THE BULLETIN

A quarterly of the Regional Environmental Center
for Central and Eastern Europe (REC)

THE BULLETIN is the quarterly newsletter of the Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe. THE BULLETIN assists the REC to fulfill its mandate, namely to promote public participation in environmental decisionmaking by providing information on the environment and encouraging cooperation among Regional stakeholders. By supporting environmental nongovernmental organizations, local authorities, national governments, academic institutions, the Media and businesses in 13 Central and Eastern European countries, the REC hopes to act as a catalyst for developing solutions to environmental problems and to promote the development of civil society in the Region.

The REC is now an independent, international organization established in 1995. Originally, the REC was established in 1990 by Hungary, the United States and the Commission of the European Communities. Seven additional countries also joined the founding sponsors. Beneficiary countries include Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Poland, Romania, the Slovak Republic and Slovenia.

In addition to its head office in Szentendre, Hungary, the REC has local offices and/or representatives in Bratislava, Budapest, Bucharest, Ljubljana, Prague, Riga, Skopje, Sofia, Tallinn, Tirana, Vilnius, Warsaw and Zagreb.

EDITOR: Wendy Muzzy

DESIGN AND LAYOUT: Sylvia Magyar

EDITORIAL BOARD: Robert Atkinson, Winston Bowman, Lee Davis, Betsy Hyman, Pawel Kazmierczyk, Janos Zlinszky

CONTRIBUTORS: Krisztina Andre, Lee Davis, Curtis Durrant, Laszlo Falvay, Green Balkans Sofia, Betsy Hyman, Solomon Ioannou, Pawel Kazmierczyk, Hadley Kincade, MTI, Magdolna Toth Nagy, Polish Ecological Club, Laura Renshaw, Sarah Roe, Ivelin Roussev, Victor Sakalys, Alexandru Savulescu, Kai Schlegelmilch

REC BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Tom Garvey, Conrad Lawrence, Frank Loy, Bedrich Moldan, Elena Petkova, Toyojiro Soejima, Istvan Tokes

The views and opinions expressed by contributors do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of the Regional Environmental Center.

THE BULLETIN is published and distributed free to all interested parties. It is available electronically on the World Wide Web by pointing your client to http://greenhorizon.rec.org/bulletin/recbull.html
Please direct all correspondence to:

The Editor, THE BULLETIN
Regional Environmental Center
for Central and Eastern Europe
Head Office
Ady Endre út 9-11, 2000 Szentendre, Hungary
Tel: (36-26) 504-000
Fax: (36-26) 311-294
E-mail:editor@rec.org

Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe