Implementing the theme of World Standards Day 2001-The Environment and standards-Close together is our duty-even after 'the day'

摘要

MAN has been modifying Nature according to his needs since time immemorial.To transform raw materials into final products, human beings did not hesitate to feel forests and woods irrationally, to make illogical use of land, provoking significant changes in, for examples, the intensity and direction of winds, currents, and other alterations in climate.