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The Role of Special Purpose and Nongovernmental Organizations in the Environmental Crisis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2009

J. Eric Smith
Affiliation:
J. Eric Smith is currently president, International Council of Scientific Unions, and of its Special Committee on Problems of the Environment.
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Extract

The purpose of this article is to examine some aspects of the institutional structure which has been or is being developed within the United Nations to achieve, through international agreement and action and for the benefit of mankind as a whole, the most effective utilization of the earth's resources consistent with the minimum of disturbance of the environment in directions harmful to man and other living organisms.

Type
Part 3. International Institutions: Their Present and Potential Roles
Copyright
Copyright © The IO Foundation 1972

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