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The article presents the schedule of the 1967 American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) meetings which will be conducted at the Memorial Student Center in Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas from August 27 to September 1, 1967 and the information about the food service, housing and field trips. AIBS will hold a Plenary Session on August 28 for all biologists attending the meetings where speakers will discuss those forms of environmental deterioration and quality loss that have been going on for a long time. A half-day symposium on remote sensing, which is being cosponsored by the AIBS and the Ecological Society of America, will be held during the meetings. Also, a special session has been planned for August 31, to enable AIBS members to present papers.

In the article, the author focuses on the problem of environmental decay. It mentions about the need to recognize environmental quality control as a vital social objective and take steps for the establishment of the field of Environmental Management as a new cross-disciplinary applied science professional activity. It states about the importance of the systems approach of operations research and systems analysis with its emphasis on rational decision-making models and techniques. It also states about the application of the new information system technology to observational or environmental monitoring systems.

In the article, the author focuses on the issue of environmental crisis. It talks about the problem of environmental degradation resulting from exploitation of environment and natural resources by mankind. It mentions that the maintenance of reasonable environment quality should be the goal of humankind. It states about six related environmental crises: Population Crisis, Crisis of Resources, Pollution Crisis, Crisis of Health (pollution's adverse affect on plants and animals), Armament Crisis and Information Crisis (crisis of intellectual poverty).

The article focuses on the destruction of tropical ecosystems due to overpopulation, and agricultural methods. It was mentioned that growth rate in human population threatens the natural populations of plants, and animals. It explores the author's journeys in the Republic of Panama, where he witnessed deforestation, and the inefficient methods in agriculture. The author argues that with the growth of population, allowing the land to revert to forest was impossible, specifically in Madden Lake, Panama. The author inferred that other tropical countries also face the same environmental problems as with Panama, and suggests a halt in population growth, or improvement in agricultural methods as answers to the problems.

The article reports on controlled fusion as a multifaceted approach to solving environmental degradation. It states that rather than denying or limiting technology, the ideal solution would be to redirect it toward solving pollution problems by developing an interface between environmentalist and technologist. Dr. Bernard Eastlund and Dr. William Gough, physicists with the division of research, Atomic Energy Commission, have developed a concept of how plasma density, temperature, and flow velocity could be controlled and channelled into a "fusion torch." The long-range applications of such a device would include the reduction of solid wastes into elemental form, thus eliminating the need for waste disposal while providing a source of raw materials, ore reduction, among others.

The article focuses on environmental degradation resulting from the exploitation of environment by humankind and talks about the environmental policy. It mentions about air and water pollution, radioactive wastes, the proliferation of pesticides and chemicals and other environmental quality problems caused by mankind. It talks about the much-needed improvement of economic analysis methods by which environmental management decisions are made. It also talks about the public acceptance of knowledgeable and effective governmental participation in making management decisions which affect the quality of the environment.

The article reports on the legislative proposals by U.S. senators and representatives advocating a national policy for the restoration and preservation of the environment. It includes one by Senators Henry Jackson and Ted Stevens on relating to ecological systems and environmental quality; proposing the establishment of a Council on Environmental Quality. Representative Henry Reuss has also introduced the House of Resolution (HR)-3114 bill that is aimed to coordinate the nation's conservation and ecological activities. Furthermore, Representative John Tunney has reintroduced his Conservation Bill of Rights.

The article presents abstracts on biosciences topics which include the molecular structure of biological membranes, environmental quality management, and speciation in genus Spartina.