Bios - life - is the most precious posses-sion on our planet. To preserve biodiversityis to guarantee the wealth and beauty of ourworld and the survival of future generations.But in view of the current environmentalabuse, respecting life and living in harmonywith the environment is rapidly becoming aforeing concept.

The few who have succeded in safe-

guarding our natural heritage are making aninvaluable contribution to humanity. Inrecognition of this achievement, the BIOawards a special Bios Prize to an indigenouscommunity in Colombia. This initiative istaking place under the auspices of the Min-ister of Environment and will be realised inOctober during the BIO President�s visit tothe country (see page 9).

Bio NewsBio News

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BIO LegislationNew international courtfor the environment

BIO NatureThreat to Australianforests

BIOS OlympiadPrize for the OlympicIdea BIO Conference in Olympia

BIO EventsSt. Petersburg 1999:the BIOS OlympiadBios Prize Recipients

BiodiversityFocus on Colombia

Bios PrizesFour Recipients

BIO SupportWho�s Who in Biopolitics

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Can you hear the gongresonate the dawning of the new era

Can you see the bright starssend messages of light and hope

Can you feel the breathingof every creature on our planet

the waves of love the whispers of life

Can you listen to the beat of your heartembrace us all with warmth

Share the new visionof joy, peace and harmony

Agni Vlavianos-Arvanitis, 1998

With globalisation defining the shape and struc-ture of future society the need for a new visionand diachronic values is becoming imperative.

Without them, globalisation will not only fail but willalso entail serious threats for the continuation of life onour planet. In this urgently needed societal �renais-sance� the Olympic spirit plays a key role. Moreover, theco-operation of technology and the arts in the promo-tion of peace and the bio-environment can serve as aunifying model for a global appreciation of bios. This isthe goal and challenge of the Biopolitics InternationalOrganisation (BIO).

Ultimately, we hope that the new era will not bemerely one in name or number but will be witness to agenuine change in culture whereby the right of futuregenerations to a clean environment is ensured and thatdiversity on every level - biological, cultural, religious,ethnic - is maintained.

The creation of the Bios Prizes is the best manifesta-tion, so far, of the fundamental inclusivity of the biosethos and a grassroots mobilization. This award focuseson a unified vision of saving the bio-environment, inwhich every profession is threaded together in recogni-tion of the value of interdependence to achieve this com-mon goal. The Bios Prizes came into fruition in Paris1996, when the first was awarded to Jacques Cousteaufor his indisputable contribution to humanity through hisextensive exploration of and campaigning for our seas.

This year the award ceremony will be hosted by theDirector of thehistoric Hermitage museum in St. Peters-burg, Academician Michael Piatrovsky , on September

4th, and four leading figures are due tobe awarded Bios Prizes: Mstislav Ros-tropovich, the famous Russian cellistand conductor; Kitty Kyriacopoulos,Greek industrialist and philanthropist;Dr. Anton Rupert, South African busi-ness leader noted for his work inwildlife conservation; and Jakob vonUexkull, the Swedish founder of theRight Living Award. All four Bios Prizerecipients are honoured for their out-standing contributions in various waysto uphold the principles of Bios, savingbiodiversity, promoting peace, andacknowledging the interdependence of all forms of life(see page 8 and 10-11).

The Bios Prizes should prove to be the culminationof a busy year, during which a branch of the BIO wasestablished in Kiev and conferences were hosted orattended in a variety of cities, from Gijon to New York,from The Vatican to Washington DC, as well as in theBIO's home city, Athens.

Bios OlympiadAnother major BIO event and a highlight of this

year, is a conference at Ancient Olympia on August 20-22, with the theme Bio-Environment - Bio-Culture:Values for the New Millennium. During the conferencein Ancient Olympia, the BIO stated its support of theOlympic Idea as an athletic and spiritual ideal. While theModern Olympic Games' emphasis has been on physical

feats, the BIO thinks that the Olympics scope should bemuch wider and encompass all aspects of humanendeavour where excellence is achieved. The OlympicGames are a unique opportunity to move towards unit-ing humanity. This Olympic goal, if more fully realized,would provide hope to mobilize the positive energy ofanyone who wishes to contribute towards saving Bios.

At Ancient Olympia this year the BIO hopes to makereal progress toward the needed enrichment of theOlympic Games and the potential provided by culturalOlympiads. The conference is expected to underscorethe desirability for the harmonious coupling of mytholo-gy, history and tradition as a basis for new values. Anumber of prominent speakers from all walks of life -professors, financiers, ambassadors, politicians andchurch leaders - will explore ways to reaffirm the ancientOlympic Ideal in its birthplace (see page 7).

Mstislav Rostropovich, Bios Prize recipient 1999, with Dr. Vlavianos-Arvanitis at the Saharov Fextival in Athens 1994.

Millennium of Peace

Amazon indigenous community receivesBios Prize for preserving biodiversity

The BIO World Referendumfor saving bios was launched in theregions of South and SoutheastAsia in September 1998. The Gov-ernor of Haryana, Shri MahavirPrasad inaugurated the launch,which was attended by a large num-ber of teachers, lawyers, businesspeople, doctors, police personnel,members of the armed forces,artists, musicians, scientists, NGOmembers, administrators, planners,politicians, etc. It is hoped that thismajor mobilisation will lead to thenecessary awareness and action tosafeguard our planet for future gen-erations

BIO World Referendumofficially launched in India

Special guests and the Governor of Haryana, ShriMahavir Prasad, signing the referendum form.

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FoundationEnvironmental policy today is

based on the concept of sustain-ability. Although this operates as afirst line of defense against envi-ronmental degradation, its long-term success is not guaranteed. Theflaws can be justified by theabsence of a unified vision and ofan internationally agreed-uponstrategy. The Biopolitics Interna-tional Organisation (BIO) pro-motes a biocentric vision and sug-gests new models and ethics forsociety. A new strategy which reaches beyond sustain-able development, can expand our horizons of under-standing and introduce the necessary criteria for a morejust and safe global management.

In this effort, international co-operation is of vitalimportance. This co-operation should not be limited tothe co-ordination of different conservation pro-grammes, but rather consist of a thorough re-evalua-tion of environmental law. The initiative for the founda-tion of an International Environmental Court (page 3),aiming at the resolution of international environmentaldisputes, could not be more timely. For the reversal ofnegative trends to be effective and for the avoidance offurther degradation and catastrophe, environmentallegislation has to be universally adopted. Threats to biosdo not recognise national borders, political and reli-gious differences. They can be resolved through multi-lateral co-operation and through bio-diplomacy.

With globalisation defining the shape and structure offuture society, the need for a new vision becomes moreurgent. Globalisation is taking place without goals andideals, when it should be based on values that have ameaning for the continuity of bios on our planet and afor the understanding of our dependence on all forms oflife. Without this vision, globalisation will not only fail,but will also pose serious threats to the world. Withenvironmental deterioration becoming a compellingissue of unprecedented importance, international co-operation in the preservation of the bio-environmentcan provide the necessary unifying dimensions to facethe future with a vision of hope and harmony.

The current crisis of values is a great threat, not only tothe environment but also to peace. This is why there is apressing need to use the diachronic ideals of the past tomotivate every member of society towards the conser-vation of the environment. The Olympic Spirit can playa leading role in uniting the forces of culture and tech-nology to instill the appreciation of the aesthetic valueof life on our planet. This constitutes the hope and thevision of the Biopolitics International Organisation forthe generations to come. Bios Prizes for each speciality,as well as a World Referendum, with the participationof every profession and of every individual is the goal ofthe BIO for the new millennium. Through a true inter-national "environmental education" each citizen couldcontribute to the spiritual renaissance of humanity.

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BIO goalsINTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION FOR THE BET-TER UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OFBIOS (LIFE) AND THE BIO-ENVIRONMENTThe bio-environment recognizes no ideological or geo-graphical boundaries, no East-West, North-South ordeveloped-developing countries. Bios provides the unify-ing force for the harmonious co-existence of all forms oflife, leading to a new era of bio-diplomacy.

A WORLD REFERENDUMto allow for people throughout the world to express theirwillingness to preserve bios on our planet.

INTERNATIONAL LEGISLATION ON BIOSRIGHTSIt is important to protect all forms of life by enactingrules that prevent the deterioration of the bio-environ-ment, and ensure the fundamental right to a clean envi-ronment and to a better quality of life.

BIO-CULTURE - BIO-ENVIRONMENTTwo essential dimensions for building new societal val-ues for the next millennium.

PROMOTION OF BIO-EDUCATIONthrough the International University for the Bio-Envi-ronment. The International University for the Bio-Envi-ronment was launched in order to reform educationworld-wide, and promote a biocentric curriculum at eve-ry educational level.

BIO-ASSESSMENT OF TECHNOLOGYA diachronic search for new societal values that willchannel technological progress in a direction that leadsto a better quality of life through the appreciation of thebio-environment.

RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE RAMIFI-CATIONS OF THE BIOLOGICAL SCIENCESin order for more people to realize that progress in thebiological sciences relates to their own field of interest.This acknowledgement may lead to new fields of humanendeavour, such as bio-legislation, bio-medicine, bio-ethics, bio-arts, bio-linguistics, bio-economics, bio-athlet-ics, bio-communication, bio-history, bio-education andbio-diplomacy.

ENVIRONMENTAL OLYMPICS AND BIOS PRIZESThe Biopolitics International Organisation has been pro-posing the introduction of cease-fire during the OlympicGames, a proposal which has recently been incorporatedas a United Nations Resolution. In order to promote thebio-assessment of technology and a global bio-culturefor the new millennium, the BIO proposes the establish-ment of international committees in every field of hu-man endeavour, assigned with the responsibility to assessprogress in their respective fields. Bios Prizes in everydiscipline will be awarded every four years, at the timethe Olympic Flame is lit, to individuals or institutionsthat have contributed to the preservation and apprecia-tion of the bio-environment.

Action is crucial in order to apply technologi-cal progress towards preserving the bio-envi-ronment. It is therefore essential to:

develop a bio-syllabus and new curricula for everylevel of education, as well as electronic and audio-visualmaterials on issues related to bios and the bio-environ-ment

introduce a positive feeling of self-respect in the unem-ployed by paying a Green Salary instead of benefits,with the commitment to work for the protection of thebio-environment

encourage a clearing-house for individuals and organ-isations to provide, through the use of computer link-ups,a network of people wishing to co-operate on the pro-motion and appreciation of bios

generate environmental action groups drawingboth on the enthusiasm of the young and the experienceof senior citizens, to tackle local issues

encourage a bios-supporting economic strategyto replace destructive policies, and promote a world-wide interdisciplinary exchange of information on the ap-preciation of the bio-environment

promote the establishment of a computerized Bank ofIdeas in which scientists, scholars and philosophers, aswell as any interested party, may contribute theirthoughts and create a rich repository of information andreflections on bios.

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AfricaAlgeria, Benin, Botswana, Burkina

Faso, Chad, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana,

Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya,

Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Morocco,

Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal,

Seychelles, South Africa, Sudan,

Tanzania, Togo, Uganda

The AmericasArgentina, Bahamas, Barbados,

Bermuda, Brazil, Canada, Chile,

Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Guyana,

Honduras, Mexico, Peru, United

States, Uruguay, Venezuela

AsiaArmenia, Bangladesh, Cambodia,

China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia,

Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait,

Lebanon, Malaysia, Pakistan,

Philippines, Singapore,

Sri Lanka, Thailand

EuropeAlbania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium,

Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria,

Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic,

Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France,

Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland,

Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, FYROM,

Moldova, Monaco, Netherlands,

Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania,

Russia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia,

Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey,

Ukraine, United Kingdom,

Yugoslavia

OceaniaAustralia, Papua New Guinea, New

Zealand, Samoa, Solomon Islands

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BIO progress 1999Awards, Distinctions- Re-nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize, by Professor

Sergei Grachev, Co-President, Nobel Laureate InternationalPhysicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, Russia

- Special award by the "Olympic Idea" Association, for a lead-ing role in the promotion of the Olympic Idea as a spiritualand athletic ideal

BIO International Conferences- "Bio-Culture - Bios Olympiads" in Ancient Olympia, Greece.

August 20-22. International Conference with the participa-tion of MPs, mayoral and prefectural authorities from morethan twenty regions.

- Biopolitics Millennium Event. September 3-6 in St. Peters-burg, under the patronage of the Vice President of the Gov-ernment of the Russian Federation. Bios Prize Award Cere-mony at the Hermitage in honour of Mstislav Rostropovichand other leading personalities, under the auspices of theDirector, Academician Michael Piatrovsky

- Fourth Annual Youth Bios Olympiad, St. Petersburg

Keynote Speeches/Conferences/Special Events - "Biopolitics - Bio-Culture - A New Renaissance in Business."

Round table with the participation of Greek business lead-ers, held within the framework of the Hellenic-ItalianChamber of Commerce's 4th Annual Conference. HolidayInn Hotel, Athens, Greece

- Biopolitics at the international conference on the Chal-lenges of Pluriculturality in Europe. Europe House Zagreb,Croatia

- Keynote address at the environmental law conference onthe Role of an International Court on the Environment inAchieving Global Environmental Justice. The George Wash-ington University, Washington DC, USA

- "Biopolitics - the Bio-Environment - A New Renaissance inBusiness." Biopolitics round table with the participation ofkey business leaders. Euro-American Women's Councilannual conference, Grande Bretagne Hotel, Athens, Greece

- Keynote address, Forum of the American Foundation forGreek Language and Culture, Tampa, Florida, USA

- Presentation, General Assembly, Pontifical Academy forLife, The Vatican

- Keynote address at a discussion panel for Earth Day 99.Cooper Union Great Hall, New York, USA

- Keynote address at the International Bioethics Societymeeting in Gijon, Spain

- Biopolitics at the HELECO '99 environmental expo andconference. June 3-6, Thessaloniki, Greece

- Keynote address, Rotary Club of Vouliagmeni, Greece- Keynote address, Rotary Club of Kalithea, Greece- Participation in the NATO 50the Anniversary Conference

in AthensBiopolitics at the Globe International General Assembly,

Bonn- Keynote address at the 2nd European Congress of Dialogue

and Universalism, Poland- Honoured international guest in the Zero Emissions

Research Institute Conference in Colombia- Keynote address at the Plenary Session of the MEDCOAST

Conference, Turkey- Keynote address, International Conference on the Training

of Experts, Krakow, Poland- Keynote address at the United Nations Habitat Confer-

ence, Vienna

BIO Events- Bios Camerata Concert, under the auspices of the Mayor of

Filiothei, Greece - Biopolitics in Slovenia. Meeting under the auspices of the

Minister of Environment and other civic authorities.

Publications- "Biopolitics - the Bio-Environment" - Publication of the BIO

CD-ROM, a learning tool for the implementation of envi-ronmental concepts in every academic discipline and pro-fessional initiative. The CD reflects more than fourteenyears of BIO experience in the field, and features events,publications, audio-visual material and an extensive cross-reference library.

- Biopolitics - the Bio-Environment Vol. VII - the BudapestSessions. Proceedings from the Eighth BIO InternationalConference, Budapest, September 1998 (in press)

Media- Extensive interviews on international satellite television

programmes- Weekly BIO articles in the Athenian daily "Adesmeftos"- Quarterly publication of BioNews, the official BIO news-

paper- Bio-ethics, bio-economics, bio-legislation, bio-diplomacy,

and bio-philosophy featured extensively on the BIOInternet web site (http://www.hol.gr/bio)

Is there a need for a body to solve international environmental disputes?

During the Environmental Law Conference inWashington DC on April 15-17, 1999, hostedby The George Washington University Law

School, a plethora of dignitaries with an interestand expertise in environmental affairs met todebate exactly these issues. The conference wasorganised by the International Court of the Envi-ronment Foundation, the Centre for InternationalEnvironmental Law (CIEL), the American BarAssociation's Section of Natural Resources, Ener-gy and Environmental Law and the George Wash-ington University's Institute for the Environment.

The discussions focused on different aspects ofthe issue and opinions varied. A sample of thosedifferent approaches is given here.

In his "Review of existing international judicialmechanisms and treaties for the resolution of inter-national environmental disputes," Sean D.Murphy, Associate Professor at George Washing-ton University, presented his view which proposesthat with a little tinkering, existing international andnational judicial fora are adequate for the resolu-tion of international environmental disputes andthat the creation of a new tribunal is unnecessaryand it risks becoming a quango with half of thoseembroiled in environmental disputes regarding it asa biased body. "I think that existing fora, by and large,are adequate for the resolution of international envi-ronmental disputes, or, with modifications, could bemade adequate. Further, I think that to the extent thatthey cannot be fixed, it is unlikely that a new tribunalwould succeed where others have failed."

He stressed that few, if any disputes, are solelyenvironmental in nature. Other issues relating totrade, intellectual property or biotechnology, and soon are at stake. "The international system does notneed or want a proliferation of international tribunalscovering each of these areas of international law.What it needs is one or more dispute resolution fora,capable of handling all these areas oflaw and integrating them in a justand equitable manner." Never-theless, Professor Murphyemphasises his faith in thePermanent Court of Arbi-tration (PCA) in theHague, which he classi-fied as an example of adhoc transnational arbitra-tion. Though not a stand-ing court, it is an organi-sation with 85 member-states, which maintainslists of highly qualified arbi-trators and experts and isable to involve itself in peace-making proceedings.

Dr. Alfred Rest, of the Universi-ty of Cologne, Germany, in his speechthemed "The indispensability of anInternational Court for the Environment" made astrong case for the urgent introduction of an inter-national environmental court. Although in stateswith an advanced legal system and a developedmechanism of jurisdiction, judicial control plays avery essential role in the implementation and execu-tion of environmental law, "as soon as transboundaryor transnational effects and objectives of internationalenvironmental law are at stake, national jurisdictionmay be insufficient or even fails." He cited, amongothers, the example of Chernobyl to illustrate hispoint, and went on to remark that: "These all reflectthe general tendency that in cases oftransboundary/transnational pollution the injuredindividual victims have no prospect of success andonly a limited opportunity to bring an action against aforeign polluter, and specifically against a foreign pol-luter-state or its organs before national courts." Healso maintained that it is highly desirable that in thefuture such a court could be appealed by NGOs orindividuals as well as states, or be addressed bynational courts and to offer decisions on conflictsbetween international and national environmentallaw.

Dr. Rest is aware that states cannot be forced tocomply, but believes that with the establishment ofsuch an institution which he is advocating, NGOs,environmental associations and interest groups and,even individuals, will have direct access to control-ling activities of state organs, as states may them-selves commit or tolerate environmental destruc-tion. Although Rest believes that working in combi-nation with the existing international courts can

form an effective basis from which to fight interna-tional environmental pollution, providing thatNGOs and individuals also have legal access, "at themoment the existing, above-mentioned internationalcourts cannot offer an optimum solution for the pro-tection of the environment and the injured individual.They can only play an important, desired and comple-mentary role."

