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Announcements

PRINCIPLES OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

A new, specially designed seminar on environmental management, planning, and problem- solving is being offered by the International Environmental Management Institute to top- level officials in government ministries and other high level managers throughout the world. The seminar, entitled "Principles of Environmental Management in Developing Countries", integrates the key management, scientific, industrial, regulatory, technical and manpower issues surrounding the process of environmental protection during econom- ic development. The seminar will be held from 11 to 22 June 1979 in Concord, Massach- usetts, near Boston, U.S.A.

The focus of the seminar is to consider workable solutions to the problems of environ- mental management that arise during industrialization and increasing control of natural resources. Topics addressed will include an overview of the world's environment as a global system for development and the need for countries to consider some aspects of growth in the global setting; long-range environmental planning for sound economic development; cost/benefit analysis of environmental protection; international conventions and standards; industry response to environmental controls; environmental and social impact assessments; the basic principles of monitoring pollution and natural resources; technical options for management and the process of technology transfer; needs for education and training of operations manpower; and the design and management of environmental quality protection organizations.

Participants most likely to benefit from the seminar on principles of environmental management in developing countries include officials at the highest level in ministries con- cerned with development and the environment (such as ministries of industrial develop- ment, natural resources, economic planning, and health); top officials in newly established or enlarged environmental protection agencies; executives in industry and industrial or scientific research institutes; university faculty members advising government bodies and industries in areas of environment and development; and officials in international organiza- tions and assistance programs concerned with the environmental aspects of development.

Registration is now in progress. Readers interested in attending the seminar or receiving more information on the Institute or ERT, please write to John Whitman, Director, International Environmental Management Institute, ERT International, Inc., 696 Virginia Road, Concord, Massachusetts 01742, U.S.A.; telephone 617-369-8910; telex 923 335.

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE ENVIRONMENT METHODS AND STRATEGY FOR INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT

September 23rd to 29th, 1979

Arlon, Belgium

Scientific objective: To review different methodologies permitting the treatment of the complex problems

concerning the environment and integrated development, made possible by a systemic undertaking (an approach that is interdisciplinary, comprehensive, and integrated).

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Practical objective oriented towards action: To high-light the practical methods applicable to decision-making procedures; to

establish operational guidelines appropriate for integrated development and the improve- ment of the quality of the environment; and to examine the steps and the implications of a strategy looking towards the improvement of the relations between man and his environment.

The conference is conceived within the Man and Biosphere program (MAB) of UNESCO, as well as in the framework of educational programs concerning the environ- ment co-sponsored by UNESCO and UNEP since 1975, in collaboration with iUCN.

Information: For further information, please write to one of the following addresses:

Colloque international a/s Dr. Michel Maldague Facult~de Foresterie et de G~odesie Quebec, Qu~ GlW 3J7 CANADA

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Colloque international a/s Dr. Michel De Schrevel Fondation Universitaire Luxembourgeoise Rue des D~port~s, 140 B 6700 ARLON BELGIUM

INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR ECOLOGICAL MODELLING

The International Society for Ecological Modelling has been founded with the object of facilitating the international exchange of ideas, scientific results, and pertinent knowledge, as well as the application thereof, within the general area of ecological and environmental modelling.

Currently, a significant proport ion of good scientific work in this expanding field is not published in international journals, and is thus apt to be lost to the wider profession, being merely printed or duplicated as internal reports, theses, etc., that are generally not known outside a limited and often small circle of concerned scholars.

Towards remedying this deficiency, the Society will publish a quarterly journal, Abstracts of Ecological Modelling, which is planned to contain summaries of such materials as are otherwise not easily available, and also information as to where they may be obtained. In addition, there will be abstracts providing information on sources of data, on model construction, on computer programmes, on equations used in the models, and also indications of sources of further information. If papers, reports, and theses, etc., cannot be obtained from the sources indicated in the Journal, the Secretariat of the Society will provide its members with photocopies of materials at cost. Non-members may also be so helped for a modest fee.

The Society will sponsor or co-sponsor conferences, workshops, and training courses, to advance the development of ecological and environmental modelling. At least every third year, it will organize a state-of-the-art meeting on ecological model- ling. The first such meeting was held in Copenhagen, Denmark, during 28 August to 2 September 1978.

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Arrangements have already been made for members to obtain reductions in the cost of books and subscription rates of relevant journals that are published by major international scientific publishers.

The annual fee for membership of the Society is U.S. $25 for individual members and $100 for institutions and libraries. Both rates include subscription to the Society's Journal, Abstracts of Ecological Modelling.

Annual membership will cover the period from 1 September to 30 August, which will also be the financial year of the Society.

The first President of the Society is Asit K. Biswas, Director, Biswas Associates, Ottawa, Canada; and Senior Research Scientist, International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis, A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria, and the Secretary General is Dr. S.E. J~brgensen, Langkaer Vaenge 9, 3500 Vaerl~bse, Copenhagen, Denmark. Among the Vice-Presidents are Dr. O. Vasiliev, Deputy Director, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria, and Dr. G.V. Skogorboe, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, U.S.A.

Further information about the Society can be obtained either from the President or the Secretary General.