This book summarizes the results of survey under-taken by IUCN and collaborators of the immediate and mid-term environmental damage arising from the Gulf War, in particular the massive oil spillage.
A straight forward presentation of the keynote papers and case studies prepared for the workshop on coastal marine biosphere serves held in 1989. The keynote papers together provide an excellent digest of the different factors to be considered in biosphere reserve planning, examining constraints across the full range of physical to socio-economic spheres.
This report provides an illustration of the benefits of an interdisciplinary approach to natural to natural resource management in an area such as Parc National du Banc d'Arguin. Detailed annexes expand upon the complementary elements of a research plan which has been designed to support management initiatives.