The BIO President focused on the suggestionthat we should not use existing courts as a basis tobuild a paradigm for the new court . "In view of theMillennium, I believe this court should be the light-house of hope and values, not punitive in nature, asthere are sufficient others. We need a new body with a

new vision. Punishment may be an option, but this isnot what the court is for. Defence should be defence ofthe environment. This court could use this defence ofbios." Furthermore, the BIO President stressed theneed to affirm that a clean environment is a funda-mental human right, an affirmation that was includ-ed in the conference resolutions.

The General Secretary of the Permanent Courtof Arbitration (the Hague) said that such an inter-national court of arbitration is currently in exis-tence, so the conference resolved to hand over thisenvisaged environmental court to the Hague. Atfirst, it will work under the wings of the court ofarbitration, but with the BIO President's insistencethat it should maintain its own identity, a consensuswas reached and the following resolutions weredeclared:

Recognising that there is now aglobal environmental crisis that

threatens all the major ecosystemsof the planet;

Recognising that the inter-national community has anobligation, as the stewards ofglobal natural resources, topreserve and protect thoseresources and all otherspecies from further pollu-tion, contamination andextinction;

Recognising that theright to a healthy, pollution-

free environment is a funda-mental human right

Recognising that there is anurgent need for the establishment of

an International Court of the Environ-ment to resolve transnational and interna-

tional environmental disputes and to preserve andprotect global ecosystems; and

Recognising that such a court is intended to becomplementary to a national and regional compli-ance, enforcement and judicial systems.

It is therefore resolved that:

1. There is an urgent need for the immediateestablishment of an International EnvironmentalCourt to resolve transnational and international dis-putes in environmental matters, and thereby to con-serve and protect the global environment and allspecies from further degradation and extinction.

2. There is a fundamental human right to ahealthy environment that can be protected throughthe establishment of an International Environmen-tal Court.

3. Until an International Court of the Environ-ment is established with mandatory jurisdiction, thePermanent Court of Arbitration (the Hague)should be the competent judicial institution for thesettlement of disputes by using its flexible mecha-nisms of fact finding/inquiry commissions, media-tion, conciliation, and arbitration, according to itsset rules of procedures.

4. Until an International Court of the Environ-ment is established, jurisdiction for environmentalcrimes should fall with the competence of the Inter-national Criminal Court, and the ICE shouldextend the scope of its statute to include crimesagainst the environment by adopting the approachof the international Law Commission (ILK) in itsdraft on State Responsibility.

George Washington University, Washington DC, 15-17 April 1999

New international courtfor the environment

this court should be a lighthouse of hopeand values, not punitive

in nature

The Wheel of Law

Most WesternA u s t r a l i a n s

want old growthforests protectedand a sustainabletimber industrywith secure jobs.According toCALM, there isless than 10% ofthe original oldgrowth forest left. Most of that is availablefor logging and it is rapidly running out.Most Western Australians believe that theGovernment should assist timber industryworkers so that the remaining old growthforests can be protected.That is why theold growth forest is the best bargainingchip for people involved in the native for-est timber industry. When it is gone, therewill be no options, even fewer jobs, and,based on past experience, little or no helpfor workers of communities from the Gov-ernment or the big timber companies.

As part of the Regional Forest Agree-ment process, the Commonwealth andState Governments promised funds toretrain workers and restructure industry.Over the past three years they havealready allocated $257.6 million in threestates. However, these funds are being

ignored by the Western Australia Region-al Forest Agreement process. Those incharge of the process want people tobelieve that we cannot have old growthforests as well as jobs. This simply is nottrue! The Government must help thosepeople and communities who could beaffected by the transition to a sustainabletimber industry based mainly on planta-tions.

In their efforts to re-direct the Region-al Forest Agreement process, campaign-ers propose:4 The genuine options still available inthe South-West must be fully explored.These include protection of old growthforest, rapid transfer of most timber pro-duction to existing plantations, and devel-opment of local processing of the planta-tion resource.4 The Government must use the fundspromised for structural adjustment to helpworkers and communities adjust tochange. These funds must be used now,while they are available.

Says Beth Schultz, from the Conserva-tion Council of Western Australia:

�WA should transfer wood produc-

tion from old-growth forests to plantationsright now, and there is no good reasonwhy we can't. WA has over 90,000hectares of softwood plantations. Theseresources could be used to replace nativeforest sawlogs starting now. People in thenorthern hemisphere have been using soft-wood for millennia because it is readilyavailable - there are industries round theworld based entirely on softwood, whichcan be substituted for hardwood for mostpurposes. Softwood is often preferable tohardwood because it weighs less and iseasier to work. Australians, who in thepast have used hardwood almost exclu-sively, are increasingly using softwood.

As the Executive Director of CALM isreported to have told timber merchants,WA will soon have massive volumes ofsoftwood sawlogs coming on stream. Wemust prepare now to use them to maxi-mum advantage for WA.

Those with a vested interest in the con-tinued logging of WA's native forestsdeliberately downplay the size and signifi-cance of WA's softwood plantationresource. The current native forest-basedtimber industry relies almost entirely on

old-growth forests and will therefore cometo an end in the foreseeable future. Old-growth forest logging is in fact a miningoperation, and the commerciallyexploitable resource is now almostexhausted. Because of the very slowgrowth rates of WA's native forest trees,the impacts of dieback, salinity and water-logging in the jarrah forests and fungaldiseases in the karri forests, and theadverse effects of climate change causedby the advanced Greenhouse effect,claims that native forests are a �renewable'source of timber are grossly misleading.Tree-crops are the only sustainable sourceof timber and other wood product require-ments.

Apart from the ethical imperative toprotect the remaining old-growth forests, itis obvious they are of much more value toWestern Australians as intact forests thanas woodchips, charcoal and sawn timber.Reason and common sense demand thatWestern Australia begin right now tomake a rapid transfer from native foreststo existing plantations, which canalready supply virtually all our timberneeds as South Australia 's plantationshave been doing for that State formany years.�

Reports prepared in 1998 by the Aus-tralian Bureau of Agricultural and

Resource Economics (ABARE) and BISShrapnel for the WA Regional ForestAgreement (RFA) show that out of thetotal volume of logs produced from theclearfelling of Western Australia's oldgrowth forests, only a tiny fraction endsup as �value added' timber products.

1. KarriLess than 2% of the total volume of karrilogs removed from the forest becomes�value added' timber products. In the year1996/97, 351,000 m3 of karri logs wereproduced from public land, almost entire-ly from clearfelling of old growth forest.Ofthe total log volume,57% (201,000 m3)became woodchips,18% (63,000 m3)ended up as �struc-tural timber' mainlyused for roofing andother purposes forwhich plantation softwood can and shouldbe used; 2% (7,000 m3)was turned into�value added' sawn timber, a use which, iftaken to the high quality furniture or finewoodcraft stage, could be a justifiable useof a small number of mature karri logs peryear. Most of the remaining 23% endedup as firewood, sawdust and �waste'. Thus,in 1996/97, from the 1,500 ha of WA'sunique and irreplaceable old growth karriforest that were clearfelled, just 7,000 m3

of high value karri timber were produced.

2. JarrahIn 1996/97, 570,000 m3 of jarrah logs wereproduced through the logging of about20,000 ha of public jarrah forest. Of thejarrah logs produced, 16% (90,000 m3)became �value added' timber; 10%(58,000 m3) became structural timber;22% (125,000 m3) was used as charcoal;Most of the remaining 52% ended up asfirewood, sawdust and waste. This meansthat just 4.5 m3 of �value added' jarrahsawn timber were produced per hectare of

jarrah forest logged. Westfarmers Bun-nings, a leading Australian logging con-cern, and CALM are now concentratingon developing international markets for�value added' jarrah, using misleadingadvertising to sell jarrah as a sustainablyproduced timber.

3. MarriIn 1996/97, 457,000 m3 of marri logs wereproduced from clearfelling public oldgrowth karri-marri and jarrah-marri for-est. Of this, 99% become woodchips,exported to Japan by Westfarmers Bun-nings and Whittakers; 0.4% became struc-tural timber; 0.04% became 'value added'sawn timber.Marri is a magnificent tree

and a beautiful tim-ber, but becauseCALM has a contractto supply Westfarm-ers Bunnings with680,000 tonnes ofchiplogs every year,thousands of old

growth marri trees that should be leftstanding or,if felled, used for fine woodproducts, are instead turned into lowgrade woodchips.

The myth of value addingAs these figures show, current talk of�value adding' is a smoke-screen behindwhich the wasteful destruction of oldgrowth forest ecosystems continues. Thereality is, our old-growth karri/marri andjarrah/marri forests are being clearfelledto produce mainly woodchips, which areby far the most profitable product forWestfarmers Bunnings, and also jarrahcharcoal logs and other low grade com-modity products. For example, about10,000 m3 per year of first grade jarrahand karri sawn timber are used for rail-way sleepers. About 70% of WA roofs arestill being constructed using native hard-wood timber. Of the hardwood timber,about 60-70% is karri and the rest jarrah.Plantation softwood could and shouldreplace all this timber.

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The plight of ancient native

Western Australia�s native forests There are about 2,500,000 ha of native forests in Western Australia.These are made up of:

w 2,100,000 ha of jarrah and jarrah/marri forestsw 219,000 ha of wandoo forestsw 201,000 ha of karri and karri/marri forestsw 37,500 ha of tingle forests (included with jarrah and karri)w 22,000 ha of tuart forests

The Department of Conservation and Land Management (CALM) has providedfigures for the number of hectares of forests at the time of European settlement;CALM has an incentive to keep this figure as low as possible because the RegionalForest Agreement process requires at least 15% of the extent of pre-European forestto be protected in conservation reserves. Western Australians believe that the real fig-ures are on average 15-20% higher than those claimed by CALM, which in themselvesshow a significant reduction in native forests since European settlement.

WA's remaining native forests are divided roughly in fifths one-fifth (500,000 ha) innational parks, conservation parks and nature reserves, all managed by CALM; three-fifths (1,500,000 ha) in State forest, managed by CALM; and one-fifth (500,000 ha) pri-vately owned or managed by government agencies other than CALM.

It is difficult to obtain firm figures for areas of forest because CALM continuallychanges them. Furthermore, it often provides figures for forest together with othervegetation types while implying they are for forest alone; or figures for forest managedby CALM or in the Regional Forest Agreement area but giving the impression that thefigures are for forest in all tenures in the south-west region. CALM also includes forestin the narrow strips along rivers and some roads and streams left after logging in its fig-ures for forest in conservation reserves in order to inflate the area of protected forest.

Where the old-growth forests go

Designated for clearfellingthousands of

magnificent old marri

trees are turned into

low-grade woodchips

Softwood and other job-creating alternatives

Despite many concerned people having spokenout against the Regional Forest Agreement

(RFA) process, the Court and Howard governmentsappear determined to sign an RFA before Christ-mas. This commitment to destroy half of WesternAustralia�s remaining old growth forest ignores thewishes of most Western Australians who want to savewhat little is left. However, until the RFA is signed,they still have a chance of stopping it.

4WA has less than 10% of its pre-European oldgrowth forests left. WA RFA will clearfell andwoodchip half of this over the next 20 years.4From the outset, CALM controlled the process.CALM derives a major part of its income from thesale of logs from old growth forests. This created aconflict of interest that has driven CALM to abortthe RFA process.4 Although 76% of Western Australians supportthe protection of our old growth forests, the RFAhas refused to consider this option. Plantations, thesustainable alternative to logging old growth forests,have also been ignored.

4 The importance of the native forests timberindustry has been greatly exaggerated. The tourismindustry employs three times as many people in theSouth West as the native forest timber industry.4 To resolve the long running conflict overforests, the conservation movement has proposeda process of genuine consultation and negotiationleading to an Agreement that provides sustainablejobs as well as protecting old growth forests.

4 The WA Forest Alliance �WAFA PROPOSAL�is a visionary and positive plan for our forest-dependent industries. It shows how we can havejobs and keep our old growth forests.4 Recently, the Standing Committee on Ecologi-cally Sustainable Development conducted aninquiry into the RFA. Its unanimous all-partyreport recommended that CALM be replaced asthe main agency in the RFA process and that theprocess be reformed. Conservation groups supportthese recommendations and urge the governmentto implement them.

Employment and Forests

In 1970, direct employment in the native foresttimber industry stood at approximately 4,500

people. In 1997, according to the AustralianBureau of Statistics and answers to questions inParliament, direct employment in the native foresttimber industry stood at 2080, which representsless than 3% of the total South West employment.Although the native forest-based timber industryis still an important, albeit declining, employer,�alternative industries� such as tourism, plantationmanagement, floriculture, apiculture and viticul-ture make a more significant contribution to theeconomic profile of the South West.

According to recent reports, there are 1520people employed in the plantation-based timberindustry. Based on existing resources, employ-ment in the plantation sector could double overthe next five years. It has been shown that the fullgrowth potential of the plantation-based industryis being inhibited by an array of financial, political

and corporate policies that are designed to favourthe native forest timber industry.

Over the last 20 years, tourism has been boom-ing in the South West region and is considered tohave enormous growth potential. Tourism employ-ment in the South West currently stands at about10,000. Nature-based tourism is amongst thefastest growing parts of the industry (30% perannum) and that protecting the region's remainingold growth forests is vital to provide 'resourcesecurity' for the tourism industry. The response ofthe government and the RFA can be summed upas follows: "There is no data for WA which sup-ports the contention that protection of old growthforests will provide quantifiable employment andeconomic benefits."

The RFA process continues to provide mis-leading and incomplete information aboutemployment, and continues to downplay or over-look the employment contribution, needs andopportunities of most forest-using industries in theSouth West other than logging and mining.

The Western Australian �Regional Forest Agreement�

The main problems The solutions

For more information or to lend your support, e-mail:ccoonnsswwaa@@iiiinneett..nneett..aauu or check out the following web-pages: wwwwww..wwaaffaa..oorrgg..aauu, wwwwww..ggrreeeenn..nneett..aauu//ttwwsswwaa

How we were alertedIn a letter calling for international support, an

Australian friend of BIO, Janet Graham, describesthe destruction of the last 10% of the unique andirreplaceable ancient old growth of forests ofWestern Australia.

"Our state government and a government bodycalled CALM (Conservation and Land Manage-ment) and a very large company called WestfarmersBunnings are determined to lock in our remainingareas of old growth forest to be logged and clearfelled for the next 20 years in what is called a Region-al Forest Agreement. The clear felling is carried outin the centre of the forests and no tree is left standing,and what is so devastating is when you seen an 800year old tree felled needlessly and left to rot. Fiftypeople stood on the stump and there was room formore.

Our unique wild life is facing extinction, parrots

that mate for life and nest in hollows that have taken100 years to evolve are losing their habitat trees. Mar-supials also rely heavily on the hollows of trees andthe forest floor that only nature can provide for theirsurvival.

The majority of our trees feed a hungry Japanesemarket in the form of woodchips and is a very lucra-tive market. Our State Government is very muchaware about the concerns West Australians haveabout their continued unsustainable forestry policiesbut have chosen to ignore these concerns."

Despite the incredibly dedicated people livingin the forests who have sacrificed their home com-forts, family and jobs to stop the continued loggingand also face prosecution from the law, despite thelobbying to preserve the forests of powered busi-ness people and people of all ages, the efforts arefalling on deaf ears.

We provide the information sent to us, in orderto raise awareness and support the efforts beingmade to preserve a unique resource of our planet.

After the clearfelling

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forests in Western AustraliaWhy the locals oppose logging

We oppose woodchipping because it destroys the forests we alllove. Every day at least three trains, each with at least 20 wag-

ons full of woodchips, pass through Balingup on their way to beexported from Bunbury. This has happened every week of everyyear since 1976. Over 10 million tonnes of karri and marri treeshave been exported as woodchips.

�Clearfelling; is the only way to get enough woodchips to satisfythe voracious woodchip industry. Every tree in a forest area isfelled, then the logged area is burnt. 1500 to 2500 hectares ofkarri/marri forest is clearfelled in WA every year. This is mostlyold-growth forest. We have only about 125,000 hectares of old-growth karri/marri left, including national parks. We cannot affordto lose anymore.

�Clearfelling kills up to 90% of the native birds and animalsthat lived in the clearfelled forest. It destroys their habitat and foodsupply. In particular it destroys old trees with hollows, which takeup to 300 years to develop. Without these, 20 species of nativemammals and 31 species of native birds cannot survive. Clear-felling is therefore contributing to the extinction of our uniquenative birds and animals.

�It is claimed woodchipping provides jobs. Yet it employs onlyabout 2.5% of the forest-based timber industry work force in WAalthough it gets more than half the logs. It competes with small, effi-cient, labour-intensive sawmills by taking karri and marri logs theycould use.

�Woodchipping takes jobs away from the tourist and beekeep-ing industries, which depend on old-growth forest. Old-growthforests are becoming so rare in the world that they draw touristsfrom everywhere. It is also claimed woodchipping just uses �waste'left over from the sawn timber industry. This is not true. CALM'sfigures show that 85% of the wood produced from clearfelledkarri/marri forest ends up as woodchips. Now jarrah/marri forest isalso being clearfelled and the marri trees turned into woodchips.

�Indeed, woodchipping is turning our beautiful, ancient, nativeforests into immature even-aged regrowth, lacking the huge varietyof animal, plant and insect life that has developed over thousands ofyears.�

Conservation Council of WA, WA Forest Alliance, WildernessSociety (WA)

Western Australians not pleased

Polling company AMR: Qauntum Harris conducted 400 telephoneinterviews from the 29th to the 30th of June 1998 on the subject

of old growth forests. This is a summary of their report.

· 75% of respondents disapproved of the logging of old growthforests.· 83% of respondents disapproved of old growth forest being usedfor woodchipping.· 57% of respondents gave the State Government a low rating forproviding both credible and reliable information about old growthforests, which is even lower than the logging company WestfarmersBunnings (45%).· 48% of respondents did not know which company was involved inlogging old growth forests in WA. 45% of respondents believed itwas Bunnings.· 33% of respondents believed that their view of Westfarmers wasdiminished when they knew that they were the owners of Bunnings.

Euro-American Women�s Council

Dr. Agni Vlavianos-Arvanitis received a Spe-cial Award by the "Olympic Idea" Association, inrecognition of her leading role in the promotion ofthe Olympic idea as a spiritual and athletic ideal.Dr. Constantina Palamiotou Thomaidou, Profes-sor of Philosophy and Member of the "OlympicIdea" Association, delivered the following intro-duction for the BIO President:

The reason for presenting Dr. Vlavianos-Arvani-tis with this award is very special and unique. TheBIO has set as one of its fundamental goals interna-tional co-operation in the protection of bios (life)and the bio-environment, and awards prizes as anhonour to peace and to the bio-environment. It is inthis aspect that our interest lies. The Olympic Idealhas a double function: a spiritual one, concerningthe universal ideal of cease-fire, and an athletic onebased on the concept of sportsmanship.

We move on to the implementation of the funda-mental spirit of Olympic cease-fire. There are threebasic symbols of the message of peace which areincluded in the spirit of the Olympic Games:

1. The prize awarded to the winners of theancient Olympic Games was an olive wreath. Theolive tree is a symbol of the peaceful coexistence notonly of humans but also of humans and the environ-ment. This reconciliation is very important and onlythrough it can we achieve peace among the peoplesof this world.

