1996 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
International Conventions — Tools for Sustainability
Author : Harold K. Eidsvik
Published in: Sustainable Development of the Lake Baikal Region
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Included in: Professional Book Archive
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Lake Baikal, with its 31,500 sq. km surface and 560,000 sq. km catchment basin, its 1,800 endemic species and its high biological diversity, has been the focus of hundreds of meetings and thousands of scientific papers. Its future has been discussed on many occasions. Central to these discussions has been what type and how much use it can sustain without prejudicing its unique qualities.