Edited by:

Martin W. Holdgate, Director, Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, Natural Environment Research Council, London

and

Gilbert F. White, Director, Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado, USA

Published on behalf of the

Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE)

of the

International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU)

by:

JOHN WILEY & SONS
London, New York, Sydney, Toronto

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Title Pages

Foreword

Table of Contents

Preface

PART I. MAN'S PLACE IN THE BIOSPHERE

Chapter 1. Environmental Properties and Processes

Chapter 2. The Role of Science in Environmental Policy

PART II. THE MID-TERM PROGRAMME OF SCOPE AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVITIES OF ICSU

Chaper 3. Environmental Concerns

Chapter 4. Environmental Management

Chapter 5. Activities of the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU)

PART III. THE FUTURE

Chapter 6. A Forward Look

Appendix A. Literature cited

Appendix B. Activities of ICSU unions and associated scientific groups

Appendix C. Steering Committee and Project Chairmen in the SCOPE Mid-term Programme

Appendix D. Methyl mercury: critical groups and sources of intake

Index