2. During the opening ceremony, doves arereleased in the sky to transfer the message of peace tothe world. This message travels faster and higher,towards elevated values of the human bios and isable to resist any attempts to tarnish the inherentvalue of the human being.

3. Olympic Light. During the opening ceremony,the Olympic Flame is lit. This Flame from the holyland of Olympia, mystic and purifying, remains litday and night throughout the Olympic Games. Likea lighthouse, it spreads the beauty, grandeur andtruth of the immortal ancient spirit and points to theimportance of cease-fire.

From the above three symbols, I think it is obvi-ous why we believe that the Olympic Ideal can besummarized in the universal value of cease-fire aspeace among peoples and as the reconciliation ofhumans and the environment. The aspects of boththe human and the ecological view of peace are rep-resented in the personality and achievements of Dr.Vlavianos-Arvanitis.

If humanity, with the aid of the remarkableadvancement of technology, has succeeded in sur-passing the relatively inferior animal kingdom, then

we should also deal with our fellow human beingswithin a unified psychosomatic order and shouldconsider the planet as a habitat to be respected. Thenwe will have reached the deeper meaning of theancient Greek spirit and culture and we will haveachieved the transition towards the life-giving valuesof the deep ecology of the ancient Greek philoso-phers, whose symbolic and ceremonial realizationconstituted the essence of the Olympic Games inantiquity.

In response, Dr. Vlavianos-Arvanitis thankedthe President, the organising committee and Dr.Thomaidou and added:

At such moments, one is at a loss for words. Onlythe heartbeat and maybe the light of Greece makesense. I think tonight is a very special evening, and Iwould like to express my sincerest appreciation of theintroduction, which I am not sure I deserve. I wouldvery much like to live up to all the ideals and noblethoughts we have for the future.

As I was returning from a short trip to theAegean, where I was trying to read and soak up thesun and the sound of each wave that broke on theshore, the words of the Headmaster at my highschool came to mind. We were studying Antigoneand as we started reading he remarked: "We haveears and do not hear, we have eyes and do not see."When we completed the analysis of the text and readit over, we realized how wise these words had been.

Unfortunately, as humans in today's society wehave ears and do not hear and we have eyes and donot see. We share the gift of bios, we share the great-est joy and the most precious possession, which, ifcombined with the light that shines from Olympia,can penetrate our very existence. When we showrespect for this gift and feel its unifying force bring uscloser to all forms of life, we can acknowledge thegreat responsibility we have as humans to protect andsafeguard it for the generations to come. The respon-sibility is deep. It is a very Greek and at the sametime a very international responsibility. The meaningof "athlos" (achievement) cannot remain restricted tothe achievements of the body. It encompassesachievements that come from every effort. Io profes-sional can be considered as having a second classemployment. The Olympic Spirit with its unifyinglight, and the values thereof, can unite all peoples. Itcan radiate as a message of peace and joy, alongwith the realization of our responsibility to protect thegift of bios on our planet. It can become a beaconthat will allow the gift of bios to continue on ourplanet and grant us immeasurable joy and elation inthe realization of possessing this precious endow-ment.

During the 4th Annual Conference of the Euro-American Wom-en's Council, titled "Moving Technology, Energy and Environ-

ment (Biopolitics) in the New Millennium," a round table discussionon "Biopolitics - the Bio Environment a New Renaissance in Busi-ness" was organised by the BIO. The round table was chaired by Dr.Vlavianos-Arvanitis and featured distinguished supporters andsponsors of the BIO as guest speakers: Belisario Capocci, Presidentof the Hellenic-Italian Chamber of Commerce; John Tzen, Presi-dent of the Hellenic Foreign Trade Board; Dimitris Randopoulos,General Manager of Zeneca Hellas S.A. and President of the Hel-lenic-British Chamber of Commerce; and, Michael Pagidas, Gener-al Manager of SC Johnson & Son Hellas S.A. and President of theUnion of Chief Executive Officers.

Bio-Trade - Environmental Management - Business OpportunitiesThe speakers referred to the need for the environment to

become the core of every business activity, stressing the importanceof Bio-Trade, the implementation of environmental managementschemes, and the limitless business opportunities the environmentoffers. The solution of environmental problems requires a dynamicattitude, which will combine the experience of the past with currentoptions in order to create new models for the future. The challengeis to broaden economic development on the basis of biocentricaspects, and to further develop our vision for the new millennium.

Éncluded below is a portion of the speech delivered by the Presi-dent of the Hellenic-Italian Chamber of Commerce, BelisarioCapocci:

"When one wishes to talk about the Biopolitics International Organ-isation, it is certain that one has to have a vision first. Because the BIOand the great effort it has introduced are nothing more than a new wayof life; what we are searching for toady, what our children will put intopractice and our grandchildren will have adopted as a way of life.

It would not be an exaggeration to say that �Bio-Life' can providethe solution to the important problems humanity is faced with today.For example, the distribution of wealth which is produced on our planetand which is concentrated in developed countries hindering the devel-opment of poorer countries, which are not few in number. It is of theessence to invest time and espouse the new values that BIO proposes.All of us can contribute, regardless of their position. I thank Dr. AgniVlavianos-Arvanitis, who introduced me to the BIO philosophy, so that,today, I have the chance to deposit my thoughts and to participateactively in this initiative. As Founder of "No Profit," a non-profit organ-isation which promotes public awareness of the activities of volunteergroups through the press and the internet, we will provide our services toguarantee that the public is informed about all the unique and valuableinitiatives promoted by the BIO. In addition, through the Hellenic-Ital-ian Chamber of Commerce, 3,500 companies will be initiated to theactivities of the BIO. Through this small investment of time andresources, we will try to contribute to the expansion of the ideas ofBiopolitics."

Hotel Grande Bretagne, Athens, 4-6 May 1999

Waging war on environmental destructionExtinction no longer belongs to the distant past. It is

becoming a reality. We are endangering the fragilegift of life on our planet. Defense protocols should existto save life, not destroy it. Environmental abuse is unac-ceptable. What is needed today, in order for civilizationto evolve into the future, is leadership with a vision thatunites and does not divide.

An organisation like NATO has a key role to play inthis endeavour. By re-evaluating its priorities, it coulddevelop methods for the defense of the environment andof our cultural heritage. It can apply its resources to helpsave our world from extinction. In fact, NATO has theknow-how and potential to guarantee the survival of ourplanet. It should gradually transform weapons from vehi-cles of death to vehicles of protection. It should use theknowledge and experience gained in the last 50 years topreserve the environment and safeguard the rights offuture generations.

The technological achievements of today oncesounded utopian. Not more than a few decades ago, whocould possibly imagine that satellites would simultane-ously transmit information all around the world or thatcomputers would fit in the palm of our hand? By thesame token, why can't we use armoured vehicles to cleanup areas affected by nuclear radiation, war planes to

drop seeds instead of bombs and destroyers to rid theoceans of toxic waste? The technology and the know-how already exist. Defense budgets need not be reduced.Businesses could profit, economies could flourish, all byfocusing on the application of current defense equip-ment in environmental protection. With war, nothingmore is achieved than the destruction of life, our mostprecious possession. We cannot afford to lose any moretime. The next swing of the pendulum must be in thedirection of hope, light and progress.

The environment constitutes the single most power-ful unifying force for the world as a whole. It is a time-

less concept that merits the utmost concern and atten-tion. It recognizes no ideological boundaries, ethnicitiesor religions. It sees no difference between the "rich" and"poor," the healthy and the diseased.

The pursuit of international co-operation throughspecific programs of action for the protection and sur-vival of life (bios), will enhance understanding amongnations and will inevitably lead to international peaceand security.

We should all embark on a mission: that of waragainst environmental destruction. Defense for lifeshould become the new development strategy for the

millennium. Employment opportunities will abound,areas of death and destruction will be revived, quality oflife will be improved on a global level and our childrenwill not inherit a dying planet. It is our fundamentalresponsibility as human beings in this world.

Speech delivered by the BIO President, Dr. Agni Vla-vianos-Arvanitis, at the NATO 50th Anniversary Confer-ence in Athens, March 20, 1999.

Defense protocols should exist to save life, not destroy it

The environment constitutes thesingle most powerful unifying force

for the world as a whole

�Olympic Ideal� Award to BIO PresidentAthens, Historic Parliament Building, 3 June 1999

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P r o g r a m m e

Conference SponsorsHellenic Ministry of DevelopmentHellenic Ministry of CultureHellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs General Secretariat of Greeks AbroadPrefecture of IleiaLocal Union of Ileia Municipalities and CommunitiesMunicipality of Ancient OlympiaMunicipality of ZacharoMunicipality of Ano LiossiaAldemar Hotels - Olympian VillageCapocci Logistic ServicesOPAP

Opening CeremonyDr. Agni Vlavianos-Arvanitis, President and Founderof the BIO and President of the ConferenceH.E. the Metropolitan of Ileia Mr. GermanosPanagiotis Dimitroulopoulos, Prefect of IleiaDionysios Balioukos, President, Union of Communi-ties and Municipalities of Ileia, Mayor of SkillountaAnna Karamanou, Member of the European ParliamentDimitris Georgakopoulos, MP of IleiaVassilis Korkolïpoulos, MP of IleiaProfessor Azra Jaganjac, Federal Ministry of Educa-tion, Science, Culture and Sport, Bosnia-HerzegovinaGeorge Aidonis, Mayor of Ancient OlympiaAntonios Tzikas, President, Foundation for Olympicand Athletic EducationAnastos Dimitropoulos, President, Organising CommitteeDimitrios Makrides, President, Olympic Idea Associa-tion

Roundtable on regional policyOlympic values and local administrationTakis Antonakopoulos, Deputy Prefect of IleiaGeorge Aidonis, Mayor of Ancient OlympiaHaralambos Delgas, Mayor of AlifeiraIoannis Liberis, Mayor of AmaliadaDimitrios Kagelaris, Mayor of AndravidaGeorge Sgouros, Mayor of AndritsainaStephanos Adaos, Mayor of VartholomioConstantine Verras, Mayor of VouprassiaConstantine Kartalos, Mayor of VolakaAthanassios Christopoulos, Mayor of GastouniVassileos Kouris, Mayor of Castro-Kyllini

Aristomenis Kritselis, Mayor of ZacharoStephanos Papanikolopoulos, Mayor of LambeiaDionysios Bouzalas, Mayor of LassionaDimitris Hatziyiannis, Mayor of LechainaNikolaos Nikolopoulos, Mayor of PyneiaGabriel Liatsis, Mayor of PyrgosNikolaos Efstathiou, Mayor of TraganoIoannis Pipilis, Mayor of PhigaleiaTheodoros Papailiou, Mayor of FoloiIoannis Panagopoulos, Mayor of OleniGeorge Vayias, President of the Prefecture CouncilAngelos Angelopoulos, Member of the Prefecture CouncilConstantine Lambros, Member of the Prefecture CouncilVassilis Dikaioulakos, Scientific Consultant, RegionalEnergy Centre of the Peloponnese

Theology and the bio-environmentGod, Creator of all, and the behaviour of humanstowards creation. H.E. the Metropolitan of Ileia Mr.Germanos

Bio-diplomacyIrawan Abidin, Ambassador of the Republic ofIndonesia to the Holy SeeManuel Bonnet, Ambassador of ColombiaMilan Dubcek, Ambassador of the Slovak RepublicDavid Jacobs, Ambassador of South AfricaYuryi Sergeyev, Ambassador of UkraineAndreas Zaimis, f. General Secretary of Greeks AbroadGeorge Tsipris, Naval Officer, President of the WorldFederation of IleiansPanayiotis Economou, Ambassador, f. General Secre-tary, Hellenic Ministry of Foreign AffairsKaty Tzitzikosta, President, UNESCO Centre forWomen and Peace in the Balkans Professor Alexander Shishkin, St. Petersburg StateTechnological University for Plant Polymers

New TechnologiesHuman rights in the third millennium. Bio-medical inno-vation. Professor Stamatis Alahiotis, Rector, PatrasUniversityEnvironment and energy technology. Constantine T.Mountzouridis, President National Research Centre

HealthAssessment of the present attitude towards life and theecological equilibrium. Professor Emmanuel Badouvas,University of Athens

Health and the bio-environment. Professor AndreasKarabinis, University of Athens, Director P.G.K.A G

LegislationEuropean legislation for the environmentGeorge Kremlis, Head of Judicial and LegislativeAffairs, Community Law, European Commission, DG XI

EconomyGlobalisation, culture and the environment. VassilisKafiris, f. Governor of the Agricultural Bank ofGreeceBio-culture and bio-commerce. John Tzen, MinisterPlenipotentiary of Economic and Commercial Affairs,Greek Embassy in BelgradeBioculture and the Bios-Olympiad. Belisario Capocci,President of the Hellenic-Italian Chamber of Com-merceBiopolitics and the assessment of tradition. Nikolaos T.Douros, President of the Achaia Chamber of Com-merce

Education and CultureCultural Olympiads, peace and human rights. ProfessorIoannis Panoussis, f. Rector of Dimokritos Universityof ThraceThe cultural and intellectual dimension of Ancient Elisand Olympia. Professor Nikolaos Yialouris, f. DirectorGeneral of AntiquitiesBéopolitics and Ancient Pylos. Professor AndreasPanagopoulos, University of PatrasCulture and Olympic values. Professor AdamantiosPepelasis, President, Lambrakis Research FoundationConstitutional rights - evolutionary trends in the comingcentury. The importance and role of the foundation ofthe Olympic University. Professor Andreas Dimitropou-los, University of AthensBringing to the forefront cosmological protoypes of thepresocratic philosophy. Dr. Constantina Palamiotou-Thomaidou, Professor of Philosophy

Cultural ProgrammeVladislav Halapsis, soloist, violinAlla Halapsis, soloist, pianoString Quartet �Âßïò�Alexandros Halapsis, I violin, Éoannis Agraniotis, II violinSpiros Travlos, violaAlexandros Haralambous, cello

The BIO organised a major confer-ence themed "Bio-Environment-

Bio-Culture: Values for the New Mil-lennium" at the International OlympicAcademy in Ancient Olympia onAugust 20-22. The aim of this initia-tive was to convene leaders and deci-sion-makers to discuss the concept of"cultural Olympiads" within the frame-work of environmental preservationand appreciation.

The Olympic Games, held inGreece for centuries, constitutedimportant political and cultural events,promoting a unifying vision of peace,kinsmanship and reconciliation. Cur-rently, the Olympics, though a symbolof world peace and hope, awardmedals only for physical prowess.Moreover, the concept of athletics hasbecome synonymous with sports andfeats of the body. Yet we should bereminded that the word athlos, meansachievement. Therefore, the term ath-letics encompasses all possibleachievements of humanity, whether physical or intellectual. It is thus imperative thatthe concept regain its original significance and become redefined on the basis of a newsystem of values.

In the quest for these new mil-lennium values, a revival of theancient Olympic spirit can con-tribute unity and harmony to thedevelopment of every aspect ofhuman endeavour. Knowledge ofthe past and a diachronic per-spective are crucial to the build-ing of a harmonious future.Olympia, a beacon of civilization,can provide the inspiration forthe dissemination of an optimisticvision of hope on a global level.The gift of bios on our planetmust be maintained, and futuregenerations are entitled toreceive a clean environment anda peaceful sharing of bio-culture.Cease-fire is vital in this context,and since its inception in 1985 theBIO has been actively promotingcease-fire during the Olympics asa vehicle for peace. This BIO ini-tiative has also been adopted as aUnited Nations resolution.

Conference participants included a plethora of eminent personalities from theGreek and international community, who addressed the political, technological andcultural challenges and opportunities of our times.

Bios Olympiad ConferenceBio-Environment - Bio-Culture / Olympic Values for the New Millennium

International Olympic Academy in Ancient Olympia, August 20-22, 1999

October 1999 BIOS OLYMPIAD Bio News//page 7

PatronNicos J. Vardinoyannis Foundation

Ioanna Vardinoyannis Fournier Pyrros N. Vardinoyannis

SponsorsCommercial Bank of Greece

Maramenos & PaterasA.G. Leventis Foundation

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Bios Olympiad in St. Petersburg

The Honourable Valentina MatvienkoVice President of the Government of theRussian Federation

The Honourable Yuri AntonovVice Governor of St. Petersburg

Academician Michael PiatrovskyDirector, The State Hermitage Museum

H.E. Mikhail BodcharnikovAmbassador of the Russian Federation toAthens

H.E. Dimitris KypraiosAmbassador of Greece to Moscow

Antonios TzikasPresident, Foundation for Olympic and Athletic Education, GreeceYuri TemirkanovDirector of the Symphony Orchestra of St. PetersburgProfessor Pavel SarkisovRector D.I. Mendeleyev University ofChemical Technology of RussiaProfessor Vladimir BabeshkoRector, Kuban State UniversityProfessor Otto TerentjievRector, St. Petersburg State TechnologicalUniversity for Plant Polymers

Professor Bernard Feltz, Centre for thePhilosophy of Science, Institute of Phi-losophy, Belgium

George Kremlis, Head of Judicial andLegislative Affairs, Community Law,European Commission DG XI, Belgium

Mirza Agic, GEA Group of Environ-mental Activities, Bosnia-Herzegovina

Mehmed Cero, Deputy Minister forPhysical Planning and EnvironmentalProtection, Bosnia-Herzegovina

Ramiz Mehemedagic, Federal Ministerof Physical Planning and EnvironmentalProtection, Bosnia-Herzegovina

Jakov Peahar, President, ManagementBoard, GEA Group of EnvironmentalActivities, Bosnia-Herzegovina

Fahrudin Rizanbegovic, Federal Min-istry of Education, Science, Culture andSports, Bosnia-Herzegovina

Jean Louis Fragonard, President, UNACongo

Sanjin Dragojevic, Lecturer, Faculty ofPolitical Science, University of Zagreb,Croatia

Jaakko Henttonen, Director, Centraland East European Co-operation, Envi-ronmental Protection Department Min-istry of the Environment, Finland

Eero Paloheimo, Helsinki University ofTechnology, Finland

Hilkka Pietila, Honorary President,WFUNA, Finland

Dr. Sonja Servomaa, Head of Training,

International Programme, LahtiResearch and Training Centre, Univer-sity of Helsinki, Finland

Leena Voutilainen, Project Secretary,Central and East European Co-opera-tion, Ministry of the Environment, Fin-land

Ursula Schleicher, Vice President ofthe European Parliament, Germany

Professor Udo E. Simonis, Science Cen-tre Berlin, Germany

Bennard Kwami Kuma, Honorary Pres-ident, WFUNA, Ghana

Constantine Kanonis, Alternate Gener-al Manager, Commercial Bank ofGreece, Greece

H.E. Dimitris Kypraios, Ambassador ofGreece in Moscow, Greece

John Tzen, Minister Plenipotentiary ofEconomic and Commercial Affairs,Greek Embassy in Belgrade, Greece

Antonios Tzikas, President, Foundationfor Olympic and Athletic Education,Greece

Ketty Tzitzikostas, President,UNESCO Centre for Women andPeace in the Balkans, Greece

Fode Lunceny Camara, Ministry ofNatural Resources and Environment,Guinea

Ambassador Irawan Abidin, Embassyof the Republic of Indonesia to theHoly See, Indonesia

Charles G. Vella, Fondazione Centro S.

