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The article reports that main focus of the symposium was environmental policy and political science fields. More political scientists are giving serious attention to problems arising from the spreading and worsening environmental crisis. The concern of those eminent life scientists who perceive in the present accelerative deterioration of physical habitat a threat as ominous as the huge and ever enlarging inventories of nuclear weapons. Plenty of research money and time-consuming effort have been devoted to the latter, but remarkably little thus far to the former.

The article demonstrates the application of a system approach in identifying and solving environmental problems by governments acting individually and collectively. In approaching complex environmental problems one must be concerned with far more than the sciences of environmental degradation and the technologies of pollution control. One must also understand the problems of development, national priorities and the cultures of the peoples of the world. At the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, which was held in Stockholm, Sweden, during the period June 5 to 16 1972. It was considered that actions that must be taken by governments, individually and collectively, in order to solve and prevent environmental problems and to improve the quality of life. The focus of the Conference was on the increasing interdependence of peoples and nations that is resulting from growing populations, rising demands on natural resources, and the application of science and technology. Formal action by governmental delegations at the Conference was the culmination of almost two years of intensive preparations.

Information about several papers discussed at the conference sponsored by the International Biological Program (IBP) and the Public Affairs Council (PAC) on February 18-29, 1970 in Washington D.C. is presented. Topics include environmental issues and the importance of the cooperative efforts of the industrial leaders, government officials and scientists. The event features the highly respected, accomplished and knowledgeable speakers and panelists.

The article announces that Rene Dubos was invited to serve as chairman of the editorial board that will report for the United Nations U.N. Conference. Dubos is a Professor Emeritus at the Rockefeller University. He is an authority in the field of environmental problems. He will lead the board to review the report on the U. N. Conference which will be held on June 1972 in Stockholm, Sweden. President Nixon also named Doctor Dubos to the Citizens Advisory Committee on the Environment. As a distinguished scientist, Dubos will also be the chairman of an independent group of consultants.

The article focuses on the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment held in Stockholm, Sweden on June 5-16, 1972. An estimated 500 Nongovernmental Organizations (NGOs) were accredited as observers in the conference. Among the NGOs are the Sierra Club and Congress of African People. The concern of the conference was the physical future of the earth.

The article offers news briefs related to the American Public Health Association (APHA) in the U.S. Doctor Lorin E. Kerr, director of the department of occupational health of the United Mine Workers of America was named as the 99th president of APHA during the organization's 101st Annual Meeting in San Francisco, California. Doctor William Morris Schmidt, professor of Maternal and Child Health at Harvard University School of Public Health was the recipient of the 1973 Martha May Eliot Award. The third annual Ray Bruner Award was presented to science writer Chuck Michelini for winning the science writing fellowship.