Environmental Management: Issues and Solutions Book

	Abbreviations
	Foreword
	Preface
1	Basic principles and concepts essential for achieving a functional environmental attitude	3
2	Human ecology and environmental ethics	19
3	"The environmental perspective to the year 2000 and beyond": how to make use of this policy statement	30
4	National environmental management plans and programmes for sustainable development	34
5	Environmental awareness, education and training	42
6	A brief overview of problems facing oceans, seas and coastal areas	49
7	Elements of marine science and coastal ecosystems	52
8	Freshwater resources: a brief introduction	56
9	Efforts to combat land degradation	60
10	National soils policies for the protection and rational utilization of soil resources	65
11	The conservation of biological diversity	74
12	Genetic resources	79
13	Depletion of the ozone layer	82
14	Freshwater resources: their depletion, contamination and management	86
15	The environmental consequences of energy production, energy transmission and energy use	91
16	Environmental dynamism in the promotion of Ghana's cultural heritage: the communication medium	99
17	Oil pollution in the ROPME sea area	102
18	A brief overview of forests	105
19	Ecosystem improvement in the Guerrero Mountain region: a pilot project	109
20	Forest resources in Thailand	113
21	Kenya's policy on environment and development: focus on afforestation	117
22	Village-level management of natural resources: a case study from the Himalayas	121
23	Land degradation and desertification in Ghana	125
24	The problem of desertification in Pakistan	128
25	The National Conservation Strategy (NCS) for Pakistan	130
26	Rhino and elephant management in Zimbabwe	135
27	The built-up ecosystems	139
28	Waste management in Uganda	142
29	The Global Environmental Monitoring System (GEMS)	144
30	The Global Resource Information Database (GRID)	149
31	INFOTERRA, the international environmental information system	151
32	Technology transfer, environmental auditing and environmental impact assessment	156
33	Pollution: its causes and control in industrialized countries: the case of Japan	162
34	Environmental management and economic development in the Seychelles	166
35	Thailand launches villager environment conservation project	168
36	Panama's ecological agenda, 1990-1994	172
37	Regional approaches to planning: the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN)	175
38	The role of law in environmental management at the national level	180
39	Designing, developing and obtaining international legal instruments for environmental protection	184
40	The Global Environmental Facility (GEF)	189
41	China's population, environment dynamics and the impact of climate change	193
42	Attaining sustainable development in Nigeria: water quality monitoring management	197
43	Watershed management problems in Nepal: strategy for people's participation	202
44	Energy and its environmental impact in Rwanda	207
45	The Mount Apo National Park Geothermal Project: reconciling imperatives in national development	210
46	Information networks for energy planning: the role of the UNESCO Regional Office for Science and Technology in Africa (ROSTA)	215
47	The UNEP Industry and Environment Programme Activity Centre (IE/PAC)	219
48	Awareness and preparedness for emergencies at the local level (APELL)	223
49	Hazardous wastes: their transboundary movement and disposal	226
50	Toxic chemicals: the UNEP international register	230
51	The Eastern Africa Environmental Network: an example of networking among developing countries	234
	Bibliography	240
	Index	242