Raffaele del Monte Tabor, UfficioRelazioni Sociali, Italy

Dr. Vitalii Gulca, Moldova

Dambar Bir Thapa, Secretary General,United Nations Association of Nepal

Chief Femi Kila, Julius Berger NigeriaPLC, Nigeria

Professor Jan Dobrowolski, Academyof Sciences, Poland

Professor Vladimir A. Babeshko, Rec-tor, Kuban State University, Russia

Professor Henrich DenisovVice President, International Academyof Ecology, Man and Nature Protection Sci-ences

Valery Grishin, f. Director of Press,Russia

Professor S.P. Kapitza, Institute forPhysical Problems, Academy of Sci-ences, Russia

Dr. Galina Klokova, Institute of Atmo-spheric Physics, Russia

Anatolyi Konstantinov General Secre-tary, Union of Russian Artists

Academician Michael Piatrovsky,Director, State Hermitage Museum,Russia

Professor Victor RogalevPresident, International Academy ofEcology, Man and Nature ProtectionSciences

Leonid P. Romankov, Chairman, Com-mittee on Education and Culture, St.

Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Russia

Professor Pavel Sarkisov, Rector D.I.Mendeleyev University of ChemicalTechnology of Russia

Professor Alexander Shishkin, St.Petersburg State Technological Univer-sity for Plant Polymers, Russia

Vladimir Tchemodanov, Energosetpro-ject, Russia

Professor Otto Terentjiev, Rector, St.Petersburg State Technological Univer-sity of Plant Polymers, Russia

Dr. Yuri Volken, Institute of Atmo-spheric Physics, Russia

Professor Gennadiy A. Yagodin, Rec-tor, International University, Russia

Ambassador Afamasaga Toleafoa,Member of Parliament, Samoa

Professor Seong Chee Tham, BIOTrustee, Singapore

Dr. John Hanks, Executive Director,The Peace Parks Foundation, SouthAfrica

Ambassador Kai Falkman, Ministry ofForeign Affairs, Sweden

Professor Rusen Keles, Director ofEnvironmental Studies, Faculty of Polit-ical Sciences, Ankara University, Turkey

Dr. Stanislav I. Sokolenko, Chairmanof the Board UKRIMPEX Joint StockCompany, Ukraine

Metropolitan of Boston Methodios,USA

Professor Victor RogalevPresident, International Academy of Ecolo-gy, Man and Nature Protection SciencesProfessor Henrich DenisovVice President, International Academy of Ecology, Man and Nature Protection Sciences

Professor Alexander ShishkinSt. Petersburg State Technological University for Plant Polymers

Anatolyi KonstantinovGeneral Secretary, Union of Russian Artists

Honorary Committee

Organising Committee

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President of the ConferenceDr. Agni Vlavianos-Arvanitis, Founder and President of B.I.O.

Speakers(listed alphabetical ly by country and name)

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The BIO President will participate as an honorary speaker atthe Vth ZERI (Zero Emissions Research and Initiatives)

World Congress and at the First Zero Emissions InternationalYouth Congress which will be held October 11-15, 1999, in Bogo-ta, Colombia. Eminent BIO Trustee and President of the Man-izales Chamber of Commerce, Professor Mario Calderon Rivera,is one of the distinguished organisers of this major initiative.

The ZERI concept was designed and started by the BelgianEconomist Gunter Pauli, at the United Nations University inTokyo. It represents a deep change in the linear concept aboutknowledge virtually applied to development. More than two hun-dred distinguished guests, scientists, presidents, business peopleand scholars from around the world, together with more that fourthousand students from Colombian and other universities, willparticipate in the Congress, which will be held in the ColombianCoffee Region, (Caldas, Risalda, Quindio). Its objectives are tostudy and develop the potential of the Coffee Region, to studypilot projects on Zero Emissions concepts to be used as modelsof employment generation, poverty decrease, control of pollutionand improvement of quality of life, to increase co-operation inresearch through the creation of a network of research and infor-mation, to make ZERI a collective project in a politic-economicorder with high social impact in a national and international field,and to look for new elements in biodiversity to add value to andgenerate new options for sustainable development.

The opening ceremony will feature speakers such as the Secre-tary General of the UN, the Director General of UNESCO, theMinister of the Environment of Colombia, Professors Keto Mshi-geni, Dr. Lester Brown and Dr. Manuel Elkin Patarroyo.

We live in an age where thestate of a nation's wealth is

evaluated increasingly uponeconomic factors such as stockmarket performance and shrink-ing budget deficits. The boom-ing United States economy willhave a budget surplus runninginto trillions of dollars next year,while even in countries withweaker economies millions ofworking class people are invest-ing in shares in runaway stockmarkets. Around the world itseems as if the good times willnever end, but for the life formsthreatened by this unprecedent-ed spurt of economic growth,the good times ended a longtime ago.

The protection of the envi-ronment and of the life thatprospers within it are low on thelist of priorities for near-sighteddecision-makers, demonstratingjust how they are missing thepoint: that the real wealth onour planet is in the sheerbreadth, richness and beauty ofthe plants and animals whosespecies are quietly reducedevery year by our hunger to feedmaterial desires that have grownout of all proportion to ourneeds.

Real wealth is comprised ofthe wild birds of Colombia, thehundreds of tribes in the Ama-zon and the sheer biodiversitythat can be enjoyed in even thesmallest untainted environmentuntil human arrogance threat-ens its continuity.

One of the ways propoundedby the BIO to preserve thiswealth of life on our planet isGenetic Banks, which preservethe genetic material of endan-gered plant and animal speciesand thereby protect the enor-mous wealth and diversity ofendemic wildlife. If BIO suc-ceeds in its aims to introduce amore biocentric vision into aplanet currently subservient tothe existing anthropocentric sys-tem, the extent of biodiversitywill in the future be a real indi-cator of wealth on our planet.Saving biodiversity means savinglife, something ultimately moreimportant than all the shares inthe world put together.

the real wealth

is life itself

Focus on BiodiversityGenetic Banks can save the wealth of biodiversity

Zero Emissions Research Initiative congress in Colombia

from Aves de Colombiaby Caetan du Chatenet

Kitty Kyriacopoulosis the embodiment of a�Renaissance Woman.�She has succeeded in allspheres of her life andlived up to her humanis-tic ideals in her businesscareer, her family lifeand in making positivecontributions to the cul-tural and educational lifeof her community and tothe environment.

Born in Bucharest,Rumania, to one of the prominent families in the Greekcommunity, Kitty Kyriacopoulos and her family came toGreece after World War II. Her father, George Eliopou-los, became the major shareholder of two mining compa-nies, Bauxites Parnasse and Silver and Baryte Ores. Shewas educated at Mount Holyoke College in the UnitedStates, in Physics and Mathematics. When her fatherpassed away in 1970, leaving her as his only heir, she feltill-prepared to take over the two mining companies.Although the challenge was, as she describes it, �terrify-

ing,� she had been brought up to face challenges, so,having evaluated her strengths and weaknesses, sheforged ahead. By using her innate common sense andhard work, she not only managed to keep the companiesgoing but also to gain the confidence of their clients andto expand the activities and the turnover. Although itwas unusual in those days for a woman to be running abusiness, she did not let that intimidate her and insteadconcentrated all her efforts on doing the job that neededto be done.

From the time she took over the management ofboth mining companies, Kitty Kyriacopoulos endeav-oured to set certain procedures that would secure soundfoundations for the future of the business and create,above all, a company culture based on family ethical val-ues and traditions. Along with satisfying clients andensuring financial soundness, she implemented corpo-rate goals that were inspired by certain ethical obliga-tions - to reflect the human factor, to show a sensitivityto the environment and to make a social contributionespecially in the area of company operations. Under herleadership of two decades both companies prospered sothat when she handed over the management to her sontheir turnover had increased nine fold that of 1970.

Kitty Kyriacopoulos has been a model for the busi-ness world of proving that ethical management that is inharmony with the world and the environment is good

business. She has made major contributions to the com-mon good not only through her business ventures butalso through philanthropic sponsorships. She has been amember of the board of College Year in Athens, and is amember of the Presidents� Club. She is a trustee of theBIO and a significant benefactor and sponsor, who hasendorsed the BIO ideals from its very early years.

Mstislav Rostropo-vich has been justly cel-ebrated throughout theworld as a cellist,pianist, and conductor.He has created a legacyof performances, re-cordings and new com-positions that will

enrich future generations for centuries. Yet this worldfamous musician said in a speech at the first Bios Prizeaward ceremony that Jacques Cousteau had taught himmusic, because he had helped him to hear the rhythm oflife.

No less noteworthy are his efforts as a humanitarianand human rights activist. It was his activities in supportof human rights that led him and his family from theU.S.S.R. into exile in the West in 1974, where he notonly continued, but actually accelerated his humanitari-an activities. He supported his beliefs in freedom andhuman rights and was present at many historic eventsrelated to the fall of the Iron Curtain at the beginning ofthe 1990�s. When the Berlin Wall came down, Ros-tropovich was there playing his cello in celebration.

When the last tank left Czechoslovakian soil, Ros-tropovich gave a concert as a token of joy at their libera-tion. In 1993, Rostropovich directed the National Sym-phony Orchestra of the United States, in the first orches-tral concert ever held on the Red Square.

Rostropovich�s activities have not all been political.The question of adequate health care - particularly forchildren - has always been near to his heart and he hasled groups of musicians in helping to build facilities andequip children�s hospitals in Moscow and St. Petersburg.Numerous other organisations and thousands of patientshave been served by his efforts. Rostropovich's generosi-ty has also helped victims of disasters by giving concertsto provide relief for the victims of the Armenian earth-quake of 1988 and of the Chernobyl disaster.

Our souls need nourishing as well as our bodies, andRostropovich has performed concerts in the tiniest ofvillages throughout Russia, Japan and other countries.He has contributed his musical prowess to benefits forschools of music and ballet, has participated in countelssfestivals, and has given numerous performances thatbenefited everything from master classes that keep chil-dren off the streets to concerts providing funds forresearch. These activities are all part of the Ros-tropovich legacy.

In addition, Rostropovich's concerts have gone tosupport the well-being of other species that share our

world. The World Wildlife Foundation and CITES havebeen the recipients of his efforts. Several endangeredspecies - whales, elephants and others - have earned arespite because of his action.

Rostropovich's musical talents have not onlyenriched the world's cultural legacy, but have benefitedall on our planet for generations to come.

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Kitty Kyriacopoulos

In our search for societal models, we should try to identify the top of the pyramid of each sector. Those peaksof success, ethic, talent and ingenuity will serve as an inspiration for all. The future can be more positive if wecombine the contributions of both technology and the arts. It is this aspect of the Bios Prizes that is celebratedin Mstislav Rostropovich�s award. He stands at the peak of the pyramid of musicians and of the arts in general.With his music and his wonderful inspiration, he has conveyed to the world the message of bios appreciation. Asan old friend of the Biopolitics International Organisation, he has participated in the Sakharov Festival and hasshown his support of the BIO by engulfing in his music the biocentric ideals that the BIO proposes. Through theharmony of his cello, he reaches out to every member of the universe, to every living creature, as a source oflight for the soul. This understanding of the interconnection among all living forms makes Rostropovich a lead-ing member of our society and a distinguished BIO friend.

Women make a major contribution towards saving life. Since women give life, they understand and respectthe sacred value of the precious gift of life. They tend to be more sensitive to environmental destruction, as theyrealise that the continuity of life is threatened. Aggression, destruction and arrogance seem to be the prototypesof success in today's society. In order to challenge those standards, the concept of profit should change. Profitshould mean saving the environment, appreciating life, ensuring good health, giving joy, sharing culture and cre-ating inner wealth. The two pyramids of women and business people can share their own peak and have a com-mon model. This model of a woman leader, a wife, a mother, a grandmother, a business leader placing as a pri-ority an enlightened version of profit, a philanthropist with discretion and humility, a sensitive personality sup-

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porting the arts, educational endeavours, health needs and family protection are found together in a rare combi-nation in Kitty Kyriacopoulos.

Bio-diplomacy is the understanding that diversity in culture, faith, tradition and nature need to be main-tained. Therefore, barriers of state boundaries should be removed so as to allow for the protection of biodiversi-ty, the environment and the gift of bios. This concept serves as the pathway to the achievement of co-operationand peace. Anton Rupert serves as a model at the peak of the bio-diplomacy pyramid. His initiative has crossedthe frontiers of neighbouring African countries and has brought them together in the protection the environ-ment and the unique natural resources they share. He is a philanthropist who cares for the continuity of bios,feels a responsibility to future generations, and believes that that our anthropocentric orientation needs tobecome biocentric in the future. It is for his vision and his practice of bio-diplomacy that Anton Rupert receivesthe Bios-Prize.

As we progress in the new millennium, the Third World concept should be wiped out. Today there are manyopportunities and challenges, and enlightened leaders can create new models for the appreciation of what con-stitutes the real wealth of our planet: the protection of nature. With his generous donation of personal wealth tosupport incentives in environmental protection and development that respects bios, Jakob von Uexkull exempli-fies the acknowledgement that the environment constitutes a basic need of society. He is awarded the Bios-Prizefor his initiative and vision.

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As a young man,Jakob von Uexkullfelt that an effectiveresponse was need-ed to the great chal-lenges now facinghumanity. He decid-ed to establish anaward which would

recognise the efforts of those who were tackling theseissues directly with practical solutions to the problems ofthe pollution of our air, soil and water, the danger ofnuclear war, the abuse of basic human rights, the destitu-tion and misery of the poor and the overcomsumptionand spiritual poverty of the wealthy.

In 1980, he sold his holdings of rare postage stamps,most of his own personal wealth, to endow the RightLivelihood Awards, which are presented in the SwedishParliament, on the day before the Nobel Prize ceremo-ny. �Right Livelihood� is an ancient concept. It involvestaking responsibility for the consequences of our actionsand living �rightly� on the earth, not taking more thanour fair share of the its resources. Awards are given inareas such as environmental protection and biodiversity,

human rights and development, health, education, hous-ing and technology.

Born in Uppsala, Sweden, he also holds German citi-zenship. He went to school in Sweden and Germany andthen won a scholarship to Christ Church Oxford fromwhere he graduated with an honours MA in Politics, Phi-losophy and Economics. He has worked as a writer andtranslator specializing in international and environmen-tal issues, and is a professional philatelist and recognizedauthority on the postal history of Arabia.

Nominated repeatedly by the German Green Partyfor the European Parliament elections, he has served asa member of the European Parliament, where he was onthe Political Affairs and Science and Technology Com-mittees. He was a member of the Delegation for Rela-tions with the Supreme Soviet of the USSR and of theBaltic Intergroup (1987-89).

Jakob von Uexkull is co-founder (1984) of The OtherEconomic Summit (TOES) and the founder of TheEstonian Renaissance Award (1993). He is a Trustee ofThe New Economics Foundation (London), a patron ofFriends of the Earth International and a member of theGlobal Commission to Fund the United Nations. He hasserved on the Board of Greenpeace, Germany, and iscurrently on the Council of Governance of TransparencyInternational.

As a convinced �possibilist� and �concerned general-

ist� he lectures and consults widely. He has recently pro-posed an elected global Council and �institution with thelegitimacy and power to set the ecological boundarieswithin which all human activities must take place.� Hefeels that the whole of society must be restructured toreverse the present monetary system which is furtheringan anti-bio thinking.

Jakob von Uexkull

T h r o u g h -out his life, Dr.Anton Ruperthas played therole of an�Advocate ofHope.� Bothin his business

activities and in his work to conserve African wildlife, hisphilosophy has expressed an optimism and a faith in theworld and in mankind. He believes that one can wintrust only by showing trust and that while trust may be arisk, to mistrust is an even greater risk and may lead todisaster.

He is the current Chairman of the Peace Parks Foun-dation which he was instrumental in establishing. Whilethe idea of peace parks is not new, the idea of usingthem on a large scale not only to conserve threatenedwildlife but also as a solution to the underlying economicproblems that threaten southern Africa certainly is.Since its inception in 1997, the Peace Parks Foundationhas been hugely successful, offering a vision for thefuture of Africa which will preserve its unique biologicaldiversity and benefit the people of the region economi-

cally through the development of ecotourism.The Peace Parks Foundation is an international part-

nership which promotes transfrontier wildlife conserva-tion areas - �peace parks� - environmental tourism andjob creation in Southern Africa. At the heart of theproblem of preserving wildlife has been widespreadpoverty which often leaves people with few alternativesbut to destroy the very resource base on which their sur-vival depends. Realising this fact, the peace parks havesought to address not only the accelerating loss of bio-logical diversity but also to find solutions to the rootcauses of rising unemployment and poverty and theinveterate civil unrest across international boundaries.

Key to the success of the Peace Parks Foundationhas been trans-frontier co-operation brought aboutthrough years of diplomatic effort by Anton Rupert.Working with the local communities who have tradition-ally been excluded from all aspects of wildlife manage-ment, the peace parks have made sure that people arenot forcibly removed from the parks and that the com-munities are given opportunities to benefit from theparks. The organisational model for peace parks is closerto biosphere reserves (i.e., multiple land use strategies)than to traditional game parks.

Seeing it as a responsibility of today to preserve thenatural environment for tomorrow, he has long encour-aged and worked for conservation. He was the President

of WWF-South Africa and chairman of the HistoricalHomes of South Africa Limited. He has received numer-ous awards for his contributions. He founded and ischairman of the Rembrandt Group of Companies whichhas played an important role in cultural fields, and hasbeen active in social upliftment and the creation of eco-nomic opportunities.

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BelgiumM. Wathelet, Member, Court of

Justice of the European Communities

ColombiaM. Calderon Rivera, Chair-

man, Manizales Chamber of Com-merce

European UnionG. Zavvos, Ambassador

GermanyProfessor E.U. von Weizsaeck-

er, Member of Parliament, President,Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Envi-ronment and Energy

GreeceDr. A. Vlavianos-Arvanitis,

Founding President,Biopolitics Inter-national Organisation; K.P. Kyria-copoulos, Chairman of the Board, Sil-ver and Baryte Ores Mining Co.

