1973 iucn yearbook

CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
THE ENVIRONMENT IN 1973
THE FIRST QUARTER CENTURY OF IUCN:
LOOKING BACK AND LOOKING AHEAD
The beginning of IUCN - Fontainebleau - The Union in Action - Science
and conservation - Commissions - Highlights in retrospect - A new name
and a new home - The World Wildlife Fund - The Morges Manifesto - New
directions - List of Officers, Executive Boards and Secretaries General.
REVIEW OF IUCN ACTIVITIES
National and International Environmental Policy
Environmental Policy - International Conventions - Environmental law
documentation - Studies in environmental law - Legislative aid projects.
Environmental Planning and Management
Use of ecological guidelines for development in the American humid tropics
- Use of ecological guidelines for development in tropical forest areas of
South East Asia - Guidelines for island development - Guidelines for other
biomes - Tourism and conservation - Future of the Alps - The Green Book
- Improvement of cultural landscapes - Leaflet on landscape survey - Conservation
status of the Mediterranean Coast - Arid and semi-arid zones.
Conservation of Biotic Communities
United Nations List of National Parks and Equivalent Reserves - World
Directory of National Parks and Other Protected Areas - Ecological data -
Ecological and genetic considerations in establishing areas for protection
of species and biotic communities - Survey of National Parks in Northern
and Western Europe - Regional systems of National Parks - National Park
planning and management - Second World Conference on National Parks
- Assistance with specific reserves - A system for defining and classifying
natural areas - Wetlands - Conservation of critical marine habitats - Conservation
of natural resources in high mountains.
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