Highlights of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, Stockholm, Sweden, June, 1972, are presented in this news brochure. Four sections are defined: Resolutions, Reports, Statements, and Speeches. The first, Resolutions, states the declaration of principles, recommendations for action, the action plan, and institutional and…

The essays contained in this volume are concerned with the existing and potential role of international organizations in coping with the environmental impact of the widespread application of science and technology. The results of the study are designed to be useful to policy-makers and students of international organizations. The essays are…

This report from an ad hoc advisory panel of the Board of Science and Technology for International Development attempts to provide an argument for the importance of systematic scientific and technical information transfer within the framework of the total technical assistance effort. It stresses the need for substantially greater activity and a…

The efficiency of scientific information activities depends on the availability of highly skilled and experienced personnel and on the familiarity of all scientists and engineers with the essentials of information science. In 1963, the International Federation for Documentation (FID) appealed to its member countries to promote the establishment of…

A summary of the proceedings of the conference of experts convened by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and by the International Union of Geological Sciences introduces a discussion of the need for a standard terminology and for the collection of compatible global data to enable progress to be made in…

This handbook of environmental education was sponsored by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). It provides information on the methods of environmental education and promotes the exchange of details of new methods and materials. The book describes the present world position in environmental education and points the way for…

Presents an authoratative account of the history, economics, cultural politics and research directions of various international adaptations of the children's television program, Sesame Street. (MH)

Relates the setting-up of the International Social Sciences Information System (MISON), which reflects common social development and ideological processes characteristic of the socialist countries and the growing cooperation between them; and discusses some of its proposed goals and activities. (VT)

Describes documents that gave shape to the scientific information policy of Bulgaria, determined its goal, and indicated the fundamental principles of its strategy and tactics. The National System of Scientific and Technical Information (NSSTI) has established links with other European centers of scientific information. (VT)

Includes national documentation and information activities in Czechoslovakia, structure and aims of national centers, information services, technical means, information users, international cooperation, planned participation in international systems, possibility of mutual interconnection of automated information systems, and preconditions and…

Includes Danish organizational structure, main institutions, services, technical tools, users, existing international cooperation, and planned participation in international systems. (VT)

Covers German literature, research, and data on activities, institutions, services, technical tools, users, existing international cooperation, planned participation in international systems, feasibility of automated information systems, and Euorpean cooperation. (VT)

Includes national centers and main institutions of Finland, services provided and national cooperation, users, existing international cooperations, planned participation in international systems, and feasibility of mutually linked automated information systems. (VT)

Includes a general outline; central and main French institutions; services; technical tools; users; existing international cooperation; planned participation in international systems; feasibility of mutually linked automated information systems; needs, preconditions and obstacles; and priorities and principal fields for cooperation. (VT)

Includes a description of the national center in the German Democratic Republic in 1977 and the main institutions engaged in such activities; services, including cooperation at the national level; existing international cooperation; and planned participation in international systems. (VT)