International Conventions — Tools for Sustainability

摘要

Like Baikal, with its 31,5CX) sq. km .surface and 560,000 sq. km catchment basin, its 1,800 endemic species and its higli 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.