Excerpt: The Intergovernmental Conference of Experts on the Scientific Basis for Rational Use and Conservatiori of the Resources of the Biosphere was sponsored by UNESCO and attended by 326 delegates from 63 nations, 11 international organizations, and 14 nongovernmental organizations. For the purposes of discussion, the biosphere was defined as being that part of the planet earth in which life exists. The resources considered were largely restricted to living organisms; inorganic resources were included only insofar as they provide a medium for the support of plant and animal life. Oceanic resources were left to other international conferences for study

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The Great Lakes Entomologist 
Volume 4 
Number 2 -- Summer 1971 Number 2 -- Summer 
1971 
Article 4 
July 2017 
Use and Conservation of the Biosphere: Proceedings of the 
Intergovernmental Conference of Experts on the Scientific Basis 
for Rational Use and Conservation of the Resources of the 
Bioshpere, Paris, 4-13 September 1968. Paris: United Nations 
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 1970. 272 pp. 
Paper, $6.00 (available in U.S.A. from Unipub, Inc., P.O. Box 433, 
New York, N.Y. 10016). 
Oliver H. Orr 
Library of Congress 
Follow this and additional works at: https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle 
 Part of the Entomology Commons 
Recommended Citation 
Orr, Oliver H. 2017. "Use and Conservation of the Biosphere: Proceedings of the Intergovernmental 
Conference of Experts on the Scientific Basis for Rational Use and Conservation of the Resources of the 
Bioshpere, Paris, 4-13 September 1968. Paris: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural 
Organization, 1970. 272 pp. Paper, $6.00 (available in U.S.A. from Unipub, Inc., P.O. Box 433, New York, 
N.Y. 10016).," The Great Lakes Entomologist, vol 4 (2) 
Available at: https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle/vol4/iss2/4 
This Book Review is brought to you for free and open access by the Department of Biology at ValpoScholar. It has 
been accepted for inclusion in The Great Lakes Entomologist by an authorized administrator of ValpoScholar. For 
more information, please contact a ValpoScholar staff member at scholar@valpo.edu. 
THE MICHIGAN ENTOMOLOGIST Vol. 4, No. 2 
BOOK REVIEWS 
USE AND CONSERVATION OF THE BIOSPHERE: PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTER- 
GOVERNMENTAL CONFERENCE OF EXPERTS ON THE SCIENTIFIC BASIS FOR 
RATIONAL USE AND CONSERVATION OF THE RESOURCES OF THE BIOSPHERE, 
PARIS, 4-13 SEPTEMBER 1968. Paris: United Nations Educational, Scientific and 
Cultural Organization, 1970. 272 pp. Paper, $6.00 (available in U.S.A. from Unipub, Inc., 
P.O. Box 433, New York, N.Y. 10016). 
The Intergovernmental Conference of Experts on the Scientific Basis for Rational Use 
and Conservatiori of the Resources of the Biosphere was sponsored by UNESCO and 
attended by 326 delegates from 63 nations, 11 international organizations, and 14 
nongovernmental organizations. For the purposes of discussion, the biosphere was defined 
as being that part of the planet earth in which life exists. The resources considered were 
largely restricted to living organisms; inorganic resources were included only insofar as 
they provide a medium for the support of plant and animal life. Oceanic resources were 
left to other international conferences for study. 
Use and Conservation of the Biosphere contains the names of the participants in the 
Conference, the opening addresses, 10 papers developed by the delegates, and a final 
report. In the final report are 20 recommendations, most of which have within them 
additional recommendations and many of which overlap with each other. In general, 
however, they advocate four kinds of activity: research, education, inventories of natural 
resources, and preservation of natural areas. Entomologists will be pleased to note that 
the recommendations favor the establishment of "natural areas for the preservation of 
species, their habitats and representative samples of ecosystems." Although the utilitarian 
benefits of preservation, such as increasing the world food supply and preventing disease, 
receive the emphasis in the recommendations, a stimulating philosophical plea for 
protecting species and ecosystems emerges from a paper drafted by bacteriologist Rend 
Dubos. Maintaining that diversity in the environment is crucial to the richness of human 
existence, Dubos urges that a "civilized nature" be maintained "as a kind of garden to 
develop according to its own potentialities and in which human beings develop according 
to their own genius." 
Oliver H. Orr 
Library of Congress 
Washington, D.C. 20540 
WORLD GUIDE TO TECHNICAL INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION 
SERVICES. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Paris: 
UNESCO, 1969. 287 pp. Hardbound, $6.00; paper, $4.00 (available in U.S.A. from 
Unipub. Inc., P.O. Box 433, New York City, N.Y. 10016). 
This very useful reference volume is a companion to UNESCO's World Guide to 
Science Information and Documentation Services (1965). It lists and describes the 
principal centers in each country which provide technical information, either to all 
investigators or to a restricted clientele. 273 institutions in 73 countries have been 
included, with an informative yet concise report upon each source. A sampIe entry lists 
name of repository in the vernacular, English, French and acronym; addresses; brief 
history; staff; subject coverage; nature of library; nature of abstracting service; whether 
bibliographies, literature searches or translations are available; information about photo- 
reproduction services; and methods of payment for services. The remarkable proliferation 
of information sources in science and technology makes such guides not only convenient 
but necessary. 
Ronald S. Wilkinson 
Library of Congress 
Washington, D.C. 20540 
1
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Use and Conservation of the Biosphere: Proceedings of the Intergovernmental Conference of Experts on the Scientific Basis for Rational Use and Conservation of the Resources of the Bioshpere, Paris, 4-13 September  1968. Paris: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 1970. 272 pp. Paper, $6.00 (available in U.S.A. from Unipub, Inc., P.O. Box 433, New York, N.Y. 10016).

