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INTERNATIONAL
UPDATE
EPA/220-N-95-024
Jul/Aug 1995
UNEP Conference:
Protection of the Marine
Environment from Land
Based Activities
Between October 23 and November 3, the United
Nations Environment Program (UNEP) will sponsor
a conference on protection of the marine
environment in Washington, D C at the conference
facilities of the Department of State. Participants will
include the governments of over 80 countries as well
as international and nongovernmental organizations
As the human population all over the world becomes
concentrated in coastal areas, the marine
environment is required to bear ever greater
burdens. Marine habitats are being destroyed by the
population load and the physical changes to the land
which humans make. Municipal, industrial, and
agricultural runoff are carried to coastal regions by
rivers, ocean currents, and atmospheric deposition.
Coastal pollution endangers human health and
critical habitats while numerous activities undermine
the sustainable use of coastal resources that form
the basis for a wide range of economic activities
(e.g.. tourism, fishing, recreation, etc.) that are
critical to many coastal communities.
Thus the purpose of the UNEP conference, once its
members determine the major threats to the health
of the marine environment, is to propose a plan of
action to prevent further damage and provide for
sustainable development in coastal regions. Once
developed, the plan of action will serve as a guide to
individual states for reducing the degradation of the
marine environment and promoting both the
conservation of marine resources and sustainable
development.
If you have any questions regarding this conference,
please contact Doris McBride at (202) 736-4928
Other Conference Announcements
Interdisciplinary Conference on the Environment
Between June 15 and June 20,1996, the Second
International Interdisciplinary Conference on the
Environment will be held in Newport, Rhode Island.
The deadline for paper submission and participation
is February 28,1996 For more information please
contact Demetri Kantarelis or Kevin L Hickey via
fax (508) 799-4502, or e-mail.
dkantar@eve.assumption edu.
Global Biodiversity Forum
The third meeting of the Global Biodiversity Forum
(GBF) will be convened on 4-5 November, 1995,
immediately prior to the second meeting of the
Conference of the Parties to the Convention on
Biological Diversity (COP2), 6-17 November, 1995
The meeting will take place in Jakarta at the Atlet
Century Park Hotel, which is the new venue for
COP2.
The GBF works closely with those involved with
COP2 at the local and national levels. According to
the program announcement, the Forum "provides
for an independent, open process to foster analysis
What Are YOU Doing?
The EPA frequently receives requests regarding
all aspects of environmental protection from all over the
world. If your office is working with foreign governments to
improve the state of the world's environment, let your
colleagues know what you are doing. Publicize your
activities in International Update.
Send your submissions to INFOTERRA at 3404.
or via e-mail to library-infoterra. For more information,
please call (202) 260-9357.
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and unencumbered dialogue and debate among
interested parties to address the key ecological,
economic, institutional and social issues related to
the options for action to save, study and use
biodiversity sustainability" The forum is being
sponsored by the Indonesian Biodiversity
Foundation, the Worldwide Fund for Nature
(Indonesia Programme), the World Conservation
Union, the World Resources Institute, the African
Centre for Technological Studies, and the United
Nations Environment Programme.
For further information, contact Jeffrey McNeely,
Chief Biodiversity Officer, Global Biodiversity Forum
'95, lUCN-The World Conservation Union, 28 Rue
Mauverney CH-1196, Gland, Switzerland.
(Telephone +41 22.999-0001, Fax +41.22 999-
0025, Email jam@hq lucn ch)
New Books
The following books have recently been added
to the International Collection in the
Headquarters Library:
Code of Ethics on the International Trade in
Chemicals. United Nations Environment
Programme. 1994. HD9650.C63 1994.
Compendium of EPA Binational and
Domestic U.S./Mexico Activities. United
States Environmental Protection Agency. 1995.
EPA/160-B-95-001.
Environmental Technologies Exports: A
Guide to U.S. Government Resources. U.S.
Department of Commerce. 1995 HF1416.5.E58
1995.
EPA's International Program: Serving U.S.
Environmental, Economic, Foreign Policy,
and National Security Interests. United States
Environmental Protection Agency. 1995.
TD170.E63 1995
Facing the Global Environment Challenge:
A Progress Report on World Bank Global
Environmental Operations. The World Bank.
1995. HC79.E5 F24.
New World Water: The International
Review of Water and Wastewater in
Developing Countries. Sterling Publications
Limited. 1994. TD420.N49
State of the Environment: Updated Scientific
Report on the Environmental Effects of the
Conflict between Iraq and Kuwait. United
Nations Environment Programme. 1993.
DS79.72.U55 1993
Wastes and Their Treatment: Information
Sources. United Nations Environment
Programme, 1994. HD9999.I49 1994
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through Friday, at (202)260-5917. All e-mail
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Head Librarian
Linda Namis (202) 260-5638
Reference Librarians
Terri King (202) 260-9357
Linda Tripp (202) 260-5927
EP3 Librarian
Joy Siegel (202) 260-5927
CONAMA Librarian
Dimity Smith (202 260-3638
Technician
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