The Black Sea in Crisis

by Hobson, Sarah; Mee, Laurance David

• ISBN13: 9789810237691
• ISBN10: 9810237693
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-03-01
• Publisher: World Scientific Pub Co Inc

Summary

This book is a record of the proceedings of a remarkable symposium that took place on the Black Sea in September 1997. It was held under the auspices of The Ecumenical Patriarch, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, and His Excellency Mr Jacques Santer, President of the European Commission. It was the second in a series of symposia on the theme of "Religion, Science and the Environment." The first symposium, entitled "Revelation and the Environment," took place on the Aegean Sea in 1995, to celebrate the 1,900th anniversary of the Book of the Apocalypse. Over a period of ten days, more than 400 distinguished scientists, environmentalists, religious leaders and policy-makers from 35 countries discussed the environmental problems facing the Black Sea -- a unique environment, sadly degraded by the imprint of humankind and causing profound changes in the economy and life-style of the 160 million people in the area. The book offers ideas to help restore the environmental balance of this much-threatened region. At the same time, it looks at the Black Sea as a paradigm for the world's closed sea problems and demonstrates the value and potential of an integrated approach to global environmental stewardship.

Table of Contents

Foreword by the Religious and Scientific Committee	ix
Editors' Note	xiii
Introduction: The Black Sea Today	1	(16)
Professor Laurence David Mee
The Challenge of the Black Sea	17	(18)
Address of His All Holiness the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I	19	(5)
A Common Responsibility	24	(4)
Ritt Bjerregaard
Developing the Common Ground: The Purpose of the Symposium	28	(7)
Professor Jane Lubchenco
Searching for the Common Ground	35	(22)
Introduction:	37	(2)
Professor Laurence David Mee
Science and the Environment: A Theological Approach The Most Revd. Metropolitan John of Pergamon	39	(6)
A Scientist's Approach	45	(6)
Professor David T. Suzuki
Personal and Institutional Responsibility	51	(6)
Sadruddin Aga Khan
Living Resources	57	(34)
Introduction:	59	(1)
Dr. Graeme Kelleher
Sacrifice and Covenant, Prometheus and Noah	60	(5)
Rt. Hon. Richard J.C. Chartres
A Holistic Approach to the Role of Human Beings in Ecosystems	65	(7)
Professor Paul R. Ehrlich
The Black Sea: Status and Challenges	72	(6)
Professor Yuvenaly P. Zaitsev
Black Sea Fisheries: Restoring, Protecting and Sharing	78	(6)
Dr. Ulrich Niermann
The Function of Wetlands	84	(7)
Dr. Boris Alexandrov
Degradation and Conflict	91	(38)
Introduction:	93	(3)
Dr. Charles N. Ehler
The Sacredness of All Living Organisms	96	(4)
Professor Arabinda Basu
Pollution Problems and Sources in the Black Sea	100	(6)
Dr. Radu Mihnea
Coastal Conflicts: The Need for Management	106	(6)
Professor Erdal Ozhan
Managing the Coast: Room for Everyone	112	(7)
Sylvie Goyet
Messages from the Black Sea	119	(10)
The Human Perspective	129	(30)
Introduction:	131	(2)
Rt. Hon. Richard J. C. Chartres
Healing the Soul	133	(5)
Professor Ravi Ravindra
Environmentally Conscious Citizens	138	(5)
Bishop Mauro Morelli
The Moral Responsibilities of a Precautionary Approach	143	(4)
Dr. Zaki Badawi
To Till It and To Keep It: On Ecology and Everyday Life	147	(5)
Rabbi Naftali Rothenberg
Human Health and the Environment in the Black Sea Region	152	(4)
William K. Reilly
Environmental Equity	156	(3)
Severn Cullis-Suzuki
The Beauty of Coastal Landscapes	159	(24)
Introduction:	161	(2)
Professor Erdal Ozhan
Land, Sea and Belonging	163	(4)
Neal Ascherson
Beauty and the Divine in Nature	167	(6)
Bishop Basil
Place, Culture and History as Expressed in Landscape	173	(3)
Professor Nicoloz Beroutchachvili
Tourism: Enjoying Without Destroying	176	(7)
Professor Terry De Lacy
Industrial Impact	183	(20)
Introduction:	185	(2)
Dr. Charles N. Ehler
The Environmental Challenges of Coastal Cities	187	(2)
Oktay Ekinci
The Shipping World and Protection of the Sea	189	(4)
John Lyras
Major Waterways: International Law and the Commons	193	(6)
Professor Patricia Birnie
Controlling an Exotic Species in the Black Sea	199	(4)
Dr. Richard Harbison
The Implications of the Global Economy	203	(24)
Introduction:	205	(2)
Professor Daniel Amit
Trade and the Environment	207	(7)
Edward Goldsmith
Economics and the Environment	214	(2)
Professor John Broome
Uneconomic Growth: Conflicting Paradigms	216	(4)
Dr. Herman E. Daly
Religion, Science and the Environment: A Synthetic View	220	(7)
Professor Nicos Mouzelis
Recommendations for Helping to Protect the Black Sea	227	(10)
Profiles of Contributors	237	(22)
Acknowledgements	259