HungaryAcademician. Laszlo Kapolyi,

President System International Founda-tion

IsraelJudge M. Gabay, Justice of the

United Nations Administrative Tri-bunal

JapanProfessor J. Kondo, f. Presi-

dent, Science Council of Japan

RussiaProfessor P. Sarkisov, Rector,

Mendeleyev University Moscow

SamoaAmbassador A.T. Toleafoa

SingaporeProfessor T. Seong Chee, Uni-

versity of Singapore, Institute ofSoutheastern Asian Studies

SwedenH.E. Ambassador K. Falkman,

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

TurkeyProfessor R. Keles, Director,

Centre for Environmental Studies,Faculty of Political Sciences, AnkaraUniversity

UkraineProfessor Constantine Sytnik,

Vice-President of the Academy of Sciencesof Ukraine, Member of Parliament

USAProfessor N.A. Ashford, Mas-

sachusetts Institute of Technology;Professor E.P. Gyftopoulos, Mas-sachusetts Institute of Technology;P.F. Krogh, Dean of the School ofForeign Service, Georgetown Univer-sity; Professor W.R. Moomaw, Inter-national Environmental Policy, TheFletcher School of Law and Diploma-cy; Professor G. Pontecorvo, Director,Center for Business and GovernmentStudies, Columbia University

VenezuelaAmbassador Jose Rafael Huizi

Clavier

AlbaniaV. Agoras, Actor, Director,

National Theater of Agioi Saranta; A.Angjeli, Economist, Member of Parlia-ment; Ambassador H. Cabej; P.Ciruna, International Relations, Alba-nian Telecom; L. Cuci, Member ofthe General Leading Committee, For-mer Minister of the Economy; R.Dhimitri, Executive Director, Albani-an Civil Society Foundation; A.Imami, Member of Parliament, Gen-eral Secretary, Democratic AllianceParty; A. Kamberi, Architect; M. Kam-beri; A. Nesho, Director, AlbanianFoundation for European Affairs; Z.

Pilika; B. Rexha, Mechanical Engi-neer; I. Salilari; L. Selfo, Chairman,Committee of Environmental Protec-tion; B. Zeneli, International Secre-tary, Vice-Chairman, Foreign PolicyCommittee of the Parliament

AlgeriaH.E. the Ambassador of

Algeria Mr. H. M. Louhibi

ArgentinaR. Martin Saravia, Councillor

and Charge d' Affaires, Embassy ofArgentina; G.L. Mondino, Geologist,Environmental Educator and projec-tists

AustraliaProfessor S. Boyden, Aus-

tralian National University; N. Kaiyan;D. Reeve, Principal Consultant, Envi-ronmental Protection Authority; Dr.K. Suklter, Writer, University of Syd-ney; P. Wensly, Ambassador for theEnvironment, International Organisa-tions and Legal Division

AustriaW. Blenk, Chairman, Science

and Research Committee, AustrianParliament; Professor T.H. Botterweg,Danube PCU; Dr. J. Leibetseder,Dean, Veterinary University of Vien-na; Father T. Masar; Professor A.Moser, Institut fur Biotechnologie; T.Turcan, Technical Assistant, DanubePCU; Dr. F. Unger, President, Euro-pean Academy of Arts and Sciences;Dr. Zilk, Mayor of Vienna

BahamasThe Honourable Minister of

Health Department of EnvironmentalHealth Services

BangladeshProfessor F. Ahsan, Universi-

ty of Chittagong; Professor S.M.Hashemi, Project Director, GrameenTrust, Grameen Bank

BarbadosH.L. Broomes, Permanent

Secretary Representative, Ministry ofLabour and Environment

BelarusDr. V. Evorovsky, Graduate,

School for Social Research; Dr. V.N.Ivanov, President, United NationsAssociation

BelgiumS.W. Blackmer, Partner, Cut-

ler & Pickering; Professor B. Feltz,Catholic University of Louvain; Dr.H. Hanquet, Senator; A. Karamanou,Regional Policy Comittee; Dr. S.Klein, President, SIRMCE; ProfessorF.A. Lints, Catholic University of Lou-vain; C. Rassenfosse, SmithKline Bio-logicals; G. Strongylis, Astrophysicist,Commission of the European Com-munities, DG XI, Belgium; ProfessorC. Susanne, Dean, Faculty of Sci-ences, VRIJE Universiteit; P. vanDonkelaar, GreenTech Research; Dr.R. van Essche, Director, Scientific andRegulatory Affairs for the EU

BeninProfessor Eduard

Adjanohoun, Universite Nationale duBenin

BermudaDr. A. H. Knap, Director,

Bermuda Biological Station forResearch

Bosnia - HerzegovinaA. Jaganjac, Director, Federal

Ministry of Culture and Sports

BotswanaThe Honorable P.H.K. Kedik-

ilwe, Minister of Commerce andIndustry; K. Moate, Assistant Secre-tary General, National Commissionfor UNESCO; P.V. Sephuma, DeputyPermanent Secretary,Chairman,UNESCO National CommissionBotswana

BrazilH. Jaguaribe de Mattos, Dean,

Institute of Political and Social Stud-ies; Professor I. Major, State Universi-

ty of Ceara; Dr. P.C. Moura, Psychol-ogist, President, Institute for Politicaland Social Studies

BulgariaR. Chapkanova, Faculty of

Chemistry, University of Sofia; Profes-sor S. Gersaimov Tsvetkov, Institute ofZoology, Bulgarian Academy of Sci-ences; Dr. C. Guoerguiev, SecretaryGeneral, National Commission forUNESCO; Dr. M. Koteva, Economist,E.C., Delegation in Sofia; E. Maneva,Minister of the Environment andWaters; Dr. C. Mateva-Dontcheva,Scientific Research and TechnologicalInstitute; Dr. I. Petkov, Deputy Direc-tor, Institute for Social and PoliticalSciences; Professor B. Sendov, Presi-dent, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences;I. Slavkov, President, BulgarianOlympic Committee; Professor Z.Zakhariev, President, Foundation"Slavyani"; Dr. I. Zakharieva, Presi-dent, Association of BulgarianWomen

Burkina FasoI. Baadhio, Secretary Gener-

al, UNA - K. Etienne Bah, MedicalDirector, Centre of Medical Research

CambodiaU. Phyrun, Deputy General

Director, Secretariat of State forEnvironment

CanadaProfessor M. Berraja, Depart-

ment of Geography, Universite duQuebec a Montreal; The HonorableJ.J. Charest, Minister of the Environ-ment; P. Erath; Dr. C.D. Levings,Research Scientist, West VancouverLaboratory; M. Owen; D. Schell, Con-sultant, Department of ExternalAffairs

ChadDr. K. Alio, Secretary Gener-

al, Chad UNESCO Commission

ChileM. Max-Neef, Economist,

Centre for Development Alternatives

ChinaC. Liu, Deputy Director, Pol-

lution Control Department; ProfessorY. Tianjun, President, University ofScience and Technology

ColombiaDr. W. Arenas Wightman,

National Institute for Renewable Nat-ural Resources and Environment;Ambassador E. Barajas; B. Betancur,President, Santillana Foundation forLatin America; G. Betancur Mejia; J.Mayr, Executive Director, FundacionPro Sierra Nevada; Dr. M. Patino,Director, Colegio Mayor de NuestraSenora del Rosario Unviersidad; A.P.Salazar Vega, Attorney, Legal Depart-ment, Texas Petroleum Co.; ProfessorM. Suarez Melo, Rector, ColegioMayor de Nuestra Senora del RosarioUniversidad; E. Uribe Botero,Agronomist, Department of NationalPlanning

CroatiaZ. Balic, Acting Director,

State Directorate of Waters; S. Drago-jevic, Ministry of Culture; P. Klein,Croatian Helsinki Committee forHuman Rights; Dr. A. Kutle, Director,State Directorate for EnvironmentalProtection; Ambassador N. Stanko,Ministry of Foreign Affairs

CubaH. Serrano Mendez, Vice

President, National Commission forthe Protection of the Environment;Dr. Jorge Ramon Cuevas, President,ProNaturaleza; T. Averhoff, DirectorGeneral, United Nations Association

CyprusA. Demetropoulos, Marine

Pollution Programme, MediterraneanAction Plan; M. Evangelides, Execu-tive Director, Hawaii Beach Hotel;Dr. C. Papastavros, Head, Econosia,Department of Environmental Stud-ies; Dr. A. Papavassiliou; D. Serghides,President, International Solar Energy

Society; M.A. Triantafyllides, AttorneyGeneral of the Republic; A. Vassiliou,Vice-Chairman, Executive CommitteeWFUNA

Czech RepublicDr. D. Adamcova, Head, Sec-

retariat Academy of Sciences, Councilof International Cooperation; Dr. F.Benda, Minister of the Environment;Professor D. Blaskovic, Vice Presi-dent, Czech Academy of Sciences; Dr.M. Branis, Director, Institute forEnvironmental Studies; Dr. J.Cerovsky, Senior Scientist, CzechInstitute for Nature Conservation;Professor J. Jenik, Charles University,Department of Botany; Dr. J. Kvet,Plant Ecologist, Institute of Botany,Academy of Sciences; Ambassador J.Lajka; Dr. M. Lapka, Institute ofLandscape Ecology, Czech Academyof Sciences; Dr. M. Macek, Depart-ment of Medical Genetics, UniversityHospital Motol; Ambassador J. Mar-van; Dr. V. Mejstrik, Director, Insti-tute of Landscape Ecology, CzechAcademy of Sciences; Dr. B. Moldan,f. Minister of Environment, Centrefor Environment, Charles University;L. Pavlicek, Council Member, City ofPrague; Dr. L. Pedal, Skoda NuclearMachinery Ltd.; Dr. P. Puncochar,Managing Director, T.G. MasarykWater Research Institute; Dr. I.Rynda, f. Chairman, EnvironmentalCommittee of the Federal Assembly;Dr. J. Stoklasa, Chairman of the Com-mission, Czechoslovak Scademy ofSciences; Dr. R. Zahradnik, President,Czech Academy of Sciences

DenmarkB.N. Olsen, Chairman, Com-

mittee on Energy,Environment, Land-scape and Roads, Storstroms AMT

EcuadorDr. F. Chamorro Garces, Per-

manent Secretariat, National Com-mission for UNESCO; Agustin C.Arroyo, IOC Member

EgyptProfessor S. Ashour Ahmed,

Department of Plant Protection, Fac-ulty of Agriculture, Assiut University;Professor H.I.S. Ebied, Vice-Presi-dent, Cairo University; AmbassadorA. El-Zant; Dr. A.L. El Ebiary,National Institute for Sea and FisherySciences; Professor S. Ghabbour,Dept. of Natural Resources, Inst. ofAfrican Research and Studies, CairoUniversity; Professor A.M. Hamad,President's Advisor for Environmen-tal Affairs, Botany Department, Assi-ut University; Professor A.E. HillalDessouki, Director, Centre for Politi-cal Research and Studies, Cairo Uni-versity; Dr. H. Kamel Badwi, Presi-dent, National Institute for Sea andFishery Sciences; Professor Kassas,Faculty of Science, Cairo University;Ambassador A. Nabil El Salawy; Pro-fessor M. Salama, President, CairoUniversity; Professor E.G. Yoakim,Head, Department of Zoology, Uni-versity of Assiut

EstoniaDr. J. Kiili, Tallinn Pedagogi-

cal Institute; S. Loot, President, Esto-nian Children's Fund

EthiopiaH.E. the Ambassador of

Ethiopia Mr. K. Feleke

FinlandA. Kalela, Special Advisor;

Dr. E. Paloheimo, Member of Parlia-ment; H. Pietila, Vice President,WFUNA

FranceDr. S. Ayme, Inserm SC11; A.

Badran, Assistant Director Generalfor Science, UNESCO; MonseigneurS. Charalambides, Eglise OrthodoxeGrecque; J.M. Chasseriaux, Delegateof International Affairs, Ministry ofResearch and Space; Professor E.E.Creppy, University of Bordeaux II;Professor H. Curien, f. Minister ofResearch and President, EuropeanSpace Research Council; Professor M.Despax, President Honoraire, Univer-site des Sciences Sociales; Dr. C.Goldet, Executive Committee Mem-ber, WFUNA; E. Gudenkauf, EcologyAdvisor; J. Hartland, Secretary, Com-mittee on Social, Health and FamilyAffairs, Council of Europe; Ambas-sador F. Marcel Plaisant; G. Martin-Ingenieur IAN, Agronome Consultant;P. Piganiol, f. Member of the Govern-ment; Dr. G. Sergheraert, Director,Centre de Valorisation des Glucides

FYROMP. Andonov, Agricultural

Engineer, DEM; Professor Z. Cve-tanoski, DEM; Professor M. Dodovski,DEM; E. Grozdanova, Ministry ofLabour and Social Policy; S. Kazlevs-ka-Nikolosko, Agriculture Engineer,DEM; L. Kurcleva, Councilor to theMinister, Ministry of Urban Planning,Construction and Environment; Pro-fessor P. Mikuseva, President, DEMProfessor S. Nicolic, DEM; Z.Samardziev, Project Officer, SPP Kaj-makcalan; B. Stevanovska, DEM; D.Stojanova, DEM; P. Stojcevski, DEM;Professor B. Suzkova-Manaskova; M.Velkovic, Textiles Engineer, FashionDesigner; V. Vtevski, DEM; Z. Zarins-ki, Journalist

GeorgiaProfessor R. Gachechiladze,

Head, Department of Human Geog-raphy, Tblisi State University

GermanyDr. U. Fegeler, Meteorology

Institute, University of Berlin; Profes-sor K. Gottstein, Director, Max-PlanckGesellschaft; Professor A. Grohmann,Institute for Water, Soil and AirHygiene, Berlin; Professor W. Gunkel,f. Director, Biological Centre of Hel-goland; Dr. E. Hann, City Planner,Science Centre Berlin; Professor P.D.

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GhanaM. Awua-Asamoa, Secretary

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of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy,Aristotle University of Thessaloniki;Professor S. Hatziyiannis, Section ofPathology, University of Athens; Pro-fessor N. Houlis, PharmaceuticalDepartment, University of Athens;Professor C. Israelidis, Food Technol-ogy Institute; Dr. V. Kalfakakou, Uni-versity of Ioannina; O.Kalogeropoulou,Secretary, Lion Club; C. Kanonis,Deputy General Manager, Commer-cial Bank; Dr. N. Kapranos; B. Kap-sokavadis, General Manager, Gerling-Konzern Hellas Gmbh; P. Karafotias,Officer in Charge, United NationsInformation Centre; V. Karagiaouris;Dr. N. Katsaros, Special Secretary,Ministry of Industry, Vice-Presidentof the Hellenic Chemical Society; K.L. Katsifarakis, Aristotle University ofThessaloniki; Dr. S. Kazanas ; S.Kokkalis, General Manager, INTRA-COM S.A; Ch. Komninos, ManagingDirector, Hellenic Bottling Company;A. Kougiouvas; P. Koutsikos, Chair-man, P.K.Koutsikos Group of Enter-prises; N. Kouvaras, Industrialist; Dr.E. Krikeli, Internationalist, BostonUniversity; T. Kritas, Musical FestivalCoordinator; Professor D. Kyriakidis,Laboratory of Biochemistry, Depart-ment of Chemistry, Aristotle Univer-sity of Thessaloniki; Professor K. Kyri-akou, University of Athens, HealthDept; S. Lambrinidis, General Secre-tary, Greeks Abroad; J. Leahy, Direc-tor, Fox & Associates; Professor P.Livadaras, University of Athens, Pres-ident, Parnassos Cultural Society; D.Maniatakis, Managing Director, ICAPHellas S.A; Professor G.M. Maniatis,Department of Biology, University ofPatras; C. Maniatopoulos, f. Directorof Energy, European Commission;Professor E. Marcoglou, Political Sci-ences, Deree College; Professor N.C.Markatos, Rector, National TechnicalUniversity of Athens; Dr. C. Masman-idis, General Manager, Dow HellasS.A; Professor S. Mavrantonis; Profes-sor E. Mikroyannakis, University ofAthens, Philosophical School; Profes-sor E.A. Moutsopoulos, Member,Academy of Athens; Professor C.Olympios, Agricultural University ofAthens; Dr. A. Orologa, Biologist,Hygienic School of Athens; M. Pagidas, General Manager, S.C.Johnson & Son Hellas Ltd; ProfessorA. Paithagiannis; P. Panettas, Vice-President, Athens Chamber of Com-merce and Industry; Professor V.Papadias, National Technical Univer-sity; Professor G. Papadopoulos, Uni-versity of Patras; Professor G. Papae-vagelou, Medical Department, Uni-versity of Athens; Professor V. Papa-georgiou, President, Department ofChemical Engineering, Aristotle Uni-versity of Thessaloniki; Professor J.Papaioannou, Athens Centre ofEkistics; Professor T. Papaioannou,Department of Mathematics, Section

of Probability and Statistics, Universi-ty of Ioannina; Professor A. Papana-giotou; G. Papandreou, Minister ofForeign Affairs; A. Papandropoulos,President, European Journalists; D.Papathanasiou, Public Relations Advi-sor, Ministry of Health; J. Papathana-siou, President, Athens Chamber ofCommerce and Industry; E. Papazoi,Minister of Culture; K. Papoulias, f.Minister of Foreign Affairs, S.F.Parisi, Club Lion; Dr. A.Paraskevopoulos, Environmental Con-sultant; Professor I. Pesmazoglou,President, Academy of Athens; Dr. A.Politakis, Founder, Abdi Ipekci Peaceand Friendship Prize; I. Poly-chronopoulos, President, Hellenic-Ukranian Chamber of Commerce; P.Poulis, President, Commercial Bankof Greece; Dr. P. Psomopoulos, Presi-dent, Athens Centre of Ekistics; D.Randopoulos, Managing Director,Zeneca Hellas S.A; Professor D.Roupakias, Department of Agricultur-al Engineering, Aristotle University ofThessaloniki; Professor K. Sakarellos,Vice-Rector, University of Ioannina;A. Samaras, Architect; Professor S.A.Sarantidis, University of Piraeus; G.E.Saridakis, f. Euro-Parliamentarian; I.Sarmas, Judge, Court of Audits; N.Scoulas, f. Minister of Tourism; Pro-fessor M. Scoulos, President, Euro-pean Environmental Bureau; Profes-sor C. Sekeris, Director, BiologyResearch, National Research Council;Professor K. Sifniotis, Department ofEconomics, Pantion University ofAthens; P. Smirnaios, Justice Court ofAppeals, Athens; Professor V.Sotiropoulos, Laboratory of ProcessDevice Building, Aristotle Universityof Thessaloniki; E. Sourla, President,Kalamata Lions Club; Dr. C.Spiropoulos; Professor A.Stavropoulos, President, Bioryl S.A.;Dr. D. Stroumpoulis; Professor M.Tiverios, Department of History andArchaeology, Aristotle University ofThessaloniki; Professor S. Troianos,University of Athens; C. Tsagarakis,Plant Geneticist, Agricultural Devel-opment Specialist; Professor I.Tsagaris, University of Ioannina,Dept. of Chemistry; Professor D. Tsa-halis, Department of Chemical Engi-neering, University of Patras; Profes-sor A. Tsakalidis, Department ofHardware and Computers, Universityof Patras; Professor I. Tsekouras, Uni-versity of Macedonia; E. Tsiberakis,Transportations Agent; Dr. A.Tsichrintzis, Legal Advisor, Violex,Bic S.A.; M. Tsilivakou; Dr. C.Tsiliyiannis, Technical Manager,Waste Management Greece; Profes-sor A.G. Tsopanakis, Member, Acade-my of Athens; I. Tzen, Chairman, Hel-lenic Foreign Trade Board; E.Valiantza, Advisor to the Minister ofEnvironment and Public Works; M.Vardinoyiannis, Industrialist; Dr. G.Vayianos, Lawyer and Priest; Profes-sor J. Vergados, Department of Theo-retical Physics, University of Ioanni-na; P. Vlachos; Ambassador P. Vlas-sopoulos; Professor C. Voudouris,Department of Philosophy, Universityof Athens; Professor C. Voulgaris,University of Athens; Dr. R. Witt, VP,Society of Greek Scientists; Dr. C.Yapijakis, University of Athens,Department of Neurology; C. Zerefos,Head, Laboratory of Atmosphere,Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

GuineaDr. Fode Luceny Camara,

Engineer; Hydrotechnician Ministryof Natural Resources and Environ-ment

GuyanaI. Chandarpal, Minister of

Labour

HondurasT.B. de Makris, Charge d'

Affaires, Honduran Embassy inGreece

Holy SeeH.E. L. Storero, Apostolic

Nuncio, H.E. P.F. Tabet, ApostolicNuncio

HungaryE. Almassy, Journalist; J.

