For one-third of the world's people, the energy crisis means the daily scramble to find the wood they need to cook. The accelerating destruction of forests throughout Africa, Asia and Latin America and the utilization of manure as a firewood substitute may produce the most profound ecological crisis of this century. (BT)

The relation between science and socioeconomic development in both developed and developing countries is discussed. The interdependence of pure and applied science, technology and finance, knowledge and tradition, and national, regional, and world-wide efforts in behalf of progress are characterized. (BL)

Four specialists analyze the multiple functions of the United Nations in the field of human population. (Editor/JR)

Claims that the population problems of Asia can be solved by a change of attitudes, by boosting employment and agriculture, and not by a crusade for birth control. (Editor/JR)