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The Great Lakes Entomologist Volume 4 Number 2 -- Summer 1971 Number 2 -- Summer 1971 Article 4 July 2017 Use and Conservation of the Biosphere: Proceedings of the Intergovernmental Conference of Experts on the Scientific Basis for Rational Use and Conservation of the Resources of the Bioshpere, Paris, 4-13 September 1968. Paris: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 1970. 272 pp. Paper, $6.00 (available in U.S.A. from Unipub, Inc., P.O. Box 433, New York, N.Y. 10016). Oliver H. Orr Library of Congress Follow this and additional works at: https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle  Part of the Entomology Commons Recommended Citation Orr, Oliver H. 2017. "Use and Conservation of the Biosphere: Proceedings of the Intergovernmental Conference of Experts on the Scientific Basis for Rational Use and Conservation of the Resources of the Bioshpere, Paris, 4-13 September 1968. Paris: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 1970. 272 pp. Paper, $6.00 (available in U.S.A. from Unipub, Inc., P.O. Box 433, New York, N.Y. 10016).," The Great Lakes Entomologist, vol 4 (2) Available at: https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle/vol4/iss2/4 This Book Review is brought to you for free and open access by the Department of Biology at ValpoScholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Great Lakes Entomologist by an authorized administrator of ValpoScholar. For more information, please contact a ValpoScholar staff member at scholar@valpo.edu. THE MICHIGAN ENTOMOLOGIST Vol. 4, No. 2 BOOK REVIEWS USE AND CONSERVATION OF THE BIOSPHERE: PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTER- GOVERNMENTAL CONFERENCE OF EXPERTS ON THE SCIENTIFIC BASIS FOR RATIONAL USE AND CONSERVATION OF THE RESOURCES OF THE BIOSPHERE, PARIS, 4-13 SEPTEMBER 1968. Paris: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 1970. 272 pp. Paper, $6.00 (available in U.S.A. from Unipub, Inc., P.O. Box 433, New York, N.Y. 10016). The Intergovernmental Conference of Experts on the Scientific Basis for Rational Use and Conservatiori of the Resources of the Biosphere was sponsored by UNESCO and attended by 326 delegates from 63 nations, 11 international organizations, and 14 nongovernmental organizations. For the purposes of discussion, the biosphere was defined as being that part of the planet earth in which life exists. The resources considered were largely restricted to living organisms; inorganic resources were included only insofar as they provide a medium for the support of plant and animal life. Oceanic resources were left to other international conferences for study. Use and Conservation of the Biosphere contains the names of the participants in the Conference, the opening addresses, 10 papers developed by the delegates, and a final report. In the final report are 20 recommendations, most of which have within them additional recommendations and many of which overlap with each other. In general, however, they advocate four kinds of activity: research, education, inventories of natural resources, and preservation of natural areas. Entomologists will be pleased to note that the recommendations favor the establishment of "natural areas for the preservation of species, their habitats and representative samples of ecosystems." Although the utilitarian benefits of preservation, such as increasing the world food supply and preventing disease, receive the emphasis in the recommendations, a stimulating philosophical plea for protecting species and ecosystems emerges from a paper drafted by bacteriologist Rend Dubos. Maintaining that diversity in the environment is crucial to the richness of human existence, Dubos urges that a "civilized nature" be maintained "as a kind of garden to develop according to its own potentialities and in which human beings develop according to their own genius." Oliver H. Orr Library of Congress Washington, D.C. 20540 WORLD GUIDE TO TECHNICAL INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION SERVICES. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Paris: UNESCO, 1969. 287 pp. Hardbound, $6.00; paper, $4.00 (available in U.S.A. from Unipub. Inc., P.O. Box 433, New York City, N.Y. 10016). This very useful reference volume is a companion to UNESCO's World Guide to Science Information and Documentation Services (1965). It lists and describes the principal centers in each country which provide technical information, either to all investigators or to a restricted clientele. 273 institutions in 73 countries have been included, with an informative yet concise report upon each source. A sampIe entry lists name of repository in the vernacular, English, French and acronym; addresses; brief history; staff; subject coverage; nature of library; nature of abstracting service; whether bibliographies, literature searches or translations are available; information about photo- reproduction services; and methods of payment for services. The remarkable proliferation of information sources in science and technology makes such guides not only convenient but necessary. Ronald S. Wilkinson Library of Congress Washington, D.C. 20540 1Orr: Use and Conservation of the BiospherePublished by ValpoScholar, 2017

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