Bana; Professor G. Bora, Vice-Rector,Budapest Economic University; I.Gyori, Rector; T. Harosi, RenewableEnergy Club; Professor I. Ijjas, Tech-nical University of Budapest; Profes-sor J. Ivancsics, Dean, Faculty of Agri-cultural Sciences Mosnmagyarovar,Pannon Agricultural University; Pro-fessor J. Ivancsis, Dean, Faculty ofAgricultural Sciences Mosnmag-yarovar; Dr. L. Kapolyi, Member ofthe Academy; Ambassador L. Kincses;University of Veszpremi; Dr. G. Koll-mann, Advisor, Ministry of Health;Dr. J. Koloszar, Rector, University ofSopron; Professor I. Major, Servicefor Nature Conservation; Professor L.Muszbek, Rector, University MedicalSchool; Dr. T. Nagy, President, Hun-garian Society of Safety Sciences; Dr.A. Nyers, Secretary General, MedicalUniversity of Pecs; Dr. G. Patko, Pro-Rector, University of Miskolc; Dr. F.Sandor, Rector, Liszt Ferenc Acade-my of Music; Professor M. Simai,Member, Hungarian Academy of Sci-ences; Professor S. Solymos, Archi-tect, Philosopher, Hungarian Acade-my of Fine Arts; M. Sukosd, CentralEuropean University; A. Szabados,Rector, Hungarian Academy of FineArts; Professor G. Szabo, Dean, Uni-versity College of Food Industry; Dr.I. Szabo, Technical University ofBudapest; Dr. K. Szoke, Chief Advi-sor, Institute for Environment Man-agement Service for Nature Conserva-tion; Dr. M. Toth, Rector, KandoKaiman Polytechnic; Professor L. Ver-mes, Head of Department, Soil Sci-ence and Water Management, Uni-versity of Horticulture and FoodIndustry

IndiaDr. K. Chowdhry, Chairper-

son, Centre for Science and Environ-ment; Ambassador C.S. Dhody; Dr. A.Gandhi; Author; A. Kumar, Member,International Olympic Committee; R.Mirdha, Honorary President,WFUNA; Dr. D. Ramamurthy, Direc-tor, Marine Products Export Develop-ment Authority; Ambassador A. Seth;S. Sharma, Director, WFUNARegional Office for Asia and thePacific; Professor V.K. Shrivastava,Chairman, University of Gorakhpur,Founding Secretary; Dr. K. Singh,Member, UNESCO InternationalCommision; Dr. M.S. Swaminathan,Chairman, M.S. SwaminathanResearch Foundation.

IndonesiaAmbassador I. Abidin; Dr. S.

Budhisantoso, Professorial Assistant,Ministry of the Environment; Profes-sor A. Djamin, Rector, University ofPancasila; Dr. A.M. Kassai, Universitylecturer, Director, Office of Scholar-ships and International Affairs; Pro-fessor H.S. Mehraban, PsychologyDepartment; Professor W.P.Napitupulu, Executive Chairman,Indonesian National Commission forUNESCO

IranDr. A.M. Kassai, University

lecturer, Director, Office of Scholar-ships and International Affairs; Pro-fessor H.S. Mehraban, PsychologyDepartment

IrelandDr. I. Khodaei, Royal College

of Surgeons

IsraelProfessor E. Aphek, Seminary

of Judaic Studies, Jerusalem; Profes-sor L. Fishelson, University of TelAviv; M. Gabay, Justice of the UNAdministrative Tribunal; AmbassadorM. Gilboa; Dr. J. Glass, Ministry ofthe Environment; Professor A. Golik,

Head, Marine Geology Department,Israel Oceanographic and Limnologi-cal Research Ltd.; Dr. E. Kahan,Chair, Israeli Physicians for Peace andPreservation of the Environment;Professor B. Kimor, Faculty of Agri-cultural Engineering, Israel Instituteof Technology; Dr. H. Klugman,Director General, Ministry of Justice;Dr. U. Marinov, Director General,Ministry of the Environment; Dr. A.Pruginin, Deputy Director General,Ministry of the Environment; Dr. S.Rokem, Department of AppliedMicrobiology,The Hebrew Universityof Jerusalem; Dr. M. Roumani, Direc-tor, Elyachar Center for SephardiHeritage; The Honorable Y. Sarid,Minister of the Environment; Ambas-sador D. Sasson; Professor D.W.Weiss, Chairman, Hadassah MedicalSchool, The Hebrew University ofJerusalem; Dr. E. Yapou, SecretaryGeneral, United Nations Association

ItalyProfessor E. Barbieri Masini,

Department of Social ProspectiveStudies, Gregorian University ofRome; Dr. V. Cuomo, ECOLMARE -Guttieres, President, InternationalJuridical Organization for Environ-ment and Development; Dr. A.Manos, Co-ordinator, United NationsEnvironmental Programme; Dr. M.Mascia, Fondiazone Lanza; G.Oikonomou, Artist; Dr. R. Pegoraro,General Secretary, FondiazoneLanza; Professor A. Salam, Director,International Centre for TheoreticalPhysics, Trieste; C. Walter, Director,Environmental Planning Department,Ministry of the Environment; G.Zamberletti, Rector, Centro di Svilup-po Dell'Area Mediterranean

Ivory CoastLucien Mathieu N'Gouin-

Claih, World Union of Professions

JapanC. Igaya, Member, Interna-

tional Olympic Commitee; Ambas-sador K. Kaneko; Professor M.Murakami, Department of Infrastruc-ture Systems Engineering, KouchiUniversity of Technology; Dr. G.Pauli, Advisor to the Rector, UN Uni-versity; Professor H. Seikimoto,Research Laboratory for NuclearReactors, Tokyo Institute of Technol-ogy; Dr. J. Uitto, Academic Officer,The United Nations University; R.Watanuki, Science Writer; H. Yamaza-ki, Vice President, Soka Gakkai Inter-national; Professor K. Yoshida,Department of Chemical Engineer-ing, University of Tokyo

JordanProfessor T. S. Akasheh,

Director of Environment Sector,Higher Council for Science and Tech-nology

KenyaP.M. Aura, Civil Servant,

Kenya National Commision forUNESCO; C.J. Chacha-Ogwe, Secre-tary General, Kenya National Com-mission for UNESCO; W. Maathai,Consultant and Coordinator, Environ-ment Green Belt Movement; Dr. E.W.Mwagiru, Director, Ministry of Envi-ronment; N. Mwaniki, ManagingDirector, Agriconsult Ltd.; P.W.Obara-Ondiro, National Chairman,United Nations Association

KuwaitProfessor R. Halwagy,

Department of Botany and Microbiol-ogy, University of Kuwait

LatviaD. Ivans, Politician, Member,

Latvian National Commission forUNESCO; E. Ulinskis, Member, Lat-vian Parliament; Dr. N. Zemvaldis,Latvian Physicians Association; Dr. A.Zobena, Assistant Professor Depart-ment of Social Sciences, Latvia Uni-versity of Agriculture

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LebanonDr. H. Nashabe, Dean of

Education and Secretary eneral,Lebanese National Commission forUNESCO

LithuaniaDr. V. Denisov, Computer

Scientist, Klaipeda University Depart-ment of Computer Sciences; Profes-sor L. Kairiukstis, Member, Academyof Sciences, Lithuanian ForestResearch Institute; Professor J.Minkevicius, Lithuanian Academy ofSciences; Dr. S. Olenin, Marine Biolo-gist, Klaipeda University, Centre forSystem Analysis; Professor E.Riepshas, Lithuanian Forest ResearchInstitute; Dr. V. Rutkoviene, Head ofDepartment, Lithuanian University ofAgriculture

MalawiC. Majiga, Programme Offi-

cer for Science, National CommisionFor UNESCO

MalaysiaDr. N. Sopiee, Director Gen-

eral, Institute of Strategic Internation-al Studies

MaliAminata Sall, Secretary Gen-

eral, Mali UNESCO Commission

MauritiusDr. M. Koenig, Microbiolo-

gist; Friends of the Environment; Y.Von Arnim, Marine Biologist, Friendsof the Environment

MexicoF.J. Garza, President, Bel-

mar; H.E. the Ambassador of MexicoMr. H. Gutierrez Vega; V. Sologaista,Director General of InternationalRelations

MoldovaGrigore Gh. Ozhog, Deputy

Prime Minister; Dr. V. Gulca, MoldsilvaState Association

MonacoH.S.H. Prince Albert; U. Sas-

sayiannis, Senior Vice President,Eurofinanciere d'InvestissementsSAM

MorroccoH.E. the Ambassador of

Morocco Mr. A. Laabi

MozambiqueA.E. de Santana Afonso, Sec-

retary Gen eral, National Commissionfor UNESCO

Netherlands H.C. Blauwkuip; F. Colijn,

Tidal Waters Division, Ministry ofEnvironment and Public Works; Pro-fessor C.M. Karssen, Rector Magnifi-cus; K. Kummer, EnvironmentalDirector, Rank Xerox Ltd; Dr. R.Lubbers, f. Prime Minister; F. Matser,Director, Sofam Beheer; B.J.E. TenBrink, Tidal Waters Division; A. TenHouten, Dutch National AdvisoryCouncil for Environmental Research;W. van Dieren, Director, I.M.S.A.,Emmastraat; W.L. van Oyen, Consul-tant, Ministry of the Environment; L.van Oyen, Valquest; Dr. P. van Steen-berger, Kluwer Academic Publishers;J.H.A. Vinkeles Melchers, f. Head ofEconomic Section, Netherlands Con-sulate General in Hong Kong

New ZealandThe Honourable W.R. Storey,

Minister for the Environment

NigeriaTina N. Uwechue, Legal Prac-

titioner, UNA

NorwayK.H. Johnsen, Environmental-

ist; J. Naustdalid, Director, NorwegianInstitute for Urban and RegionalResearch; H. Rostvik, Sun Lab SolarEnergy Projects

PakistanDr. M.A. Bhatti, Research

Director, Pakistan Council ofResearch in Water Resources; A. Jan,Inspector General, Forests Ministryof Food Agriculture and Livestock;

Professor A. Qadir Ansari, ChairmanPCSIR; Ambassador A. Rasheed

PanamaE. L. Morice, Sociologist,

National UNESCO Commission

Papua New GuineaR. Parua, Education Adminis-

trator, Education Department,Boroko PNG; R. Parka, Science Offi-cer, Department of Education, PSAHAUS

PeruAmbassador E. de Habish;

Dr. H. de Soto, Director, InstitutoLibertad y Democracia; Dr. L.E. Lier-ena, United Nations Association Insti-tute for Green Areas, UniversidadCatolico de Santa Maria; Dr. H.Nunez Borja, President, UnitedNations Association; P. Ruelas, Biolo-gist, United Nations Association; Dr.P.N. Ruelas Llerena, Instituto AreasVerdes, UNA-Peru

The PhillipinesP.C. Caleon, Regional Exec-

utive Director, Department of Envi-ronment and Natural Resources; V.M.Dela Cruz, President, University ofManila; Ambassador J.U. Fernandez;P. Florece, Regional Technical Direc-tor, Environmental Management andProtected Areas Services, DENR V,Regional Center; Professor M. Fortes,Marine Science Institute, Universityof the Philippines; Dr. G.G.Gatchalian, Project Director, Eulogio"Amang" Rodriguez Institute of Sci-ence and Technology; M.E. Gonzalez,Assistant Secretary for Management,Department of Environment and Nat-ural Resources; Professor F.S. Pada,President, Technical University ofPhilippines; D. Pasia, ExecutiveDirector, Philippine Aquatic andMarinelife Conservationists; Dr. L.R.Quisumbing, Secretary General,UNESCO National Commission, For-eign Affairs Department; ProfessorL.R. Senora, Executive Secretary,United Nations Association Eulogio"Amang" Rodriguez Institute; Dr. B.Tayabas, President, University ofManila

PolandDr. E. Andrulewicz, Institute

of Metereology and Water Manage-ment; C. Baranowski, InternationalClass Afloat Foundation; Professor T.Chmielewski, Institute of PhysicalPlanning and Municipal Economy;Dr. J C. Chojnacki, Department ofMarine Ecology, University of Agri-culture; Professor J. Dobrowolski, Pol-ish Academy of Sciences; Professor I.Duer, Institute of Soil Science andPlant Protection; J. Ewert, Faculty ofMathematics and Natural Sciences,Pedagogical University of Szupsk;Professor M. Golaszewska, Institute ofPhilosophy, Jagiellonian University ofKrakow; P. Graniewski, General Sec-retary, United Nations Association;Professor Z. Grzonka, Rector, Univer-sity of Gdansk; Dr. J. Haber, Vice-Chairman of the Board, UNA Poland;E. Kamienski, Director, Centre forBuilding, Biology and EnvironmentalEnergy Action, "BIOSKALA"; Profes-sor K. Korzeniewski, Institute ofOceanography, Gdansk University;Dr. W. Kosinski, Architect, Technolo-gy Department, University of Krakow;Professor P. Krzyzanowski, Ministry ofEnvironmental Protection and Natu-ral Resources; Professor K. Kuznicki,President, Polish Academy of Sci-ences; K. Kwasniewicz, Institute ofEnglish Philosophy, Jagellonian Uni-versity; Dr. G. Lesniak-Lebkowska,Deputy Director, Polish AmericanCenter for Economics and Manage-ment, Warsaw School of Economics;Senator R. Ochwat, Chairman, Envi-ronmental Protection Committee,Kancelaria Senatu; Dr. J. Pajestka,Economist, Member, Polish Academyof Sciences; Professor Z. Piatek,Jageillonian University of Krakow; S.Radwan, Zoology and HydrobiologyDepartment, Agricultural Academy inLublin; Dr. E.F. Skorkowski, Physiolo-

gy of Marine Animals, Gdansk Uni-versity, Biological Station; ProfessorA. Szaniawska, Institute of Oceanog-raphy, Gdansk University, Depart-ment of Marine Biology; A. Szewczyk,Jagiellonian University of Krakow;Professor W. Sztumski, Philosophy ofNature and Ecology Department,University of Silesia; Dr. A. Wagner,Assistant Professor Institute of Man-agement and Protection of the Envi-ronment; Dr. K. Waloszczyk, Techni-cal University of Lodz

PortugalProfessor A.M. de Sousa

Otto, Director, Ministry of Industryand Commerce; Dr. L. de Souza,Director General of Environment,Municipality of Lisboa; L. Do CarmoGuerreiro, Supervisor, EnvironmentEducation Bureau, Municipality ofLisboa; F.M.S. Lopes Figueira, Direc-tor, Commission for Planning and Co-ordination for the Region of Alentejo;Professor D. Serrao, Medical Schoolof Porto

RomaniaP. Aurel, Economist, Depart-

ment for European Integration; Dr.M. Constantinescu, Biologist, Environ-mental Engineering Research Insti-tute; D.M. Coteanu, Engineer,ECOSENS; M. Crivineau, Economist,Department for European Integra-tion; Pastor P. Dugulescu, Member ofParliament, Deputies Chamber; Dr.G. Ivancea, Biologist, Ministry ofWaters Forests and EnvironmentalProtection; Dr. P.E. Mihnea, Romani-an Institute for Marine Research; A.Pana, Economist, Department ofEuropean Integration; G.M. Pandelas,Assistant of International Relations,Faculty of International Relations;Dr. D. Popescu, Researcher, NationalInstitute for Hydrology and Meteorol-ogy; L. Popesvu, MetallurgicalResearch Institute; V. Raicu, Secre-tary of State, Ministry of Water,Forestand Environmental Protection; Dr.M.G. Razvan, Research Student,ECOSENS; Dr. E. Rus, Head,Hydraulics Dept., EnvironmentalEngineering Research Institute; M.Shabanah, Technical Officer, WHOEastern Mediteranean RegionalOffice; M. Tudor, Economist, Depart-ment for European Integration

RussiaN. Avdeeva, National Centre

for Human Sciences; Dr. A. Belkovsky,Member of the Academy; Dr. V.Bereznitsky, Head, �Alexey Krylov' Sci-entific Expedition; Dr. N. Blinov,Social Ecology, Public RelationsAcademy of Creative Endeavours; V.Boiko, Charge d' Affaires, RussianEmbassy; E. Bonner, Honorary Presi-dent, International Sakharov Festival;L.P. Bueva, Philosophy Department,Moscow State University; R.Y. Cunin,Head, Chasidic Community; V.Diouritch, Representative of the Rus-sian Television; Dr. V. Dovzenko,Academy of Creative Endeavours; Dr.A. Druzhinin, Deputy Rector, RussianState Academy, Maimonides; Dr. A.Egorov, Head of Laboratory, MoscowState University; Professor V.Fedorov, Mendeleyev University; Dr.E. Filipova, National Centre forHuman Studies; Professor I. Frolov,Member, Academy of Russia; V.Gerasimov, Member of the SupremeSoviet of the Russian Federation,Deputy Chairman, Committee forHealth; D. Goldin, GOSCO; Profes-sor L. Goldin, Member GOSCO,Academy of Sciences of Russia; Dr. B.Gontarev, Rector, Academy of WorldCivilizations; Professor N.R. Gradova,Mendeleev University; Dr. N. Grig-orieva, The Moscow School of Socialand Economic Sciences; V. Grishin,Head, Information Department of thePresident of Russia; Professor M.Gusev, Dean, Faculty of Biology,Moscow State University; Dr. R.Iavtchounovskaia, Philosopher,Academy of Creative EndeavoursSocial Ecology, National Relations; Y.

