Conservation of the Biological Diversity as a Prerequisite for Sustainable Development in the Black Sea Region [Paperback]

This volume is a collection of reports presented at the International NATO Advanced Research Workshop Conservation of the Biological Diversity as a Prerequisite for Sustainaible Development of the Black Sea Region. The seminar was held at Batumi - Kobuleti, Georgia, on the Black Sea during October 5 -12, 1996 with participants from the countries of the Black Sea Region -Georgia, Russia, the Ukraine, Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, as well as Germany, Italy and the United States of America. The Black Sea Region is an essential and unique part of southern Europe because of its geographical, cultural and historical features. It is the cradle of European civilisation, together with Greece and Rome. For centuries it neighboured onto and interacted with the cultures of the northern and southern Mediterranean, the Christian and Moslim worlds, and was the route of conquerors and migrations of whole nations. Here are closely interwoven the cultures and customs of nations, economic and trade relations, the history of wars and civilised relations of neighbouring countries.1. Scientific Introduction.- Biological Diversity of the Black Sea Basin: Its Current State.- Natural Conditions and Processes as Factors having some Effect on the Biological Diversity of the Black Sea Region.- Current Trends and Environmental Issues of the Black Sea Regional Development.- Issues in the Economics of Biodiversity and Economic Growth: Sustainability, Development, Valuation and Realpolitik.- 2. Biological Diversity and the Natural Hertiage of the Black Sea Region.- Some Remarks concerning the Evaluation of Ecological Diversity at the Romanian Black Sea Coast.- Species Composition and Biodiversity of Georgian Black Sea Phytoplankton.- State of the Art and Tendencies for Changes in the Black Sea Biodiversity of the Bulgarian Coast.- On the Biodiversity of the Georgian Black Sea Coast.- Plant Diversity in the Turkish Black Sea Region and Strategies for its Conservation.- State of the Black Sea Anchovy Sls2