The conference was a contribution to the United Kingdom programme of activities to mark European Wetlands Campaign Year 1976. The aim of the conference was to bring together representatives of as many as possible of the main users of wetlands, in order to expound their various demands on wetlands to discover conflicts of interest between them, in the hope that such conflicts could be minimised and harmony promoted.
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The aim of the conference was to examine the main problems adversely affecting the maintenance and renewal of the underground utility services, particularly the cumulative deterioration of old pipelines and the growing congestion in built-up areas.
The aim of the conference was to draw attention to the extent of vacant land in built-up areas and to provide an opportunity for those concerned to examine what uses such land could and should be put to and how it is to be brought into use. The meeting was the first of its kind on this topic.
The initiative for holding the conference was taken by the Timber Growers' Organisation and held jointly with the RSA. It was prompted by growing consciousness of the increasingly urgent need to expand timber production in Britain to the fullest extent compatible with the due interests of other land usages, hence the necessity for a national forestry strategy. It was hoped that this meeting of all the many interests involved might point the way towards defining such a strategy.
The conference was initiated to provide a forum in which those involved could clarify and review the British approach to the control of pollution and also promote understanding and collaboration between industrial and environmental interests.
The aim of the conference was to provide an opportunity for consideration of how patterns of work are likely to change over the next two or three decades and what consequences may be for the environment.
The aim of the conference was to provide an opportunity for consideration of how patterns of work and population in small towns and the countryside were likely to change over the next two or three decades and what the consequences might be for the environment. The conference was related to the two previous conferences: 'Work: Changing Patterns and Place' (24 June 1981) and 'Homes and the Countryside'' (26 November 1981).
The aim of the conference was to provide an opportunity for the discussion of what action could and should be taken to abate the problem of acidification of the atmosphere. The emphasis was to be on what solutions were available which should be adopted and how they were to be put into effect.
The aim of the conference was to provide an opportunity for the examination as a whole of the financial framework of incentives, disincentives, subsidies, compensation and taxation within which farmers, foresters and landowners might or might not be encouraged to conserve the countryside.
The aim of this conference was to focus attention on the third force of charities pursuing environmental ends through owning and managing land and buildings bringing together bodies using similar approaches in different fields, with different styles and on different scales.
The purpose of this seminar was to discuss the benefits of funding environmental interests and the important contribution that grant-making trusts can make in supporting research and development in environmental protection technologies, and in the increasing public awareness and understanding of this very important subject.
Report and introduction folders of the Environmental Design Workshop on Ecodesign in the Telecommunications Industry 3-4/3/1994.\nThis report was intended to stimulate further debate on environmental design issues within the telecommunications industry and beyond. It offers a basic primer on the subject both for telecommunications specialists and for those seeking to extend the thinking to other trade sectors.\n
Report of the Environmental Design Workshop on Environmental design of medical products: a blueprint for action, 12/3/1996.\nThis report summaries the key points of discussion and presents some conclusions and recommendations.
This is the proceedings of a symposium to discuss the quality of the built environment. RSA in association with J Sainsbury Plc
Organised by the RSA in collaboration with the Business and Industry Panel for the Environment and the Committee for Environmental Conservation.
The Report of a preliminary Inquiry for the RSA. The Inquiry was conducted by Dr H E Bracey, Department of Economics of the University of Bristol. Published by Faber and Faber with financial support from the Nuffield Foundation and administered by the Acton Society Trust.
This report was produced for Industry Year and contains additional material. It describes a number of successful efforts by industrial companies to protect and improve the environment, and it points out the need for the greatest care if risks of damaging the environment are to be avoided. The event was sponsored by British Midland, British Railways Board, Central Electricity Generating Board and Ready-Mixed Concrete Ltd.