Karabasov, Deputy Chief, State Com-mittee of Science and Technology;Professor S. Kolesnikov, President,Eastern Siberia Branch, RussianAcademy of Medical Sciences; Y.Korolev, Institute for Legislation andComparative Law; Professor M.V.Kostenko, St.Petersburg State Techni-cal University; Professor V. Krasil-nukov, Vice President, All-UnionEconomic Society; Professor A. Kur-batov, Member of the Presidium,Academy of Creative Endeavours;N.B. Kuznetsova, International Acade-my of Entrepreneurship; A. Makarov,Cosmonaut; I. Malyshko, Academy ofCreative Endeavours; Professor M.Manakov, Member of the Academy,Mendeleev University Director ofBiotechnology Centre; Professor I.Manuilova, Founding Honorary Presi-dent and Director General, Interna-tional Association "Family andHealth," Member of the RussianAcademy of Medicine; Dr. L.Masalkova, Department of HumanSciences, Mendeleev University ofChemical Technology; Professor T.Matveeva, Director, Department ofInternational Relations of the Inter-national Women's Centre; O.N.Musikhina, Director, Business Techni-cal Assistance Center; Dr. M.K.Narayev, Institute for Space Equip-ment; P. Negnov, National Centre forHuman Sciences; Ambassador V.Nikolayenko; M. Oganov, Chairman,Council of Benefactors InternationalPhysicians for the Prevention ofNuclear War; A.V. Oleskin, ResearchScientist, Department of Biology,Moscow State University; Dr. A.Otchirova, Vice-Chairperson, Com-mittee on International Affairs, TheFederal Assembly, The State Duma;V. Panchenko, President, ArtisticOrganisation GOSCO; V.M. Pashin,Director, "A. Krylov Central ScientificResearch Institute"; Dr. M.V. Provo-torov, Medical Institute of Russia; S.Pumpianskaya, Journalist, The NewTimes; Professor A. Reteyum, MoscowState University; M. Rostropovitch,President, International SakharovFestival; Professor A. Rubin, Corre-sponding Member, Russian Academyof Science, M.S.U., Faculty of Biolo-gy; Professor V. Samuilov, Director,Centre for Education in Biotechnolo-gy, Moscow State University; V.Saviniyh, Pilot, Cosmonaut, Rector,Moscow Institute for Air Photographyand Cartography; Professor O.P.Schepin, Director, Academy ofMedicine; B. Shapiro, Dean, TheMoscow School of Social and Eco-nomic Sciences; Dr. O. Sheviakov,Specialist, State Committee of Educa-tion; Professor A. Shishkin, EcologicalStandardization, State TechnologicalUniversity for Plant Polymers; Profes-sor A.T. Shitshatskii, NovorossiiskBranch Kuban State University ofTechnology; A. Shlikov, Dep. Chief ofSection, State Committee of Scienceand Technology; Dr. N. Shulenina,Philosophy Department, LomonosovUniversity, Moscow; Professor Y.Sinyak, Chief Research Fellow, Insti-tute of Economic Forecasting, Rus-sian Academy of Sciences; V.Souponitski, General Director, Con-sortium EcoAqua; I. Stepanov, Repre-sentative, Russian Television; Profes-sor N. Tarasova, Head, Department ofthe Problems of Sustainable Develop-ment; Professor O. Terentiev, Rector,Technological University of PlantPolymers; Professor S. Ushakov,Lomonosov Moscow University,Earth Sciences Museum; Dr. Y.Voronkov, Head, Department of Cos-monaut Selection; Y. Voronzov, Min-istry of Culture; M. Yankelevitch,International Sakharov Foundation;Professor V. Zinchenco, NationalCentre for Human Sciences

Saudi ArabiaT.F. al Rasheed, Chairman,

Golden Grass Inc.

SenegalThe Honorable M. Diop,

Mayor of Dakar; The Right Honor-able, M. Kebe, Minister for the Protec-tion of Nature; K. Mbaye, HonoraryPresident, WFUNA; M. Mbodj, Direc-tor, Ministry of Rural Development;Professor I. Niang, Institute for Envi-ronmental Sciences, UniversityCheikh Anta Diop; Professor A. Sene,Institute for Environmental Sciences,University Cheikh Anta Diop; Profes-sor A. Tidiane BA, Director, Instituteof Environmental Sciences, Faculty ofScience, University of Dakar; Profes-sor O. Wane, Institute for Environ-mental Sciences, University CheikhAnta Diop; The Honorable Ministerof Environment and Protection of theNature

SeychellesP. Pillay, Principal Secretary,

National UNESCO Commission,Ministry of Education

SingaporeB. Koh, Board of Directors,

UNA Singapore; P. Ng, Board ofDirectors, UNA Singapore

Slovak RepublicProfessor E. Bublinec, Head,

Institute of Forest Ecology, SlovakAcademy of Sciences; Professor V.Cernusak, President, Slovak OlympicCommittee; Professor J. Cuth, Presi-dent, Court of Arbitration, SlovakChamber for Commerce and Industry;T. Davidova, Slovak EnvironmentalAgency; J. Dolny; Professor J. Drdos,Environmental and Landscape Plan-ning, Environmental Impact Assess-ment; Dr. M. Dubova, Institute ofForest Ecology, Slovak Academy ofSciences; Dr. M. Dzatko, SeniorResearcher, Soil Fertility ResearchInstitute; Dr. J. Glasa, Institute ofMedical Ethics and Bio-ethics; A.Hanuskova; V. Horak, Architect; J.Hummel; P. Jambor, Soil FertilityResearch Institute; Dr. L. Jansky,Consultant to the Minister of Agricul-ture; A. Kirka, Senior Ichthyologist,Department of Government Commis-sioners; J. Krumpolec; M. Krumpoloco-va; Dr. F. Kubicek, Institute of Land-scape Ecology; Dr. J. Kupka; Dr. M.Makovinska, Water Research Insti-tute; J. Morovic, President, City Uni-versity of Bratislava; Dr. J. Oszlanyi,Director, Institute of Landscape Ecol-ogy, Slovak Academy of Sciences; Dr.Z. Plasienkova, Department of Philos-ophy, Comenius University; Dr. P.Popsil; M. Sabolova; Professor L.Somsak, Department of Geobotany,Comenius University; L. Taliga; Pro-fessor A. Tkac, Vice-President, SlovakTechnical University; I. Vojtassak

SloveniaN. Anderlic, International

Cooperation Department, Ministry ofthe Environment and Physical Plan-ning; I. Pan, TV Slovenija; M. Vilfan,President, UNA

Solomon IslandsRt.Hon. E. Alebua, Minister

of Forests Environment and Conser-vation; Ambassador J. Valko

South AfricaM. Dimba, Director, Environ-

mental Education; J. Moss, Urban andRegional Planner, Landscape Archi-tect; A. Muir

SpainDr. R.P. Antolin, Rector,

Cadiz; J. Antuna, President, Founda-tion Peace and Cooperation; Ambas-sador J. Cuenca; S. de la Plata, Rector,Politechnic University of Madrid;Professor E. Domingues-Vilches, Vice-Rector, University of Cordoba; Pro-fessor M. Gala Munoz, Rector, Uni-versidad de Alcala de Henares; F.T.Garcia, Rector, University of Val-ladolid; Dr. I.B. Gomez de la Torre,Rector, University of Salamanca; Pro-fessor G. Herranz, Universita diNavarra; M. Lopez-Fuchet, Head,International Relations Department,Corporation of Madrid; Dr. G. Mar-

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tinez Massanet, Rector, Cadiz; Profes-sor T. Mendizabal, Advisor, SpanishCouncil for Scientific Research; J.Moneo, President, Club of Rome inSpain; M. Palacios Alonso, M.P.Diputado for Asturias, Congreso delos Diputados; Professor E. PerisMora, Director, Oficina Verde, Uni-versita Politecnica de Valencia; Dr. R.Pyuol Antolin, Rector; C.S. RoblesPiquer, Member of Parliament; Pro-fessor R. Tamares, Member, Club ofRome, Autonomous University ofMadrid

Sri LankaDr. A.T. Ariyaratne, Presi-

dent, Sarvodaya Movement; K. Fer-nando, Secretary General, UnitedNations Association; H. Karunaratne,Chairman of the Executive Commit-tee, United Nations Association; Dr.S.L.D.R. Rathugama, Senior Lecturer,National Institute of Education

SudanAmbassador T.M. Abbas, f.

Advisor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs;Professor F.T. Abushama, Director,National Centre for Research; Dr. M.Bashir Nimir, Executive Director,Environmental Consultants Society

SwedenProfessor D. Huisingh, Inter-

national Institute for Industrial Envi-ronmental Economics, Lund Univer-sity; L. Kallstromer, Senior Director ofStudies, University of Uppsala

SwitzerlandProfessor A. Adamo, Ecole

Hoteliere de Lausanne; D.P. Aviolat,Counsellor, Swiss Embassy in Athens;His Eminence the Metropolitan ofSwitzerland Mr. Damaskinos; M.S. deSabata; Dr. J.P. Dobbert, Lawyer,Member of the Board, A.S.N.U.; Pro-fessor G. Haour, International Insti-tute for Management Development;R. Joseph-Rostamian; Dr. P. Kalantzis,Executive Vice-President, AlusuisseLonza Holding Ltd.; D. Kopitsis; Dr.A. Michaels, Chairman and C.E.O.Zuri-Invest AEG; Dr. P. Stavroulakis,Manager, NYNEX International; Dr.L. Tedjosasmito, Director, Cp Consul-tant & Partners C.V.

TanzaniaThe Honourable A.S. Makin-

da, Government Representative

ThailandK. Jalal, Div. Chief of Indus-

try, Human Settlements and Environ-ment, ESCAP; R. Karim, UN CivilServant, Chief of Environmental Sec-tion, IHE Division; M. Viravaidya,Chairman, Population and Communi-ty Development Association

TogoHilaire M. Locoh-Donou,

Vice President, World Union of Pro-fessions

TurkeyProfessor E. Acarturk,

Cukurova University; Professor G.Akbay, Rector, University of Ankara;Ambassador G. Aktan, PermanentRepresentation of Turkey in Geneva;D. Akyurek, f. Minister of Environ-ment; Professor K. Alemdar, DeputyDean, Faculty of Communications,University of Ankara; Z. Alemdar,Correspondent, Associated Press;Professor B. Alpagut, Director, SocialScience Institute, University ofAnkara; Dr. T. Altan, ProfessorDepartment of Landscape Architec-ture, Cukurova University; A. Altinok,Department of Plant Protection, Fac-ulty of Agriculture, Ankara Universi-ty; V. Altiparmak, Bosphorus Univer-sity; Professor R. Arslan, Dean, Facul-ty of Law, Ankara University; Profes-sor S. Atabay, Head, Department ofCity and Regional Planning, YildizTechnical University; A. Ates, Minis-ter of Tourism; Professor A. Aydin,Director, Environmental ResearchCentre, Marmara University; Dr. I.Aykut, Minister of Environment; Dr.B. Bayramoglu, Bilkent University;Professor M. Berkun, Black Sea Tech-

nical University; Professor E. Bocuto-glu, Dean, Faculty of Economics; HisEminence the Metropolitan of Ephes-sos Mr. Chrisostomos; Professor Z.Davran; M.A. Demirer, Industrialist;Professor V. Eroglu, Technical Uni-versity of Istanbul; Dr. D. Erol, GaziUniversity; Professor Z. Erturk, Dean,Technical University of Karadeniz;Professor A. Everest, Biology Depart-ment; Professor H. Evliya, CukurovaUniversity; Z. Garipoglu, Head,Chemical Accidents' Control Divi-sion, Department of Chemicals' Man-agement, The Ministry of Environ-ment; Dr. O. Genckaya, Assistant Pro-fessor Department of Political Scienceand Public Administration, BilkentUniversity; Professor C. Geray, Direc-tor, Ernst Reuter Centre for UrbanStudies, Faculty of Political Sciences,Ankara University; Professor S.Gorkey, Marmara University; T.Gurpinar, Society for the Protectionof Nature; Professor K. Haktanir, Fac-ulty of Agriculture, Ankara Universi-ty; Dr. D. Isik; O. Karakullukcu, f.Mayor of Trabzon, Mechanical Engi-neer and Industrialist; Professor A.Kence, Chairman, Dept. of Biology,Middle East Technical University;Professor M. Kence, Middle EastTechnical University, Department ofBiology; H. Kozakcioglu, Governor ofIstanbul; Rev. A. McCain, GeneralSecretary, The American Board; Pro-fessor Y. Ors, Unit of Medical Ethics,Medical School, Ankara University;Professor A. Ozbilen, Head, Depart-ment of Landscape Architecture,KTU Orman Faculty; Professor O.Saatcioglu, President, Middle EastTechnical University; Professor G.Saglamer, Faculty of Architecture,Istanbul Technical University; Profes-sor A. Samsunlu, Istanbul TechnicalUniversity; Professor S. Senol,Cukurova University; Professor N.Serin, Rector, University of Ankara; I.Sezgin, Minister of Interior; The Hon-orable Mayor of Didim Mr. M.Soysalan; Professor N. Sozen, Mayorof Istanbul; Professor I. Talinli, CivilEngineering Faculty, Istanbul Techni-cal University, Environmental Engi-neering Department; B. Tanik, Archi-tect, University of Ankara; Dr. M.Tuncer, Urban Planner, UTTA Plan-ning, Project and Consulting Ltx.co.;N. Uzun, Director of Environment,Governors Office; Professor Y.Zabunoglu, Ankara University

UgandaA. Lemma, UNICEF Repre-

sentative, International Child Devel-opment Center; J.F. Mungherera,Executive Director, YWCA Uganda;J. Namakajo, Vice President,WFUNA; F.W. Nyangweso, Member,International Olympic Committee

UkraineV. Aleksejeva, Head, Associa-

tion of Donors of Marrow; V.Aleksyeyev, Vice Chairman, Commit-tee on Legislative Provision of Free-dom of Speech and Mass Media; Y.Andrejev, President, Association of"Union of Chernobyl"; E. Antoshyk,Director, EIDOO Centre; N. Artiou-chovska, Executive Director, Ukraini-an Branch of the International Scien-tific Fund; I. Beletskaya, New Life" AllUkrainian Culture and EducationCentre; Y. Bougai, Academician,Deputy Minister of Education; Pro-fessor V. Brodvdiy, Dept. of Biology,Lecturer at the Kiev Pedagogical Uni-versity; D. Derkach, Director of PublicRelations, White's Consulting, Lon-don Ltd.; Professor A. Drodzdovska,Scientific Fellow, National Academyof Sciences; T. Golovko, ScientificFellow, Institute of Cell Biology,National Academy of Sciences; V.Grankin, President, Non-State Pen-sion Fund OBERIG; D. Grodzinsky,Academician, Chairman, NationalCommission of Radiation Protection;L. Grygorovych, Deputy of the Parlia-ment of Ukraine; V. Idelson, Directorof Public Relations, Chernobyl Nucle-ar Power Plant; M. Kiriliouk, Head,

State Administration, KhorkovRegion, Kiev; Ambassador B. Kor-neyenko; Y. Kostenko, People's Deputyof the Ukraine, Supreme Rada; Pro-fessor V. Koudin, President, PublicOrganisation "Prometei"; ProfessorM. Kouryk, Director, Institute of Ecol-ogy; O. Krishtal, Corresponding Mem-ber, National Academy of Sciences; E.Kutova, Chernobyl Nuclear PowerStation; Dr. I.M. Malakhov, Head,Council of the Krevey Rig Branch,National Ecological Centre; N. Maly-cheva, President, National CulturalCentre "Svitozir"; Professor M. Nann,General Director, White's Consulting,London Ltd.; Dr. L. Novohatko,Deputy Minister of Culture ofUkraine; V. Orlov, President, Ukraini-an Association of Creative Intellectu-al Games; Z. Ovdiy, Head-Mistress,Sanatorium for Pre-School ChernobylAccident Sufferers; Professor S.Parashyn, General Director, Cher-nobyl Nuclear Power Plant; E. Paton,Head, Institute of Microbiology andGenetics, National Academy of Sci-ences; G. Philipchouck, Chairman,Commission on Ecological Policy,Supreme Rada; V. Ponedilko, Chair-man, Committee on Legislative Provi-sion of Freedom of Speech and MassMedia, Supreme Rada; ProfessorPonomariov, Academician, Director,Institute of Relay and Automation;A.A. Psykarenko, Deputy Head, TheCommittee of Parliament; ProfessorV. Romanenko, Director, Institute ofHydrobiology, Academy of Sciences;V. Roudakov, President, Associationof Advertising, Enterprises of theUkraine; Ambassador Y. Sergeyev;Z.K. Sharikova, Provision and Free-dom of Speech and Mass Media,Supreme Parliament of Ukraine; R.Sitnir, Academician, Institute ofBotanics, National Academy of Sci-ences; P. Slinko, Director, Privatemedical firm "EMIR"; S. Sokolenko,Chairman, UKRIMPEX; E. Soloviov,Writer; V. Storizhko, Chairman, Com-mission on Science and Public Educa-tion, Supreme Rada; V. Sviato,Deputy Chairman, Commission onNuclear Policy, Supreme Rada; Pro-fessor E. Tkach, Chairman, Organisa-tional Committee of the BiopoliticsAssociation of the Ukraine; S. Tol-stoukova, Alternate Minister of Youthand Family, President, EcologicalAssosiation, Kiev; N. Tourchenko, Sci-entific Fellow, Institute of Cybernet-ics, National Academy of Sciences; O.Valetchik, Chairman, Ukrainian Char-ity Fund "Intellekt"; V. Yatsenko,Chairman, Commission on ChernobylCatastrophe, Supreme Rada; V. Zevit-sky, Scientific Fellow, Institute ofTeacher Upgrading

United KingdomG.V.R. Born, Medical

Research Scientist, Director, WilliamHarvey Research Institute; ProfessorA.A. Brennan, University of Stirling;W.J. Cairns, Chairman, W.J. Cairnsand Partners; Sir B. Cartledge, Princi-pal, Linacre College, Oxford Univer-sity; Dr. D.J. Chivers, University ofCambridge; Professor T. Duffy, Direc-tor, Peace Studies, University ofUlster; Dr. M.E. Hamdi; Professor R.Harre, University of Oxford; Dr. T.Kemp, Zoological University Muse-um, Oxford; Dr. R.S. Kirby, MensaInternational; N. Malet de Carteret,Consultant, Global Cooperation for aBetter World; R. Millard, President,International N-Viro; Dr. W.M.O.Moore; N. Rifkin, Director, WorldORT Union; Rabbi Dr. N. Solomon,Fellow in Modern Jewish Thought,Oxford Centre for Hebrew and JewishStudies; D. Watts, Dean, School ofEarth Resources, Hull University

UruguayL.A.L. Herrera, President of

the Oriental Republic of Uruguay

USAHis Grace Bishop Methodios

of Boston, Greek Orthodox Archdio-cese of North and South America; L.

