UNCED and beyond

Abstract

UNU Monitor is a quarterly review of the current research, publications and forthcoming projects of the United Nations University [UNU] in the area of global environmental change. Related activities of other institutions active in the ‘Human Dimensions of Global Change Programme’ are also reported. The Monitor is compiled by the UNU Academic Division in Tokyo. As the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) is taking place in June 1992, this issue's natural theme is ‘UNCED and beyond’. With the UNU the lead agency for UNCED in the area of its Mountain Agenda, this Monitor will start with an overview of the Mountain Ecology and Sustainable Development Programme, followed by accounts of other recent and planned activities, as well as a contribution of the International Federation of Institutes for Advanced Studies [IFIAS] on UNCED's ‘Earth Charter’. For further information on UNU's global change agenda, contact Mr Dieter Koenig or Dr Juha Uitto, UNU, Toho-Semei-Building, 15-1 Shibuya 2-chome, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150, Japan.