
Accounts." Environment. (September 1992).
Vot.34 No J: pp.l3-20+. j
Tangtey, Laura. "Seed Capital: A Long-Forgotten
Grain way Have the Potential to Feed the World's
Hungriest Nations." Earthwatch. (September/October
1992). VotXI No.Vl: pp.12-19.
For copies of them articles, visit INFOTERRA In the
Headquarters Library, or cafl {202} 260-5927.
CHECK THESE OUT!
The following books are all recent
additions to the INFOTERRA
collection:
Ambiente '91. [Environmental
Policy in Spain]. Ministerio do
Ambiente e Recursos Naturals,
1991. HC79.E5A42.
te Compost: Gestiondela
Matlere Organlque. Michel
Mustin. Editions Francois Dubusc,
1987. S661M871987.
Environmental Consequences of
the Armed Conflict Between Iraq
and Kuwait. UNEP Governing
Council, 10 May 1991.
TD194.68 K9E58 1991.
Environmental Education:
Training of Teacher Educators,
Curriculum Developers and
Educational Planners and
Administrators. National Institute
of Educational Planning and
Administration (New Delhi, India),
1988. GF26.14E58.
GEMS - Global Environment
Monitoring System. UNEP, 1990.
TD885.5 G73G45.
Reuse of Human Wastes In
Aquaculture: A Technical
Review. UNDP, World Bank Water
and Sanitation Program, 1992.
SH154 .E28 1992.
Review of the State of the
Natural Environment In the
USSR. [1988-1989 Observational
Materials]. Department of
Gidrometeoizdat, 1991.
HC79.E5 R98
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Carol Stiles
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Robert Hulshof
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