Alafogiannis, Founder, ExecutiveGlobal President and CEO, Euro-American Women's Council; Dr. M.Alpert, President, Click TechnologiesInc.; G. Anderson, Researcher, Facul-ty Shriver Center for Mental Retarda-tion; E. Anderson, Public RelationsManager, Lalaounis Jewelry; Dr. J.S.Bailey, President, the American Col-lege of Greece; Professor W. BarnettPearce, The Fielding Institute; T.P.Benjamin, Alliance for EnvironmentalEducation; D.E. Blockstein, SeniorScientist, Committee for NationalInstitute for the Environment; J.O.Blum, President, PolyisocyanurateInsulation Manufacturers' Associa-tion; S. Buckles, President, NationalCouncil on Economic Education; J.Burda, Development Manager, Con-sulta Solutions; K. Cameron Porter,Co-Chairperson, WORLDWIDENetwork; Professor J. Carroll, Depart-ment of Forest Resources, Universityof New Hampshire; Professor S.Chorover, Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology; J.P. Clones, EnvironmentSpecialist, The World Bank; A. Con-tomichalos, VP, Special Assets Man-agement, Credit Agricole; Dr. A.Cortese, Executive Director, StrategicEnvironmental Consulting; ProfessorC.A. Davos, Dean, School of PublicHealth, UCLA; E.C. de Leon, Presi-dent, Lakewood Bank; P.M. Ebinger,Associate Dean and Director, Schoolof Foreign Service, Georgetown Uni-versity; J.M. Forbes, Chairman,Walden Earthcare Network & Centrefor American Studies at Concord; Dr.B. Frank, Director, Pollution Preven-tion Education Committee, U.S. Envi-ronmental Protection Agency; A.Freedman, President, SpeekOut Inc.;Dr. N. Goodwin, Global Developmentand Environment Institute, FletcherSchool of Law and Diplomacy; J. Gra-noff, Attorney at Law; Dr. H. Hender-son, Commissioner, The Global Com-mission to Fund the United Nations;C.L. Henn, Senior Vice President,Concord Energy Inc.; J. Horvath,United Nations Association; B.M.Hubbard, President, Foundation forConscious Evolution; J.M. Kelly, Exec-utive Director, Wildlife HabitatEnhancement Council; Professor R.Kenny, President, Queen's College;Professor S.S. Kenny, President, StateUniversity of New York, Stony Brook;Professor A.O. Klein, Brandeis Uni-versity; S. Kussmann, Chairman of theBoard, Alliance for EnvironmentalEducation; J. Linetsky, Vice-Chair-man, San Francisco Youth Commis-sion; F.T. Liu, Secretary General,UNA; H. Livas, Journalist; Dr. P.Lobel, Woods Hole OceanographicInstitute; V. Martin, President, Inter-national Wilderness LeadershipFoundation; J.M. McCloskey, Chair-man, Sierra Club; J. McKenzie, Direc-tor, Environment, Health and Safety,Xerox Corporation; P. Meisen, Presi-dent, GENI; Professor T.J. Mills,Director, Centre for EnvironmentalEducation, Oklahoma State University- Professor M. Mitias, Department ofPhilosophy, Millsaps College; Dr. A.Mohiuddin, President, Medical Centerof Boston; J.P. Muldoon Jr. UnitedNations Association; J.P. Nicholson,Chairman and CEO, N-Viro Interna-tional Corporation; Professor M.Oelschlaeger, Department of Philoso-phy and Religion Studies, University ofNorth Texas; D. Oodit, Senior Eco-nomic Affairs Officer, United Nations;J. Padalino, President, Pocono Envi-ronmental Education Centre; Profes-sor M.D. Papagiannis, Boston Univer-sity; S. Papasavva, Tufts University; R.Perl, President, Pacific Partners Inter-national Investments Inc.; B. Pike,Software Engineer; Dr. J.Psarouthakis, Chairman of the Boardand President, JP Industries S.A.; Dr.A. Rappaport, Civil and Environmen-tal Engineering, Tufts University; D.Seaborg, President, U Turn Society;Dr. D. Shapiro, Media Specialist; R.Shaw, Healy and Baillie, New York;H.E. Metropolitan of New Jersey Mr.Silas, Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of

North and South America; Dr. M.Simon, President, MathPower, Math-ematics Educator; Professor W. Sin-nott-Armstrong, Chair, Department ofPhilosophy, Dartmouth College; P.H.Slater, President, The Hill SlaterGroup Inc.; G.H. Slater-Parker, Presi-dent, The Hill Slater Group Inc.; Pro-fessor B. Smith, Dean, Huxley Collegeof Environmental Studies, WesternWashington University; ProfessorA.G. Stell Kefalas, Department ofManagement, Terry College of Busi-ness, University of Georgia; B. Thom-lison, Director of Public Affairs andEnvironmental Management, Church& Dwight Co. Inc.; L.W. Twist, Co-Chairman of the Board, The State ofthe World Forum; W. Umbertis, Presi-dent, Greenkeepers; Dr. A. von Lazar,International Politics, Fletcher Schoolof Diplomacy; Sir C. Warter, Presi-dent, World Health Foundation forDevelopment and Peace and Heart-net International; Dr. D.R. Weinberg,President, American-HellenicAlliance; U. Wright, Vice Presidentand Director, Environment Healthand Safety, ITT Corporation; Dr. J.Xanthopoulos, Director, Centre forInternational Affairs, Lynn Universi-ty; Professor C. Yapijakis, CooperUnion School of Engineering; S.Zavvos, Continental American Capi-tal; E.J. Zero, Programme Administra-tor, BOCES III Outdoor Environ-mental Education Programme

VenezuelaH.E. the Ambassador of

Venezuela O.L.Carmona; M. Ibanez,Andes University

YugoslaviaThe Honorable Dr. J. Aleksic,

Minister for Environmental Protec-tion, Government of the Republic ofSerbia; Dr. G. Brun, Advisor to theMinister of Environmental Protec-tion; Professor B.P.M. Curcic, Head ofInstitute of Zoology, University ofBelgrade; Professor A. Despic, Presi-dent, Serbian Academy of Sciencesand Arts; I. Djujic, Institute of Chem-istry and Technology; Dr. D. Djuric,Institute of Occupational and Radio-logical Therapy; Professor M. Gasic,Faculty of Sciences, University of Bel-grade; Dr. S. Grgurevic, ProgrammeDirector, International Energy andEnvironmental Studies, Institute ofEconomic Sciences; D. Kanazir, f.President, Serbian Academy of Sci-ences and Arts; S. Komatina, BelgradeGeophysical Institute; Dr. M. Kopecni,Director General, The Vinca Instituteof Nuclear Sciences; V. Lapcevic;Petkovic, Assistant Minister, FederalMinistry for Development, Scienceand Environment; V. Lavadinovic,Research Associate, Institute ofForestry; Professor A. Miletic, Univer-sity of Belgrade; Professor G. Milo-vanovic, Dean, Faculty of Chemistry,University of Belgrade; Professor V.Pavlovic, Faculty of Political Sciences,University of Belgrade; Dr. M. Perisic,Head, Group for Environmental Pro-tection, Geoinstitute; Dr. Z. Radic,Faculty of Civil Engineering, Univer-sity of Belgrade; Dr. D. Radojkovic,University of Belgrade; Professor I.Radovic, Dean, Faculty of Biology, Uni-versity of Belgrade; Professor I.R. Savic,Institute of Zoology, Faculty of Biology,University of Belgrade; Professor D.Simeunovic, Vice-President, Faculty ofPolitical Science, University of Bel-grade; N. Tomic, Law Student - Profes-sor S. Unkovic, Vice President, Govern-ment of the Republic of Serbia

Greek Committee: A. Vlavianos-Arvanitis, A. Galanis, P. Grafakos, A.Evmolpidis, E. Arvanitakis, P.Economou

USA Foundation: President: A. Vla-vianos Arvanitis. Board Members: HisGrace Bishop Methodios, R. Shaw,Professor G. Pontecorvo, Dean P.Krogh, P. Kourides, Professor N. Ash-ford, Professor E. Gyftopoulos, Pro-fessor W. R. Moomaw

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Educational Reforms: InternationalUniversity for the Bio-Environment4Biopolitics - Bio-Culture: A New Renais-sance - Agni Vlavianos-Arvanitis, Presi-dent and Founder, Biopolitics Interna-tional Organisation, Greece.4Educational Reforms: the InternationalUniversity for the Bio-Environment - Aca-demician Laszlo Kapolyi, President, Sys-tem International Foundation, Co-Chair,International University, for the Bio-Envi-ronment, Hungary.

Bio-Ethics4Christian Ethics and Bios - His Emi-nence Archimandrite Feofan, Vice-Chair-man, Department for External ChurchRelations, Moscow Patriarchate, Russia.4Ecological Crisis Challenge and the Needfor Supranational Scientific Co-operation -Professor Dusan Kanazir, f. President, Ser-

bian Academy of Arts and Sciences,Yugoslavia.4Chaos in the Environment: a Reflectionof the Disorder in our "Invironment" - FredMatser, Founder, "The Fred Foundation,"The Netherlands.4Biocentric Ethics and its Relevance to theGoals of Biopolitics Education - ProfessorRusen Keles, Director of EnvironmentalStudies, Faculty of Political Science,Ankara University, Turkey.

Globalisation and Biocentric Values4Globalisation Implications for Environ-mental Protection - Professor Seong CheeTham , Department of Malay Studies,The National University of Singapore.4Pleading for a World Environment andDevelopment Organisation - Dr. FrankBiermann, Harvard University, USA andProfessor Udo Simonis, Science CentreBerlin, Germany.

Bio-economics4Environmental Economics: EmpiricalApproaches, Regulations and Policy - Dr.Michael E. Mitsopoulos, Economist,Greece.4Environmental Impact Assessment: aTool for Sustainable Development - Profes-sor Akos Redey, Vice-Rector for Scientificand Foreign Affairs, University ofVeszprem, Hungary, and Professor IstvanKiss, Head of the Department of Zoolo-gy, University of Veszprem, Hungary.4Economics versus Environment. True orFalse Dichotomy? - Valentina MileusnicVucic, Advisor to the Minister of Environ-mental Protection, Republic of Serbia,Yugoslavia.4Bio-Financing - Bank Financing for theBio-Environment.- Constantine N. Kano-nis, Alternate General Manager, Com-mercial Bank of Greece.4Civilised Entrepreneurship and Harmoni-sation with the Environment - Dr.Stanislav Sokolenko, Chairman of theBoard, "Ukrimpex" JSC, Ukraine.4From a "Socialistic" to a Consumer Soci-ety - Dr. Jaroslav Stoklasa, f. Adviser tothe Minister of Environmental Protection,Czech Republic.

Bio-legislation4International Environmental Law - FotisA. Karayiannopoulos, Barrister, Memberof the Board of Appeals of the Communi-ty Plant Variety Office, Greece.

Bio-education4Economic and Legislative BiopoliticsRegulations for Environmental Education -Professor Alexander I. Shishkin, St.Petersburg State Technological Universityfor Plant Polymers, Russia.4Agricultural Higher Education in theDevelopment of a Biocentric Society - Pro-fessor Laszlo Vermes, University of Horti-culture and Food Industry, Budapest,Hungary.4Environmental Education, BiologicalResources and Development - ProfessorIvica T. Radovic, Faculty of Biology, Uni-versity of Belgrade, Yugoslavia.4BINET 2000: a Network for Educationand Training - Professor Attila Szabo,Institute of Biology, University ofVeszprem, Hungary.

Bio-diplomacy - Vision for theMillennium 4A Bios Perspective for the Restoration ofthe Silk Road - Ambassador Kai Falkman,Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sweden.4Paths to a Positive Future and Projects ofHope: Building a World that Works - Jakobvon Uexkull, Founder and Chairman, TheRight Livelihood Foundation, UK.4The Year 2000 Problem: the First BiopoliticalCrisis of a New Era - John L. Petersen, Presi-dent, The Arlington Institute, USA.

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4 BIOPOLITICS - THE BIO-ENVIRONMENT - VOLUME I, A.Vlavianos-Arvanitis, Editor. First BIO International Conference,May 1987 (English, 400 pp.) 1988

4BIOPOLITICS - THE BIO-ENVIRONMENT - VOLUME II, A.Vlavianos-Arvanitis, Editor. Second BIO International Confer-ence, Oct. 1988 (English, 543pp.)1989

4BIOPOLITICS - THE BIO-ENVIRONMENT - VOLUME III, A.Vlavianos-Arvanitis, Editor. Fourth BIO International Confer-ence, Jan. 1991 (English, 683 pp.)1991

4BIOPOLITICS - THE BIO-ENVIRONMENT - VOLUME IV, A.Vlavianos-Arvanitis, Editor. Rusen Keles, Co-Editor. Fifth BIOInternational Conference, Istanbul, May 1992 (English, 303 pp.)1993

4BIOPOLITICS - THE BIO-ENVIRONMENT - VOLUME V, A.Vlavianos-Arvanitis, Editor. Sixth BIO International Conference- International Sakharov Festival, Athens, July 1994 (English,671 pp.) 1996

4BIOPOLITICS - THE BIO-ENVIRONMENT - VOLUME VI, A.Vlavianos-Arvanitis, Editor. Jan Morovic, Co-Editor. SeventhBIO International Conference, Bratislava, June 1997 (English,527 pp.) 1998

4BIOPOLITICS - THE BIO-ENVIRONMENT - VOLUME VII, A.Vlavianos-Arvanitis, Editor. Laszlo Kapolyi, Co-Editor. EighthBIO International Conference, Budapest, September 1998 (inpress)

Business4BUSINESS STRATEGY FOR THE BIO-ENVIRONMENT -

VOLUME I (Greek), A. Vlavianos-Arvanitis, Editor. First Con-ference on Business Strategy for the Bio-Environment, Athens,Nov. 1992, 132 pp., 1994

4BUSINESS STRATEGY FOR THE BIO-ENVIRONMENT -VOLUME II (Greek), A. Vlavianos-Arvanitis, Editor. SecondConference on Business Strategy for the Bio-Environment,Athens, Dec. 1993, 180 pp., 1994

4BUSINESS STRATEGY FOR THE BIO-ENVIRONMENT-VOLUME III (Greek), A. Vlavianos-Arvanitis, Editor. Interna-tional Conference on Profit and the Bio-Environment, AthensChamber of Commerce and Industry, Oct. 1995, 271 pp., 1996

4BUSINESS STRATEGY FOR THE BIO-ENVIRONMENT -VOLUME I (English), A. Vlavianos-Arvanitis, Editor. Proceed-ings from the Second Symposium on Business Strategy for theBio-Environment, Athens, Dec. 1993, 168 pp., 1995

4BUSINESS STRATEGY FOR THE BIO-ENVIRONMENT -VOLUME II (English), A. Vlavianos-Arvanitis, Editor. Proceed-ings from a Corporate Symposium, Harvard Club of New YorkCity, Feb. 1995, 105 pp., 1996

4BUSINESS STRATEGY FOR THE BIO-ENVIRONMENT-VOLUME III (English), A. Vlavianos-Arvanitis, Editor. Interna-tional Conference on Profit and the Bio-Environment, AthensChamber of Commerce and Industry, Oct. 1995, 239 pp., 1996

Diplomacy4BIOS IN THE NEXT MILLENNIUM, A. Vlavianos-Arvanitis,

Editor. Proceedings from a Francophone Symposium, October1987

4BIOS IN THE NEXT MILLENNIUM, Lecture by the RightHonourable Lord Ennals sponsored by the British Council andBIO, May 1988

4BIOPOLITICS - PROTECTING THE BIO-ENVIRONMENT,Lecture by His Excellency The Ambassador of Israel, Mr. MosheGilboa, at the Third BIO International Conference, June 1989

4BIOPOLITICS - THE BIO-ENVIRONMENT, Presentation atthe General Assembly of the Academy of Athens by AcademicianProfessor C. Bonis (Greek), March 1990

4THE BIO-ENVIRONMENT AND INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION, A. Vlavianos-Arvanitis, Editor. A Hellenic-Turk-ish Symposium, Athens City Hall, May 1990 (English, 79 pp.)1990

4BIOPOLITICS- BIO-DIPLOMACY AND INTERNATIONALCO-OPERATION, A. Vlavianos-Arvanitis, Editor. Proceedingsfrom a Hellenic-Russian Symposium, Athens, December 1991(English 74 pp.) 1993

4POPULATION GROWTH, FOOD SECURITY AND EQUITY,A. Vlavianos-Arvanitis, Editor. Proceedings from a Hellenic-Indi-an Symposium, Athens, April 1993 (English, 47 pp.) 1993

4BIOPOLITICS THE BIO-ENVIRONMENT, BIO-CULTURE INTHE NEXT MILLENNIUM, A. Vlavianos-Arvanitis, Editor.Proceedings from a Hellenic-Czech Cultural Symposium, AthensChamber of Commerce and Industry, April 3, 1995 (English, 104pp.) 1995

Textbooks4BIOPOLITICS - DIMENSIONS OF BIOLOGY, A. Vlavianos-

Arvanitis (Greek, English, French) 19854BIOPOLITICS - METHODS OF IMPLEMENTATION, A. Vla-

vianos-Arvanitis (Greek, English) 19854BIOPOLITICS - BIO-SYLLABUS OUTLINE, A. Vlavianos-

Arvanitis (Greek, English) 1989, 19904BIOPOLITICS - THE BIOS THEORY, A. Vlavianos-Arvanitis

(Greek, English) 1990, 19914THE INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FOR THE BIO-ENVI-

RONMENT, A. Vlavianos-Arvanitis (English 1991-1993, Greek1991-1992)

4BIOPOLITICS - THE BIO-ENVIRONMENT: BIO-SYLLABUS,A. Vlavianos-Arvanitis and A. Oleskin (English 1992, Russian1993)

4BIOPOLITICS - THE BIO-ENVIRONMENT- BIO-CULTURE,A. Vlavianos-Arvanitis (Greek, 192 pp.) 1994

4BIOPOLITIQUE - LE BIOENVIRONNEMENT, A. Vlavianos-Arvanitis (French, 48 pp.) 1998

4BIOPOLITICA - EL BIO-AMBIENTE, A. Vlavianos-Arvanitis(Spanish, 48 pp.) 1998

Periodicals4BIONEWS Periodical Vol. I, No. 1, 19874BIONEWS Newspaper, English and Greek (1994 - 1999)

Biopolitics and the DanubeBiopolitics and the DanubeThe rich biodiversity of the Danube river has been the

focus of four conferences organised by BIO

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VOLUME VII

Edited byAgni Vlavianos-Arvanitis

Lazslo Kapolyi

The Budapest Sessions

3BIO�s latest publicationThe International University for theBio-Environment in Budapest

The International University for the Bio-Envi-ronment (IUBE), founded by the BIO in 1990,was granted legal status in Budapest two yearsago. In the context of globalisation, the goal ofthe IUBE is to promote a new vision throughreaching and teaching specialists and decision-makers about the need to incorporate biocen-tric values in their activities. Respect for theenvironment will hopefully become the core offuture society.

So far, the IUBE has held three conferences atthe Academy of Sciences in Budapest. Theproceedings from the conference held inSeptember 1998 are currently in press, and wehereby feature the table of contents. For infor-mation on how to obtain a copy, please contactour offices in Athens.

33Biopolitics - The Bio-Environment VIDanube River Bonds

Proceedings from the BIO conference in Bratisla-va, June 1997

The goal of the conference was to stress thebonds created by international co-operation forthe protection of the Danube river, by focusingon the economic, cultural and historic impor-tance of this vital water resource.

The volume of proceedings from the Bratislavaconference constitutes one of the most impor-tant editions concerning the protection of theDanube. It features contributions from interna-tional specialists, politicians, business peopleand scientists from the Danube countries andthe rest of the world. Topics include: Bio-Phi-losophy, History and Bio-Aesthetics, Bio-Ethics, Bio-Conservation, Bio-Policy, Interna-tional Co-operation for Waterways and Water-courses, Bio-Economics, Bio-Education. Thevolume was published in 1998 and is availablefrom the BIO.