International Council of Scientific Unions Newsletter No. 61, May 1996

International Council of Scientific Unions Newsletter No. 61, May 1996 Code Number: NL96010 Size of Files: Text: 154K Graphics file: Line Drawing (gif) - 10K MEETING REPORTS Electronic Publishing in Science D.F. Shaw, Member ICSU Press One hundred and fifty experts in electronic publishing, scientists, publishers, librarians and lawyers, assembled in UNESCO House in Paris during the week of 19-23 February to discuss the current situation of Electronic Publishing in Science. The conference was jointly organized by ICSU Press and UNESCO and was the result of a study begun in 1993 after the last ICSU General Assembly. Recommendations I. Peer review and codes of practice II. Electronic archives III. Financial considerations IV. The scientist's working environment V. Developing countries ASSESSMENT OF ICSU Officers' Meeting All European Academies (ALLEA) Second Meeting of the Scientific Committee on Water Research (SCOWAR) DAKAR WORKING GROUP ON FOOD SECURITY FOR THE 21ST CENTURY SPOTLIGHTS ON SCIENCE Catalyst Role of Scientific Projects to the Decade on Natural Disasters Reduction: A brief review of ICSU's spearhead projects Yokohama Strategy and Plan of Action Lessons Learnt ICSU's contributions to IDNDR Demonstration Projects The four Spearhead Projects - Drought Hazard Assessment, Famine Disasters and Vulnerable Food Systems with IGU as the coordinating body within ICSU Coordinator: H.-G. Bohle - The joint ICSWWMO programme on Tropical Cyclone Disasters with IUTAM and IUGG as the coordinating bodies within ICSU Coordinator: Sir James Lighthill - The Global Seismic Hazard Assessment Program (GSHAP) with ICL as the coordinating body within ICSU Coordinator: Domenico Giardini - Reducing Volcanic Disasters in the 1990s with IAVCEI as the coordinating body within ICSU Coordinator: Chris Newhall MEGASCIENCE FORUM SUPPORTING GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION: THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY GEF's CONTRIBUTION TO SCIENCE THE INTERACADEMY PANEL ON INTERNATIONAL ISSUES The Declaration of Inuyama Human Genome Mapping, Genetic Screening and Gene Therapy SCOPE OCEANS ASSESSMENT INTERNATIONAL HUMAN DIMENSIONS PROGRAMME ON GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE (IHDP) HONOURS FOR ICSU GENERAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS 1996 Tyler Prize PREPARATIONS FOR 25TH ICSU GENERAL ASSEMBLY SYMPOSIUM ON SCIENCE AND HUMAN GOALS IN THE 21ST CENTURY GETTING TO KNOW: INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF SOIL SCIENCE (ISSS): A NEW UNION MEMBER OF ICSU SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY FOR DEVELOPMENT: INAUGURATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL SECRETARIAT BUILDING IN MADRAS DIRECTOR GENERAL, FEDERICO MAYOR IN MADRAS News from South Africa INTRODUCING MEMBERS OF THE COSTED-IBN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Ana Maria Cetto Qian Yi G. Thyagarajan Wajih M.Owais Markit Tanticharoen Khotso Mokhele WHAT ABOUT ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES? Paris, February 19-23 1996 Ana Maria Cetto, Member ICSU Press NEWS IN BRIEF: THE CLIMATE AGENDA TAKES WING SEARCH FOR NEW RECTOR OF UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY PROF. R.R. DANIEL RETIRES FROM COSTED-IBN NEW PRESIDENT OF THE ISRAEL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES CENTRE FOR OUR COMMON FUTURE FUTURE MEETINGS: CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2ND WORLD CONGRESS EXPO 2000 HANNOVER/ INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS PUBLICATIONS NEWS: POLICY-MAKING IN AN ERA OF GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE UNESCO PUBLISHES WORLD SCIENCE REPORT 1996 OBITUARIES: In Memoriam F. Bruno Straub Jordan Malinowski CALENDAR: Calendar of Forthcoming Events 17 April - 21 Ma