NEW
RELEASES
Biodiversité
et distribution de la mégafaune
Published in two volumes by UNESCO-IOC within its Technical
Series
(n° 69). French only. English version due out in 2006.
Vol. 1: Ecosystème de nodules polymétalliques
de l'Océan Pacifique Est-Equatorial, 134 pp. ;
Vol. 2: Atlas photographique annoté des échinodermes
de la zone de Clarion et de Clipperton, 65 pp.
Describes the biodiversity and distribution of megafaunal
assemblages, based on 200 000 underwater photos and 55 hours
of underwater film. (Here, megafaunal refers to animals
on the seabed 1-4 cm or more long.) The first volume studies
the ecosystem of the Abyssal Nodule Province of the Eastern
Equatorial Pacific. The second volume is an annotated photo
atlas of echinoderms (in Greek, literally "spiny skins",
echinoderms are radially symmetrical animals like starfish
found only in the sea) of the Clarion-Clipperton Zone. Copies
are being sent to all UNESCO-IOC Member States. Request
a free copy: p.boned@unesco.org or download: http://ioc.unesco.org
Food Engineering
G. V. Barbosa-Canovas (Ed.) UNESCO Publishing and EOLSS
Publishers. ISBN: 92-3-103999-7, 858 pp. English only.
Multi-author work on the fundamental aspects of food processing,
preservation and production, as well as consumption. Discusses
the basics underlying food transformation from both the
standpoint of food technology and food engineering. For
educators, university students, professional practitioners
and specialists (including policy analysts) wishing to acquaint
them-
selves with technical and systems management knowledge;
and for researchers seeking to learn about innovations and
new approaches to problem-solving. Taken from the Encyclopedia
of Life Support Systems, a dynamic virtual library equivalent
to 200 printed volumes, published on-line by EOLSS Publishers
in collaboration with UNESCO, with discount rates for universities
from developing countries: www.eolss.net.
Towards Knowledge Societies
UNESCO World Report. UNESCO Publishing. ISBN: 92-3-104000-6,
240 pp.
Available November in Arabic, Chinese, English, French,
Russian, Spanish.
A future-oriented overview of the upheavals through which
we are living, with a focus on education, science and culture.
Advocates the pooling of knowledge rather than its partition.
Tackles issues currently the subject of global debate: digital
solidarity between North and South; the scope and extension
of the knowledge commons; intellectual property; ethics;
safeguarding of cultural and linguistic diversity, etc.
UNESCO
Science Report 2005
UNESCO Publishing. ISBN: 92-3-103967-9, 288 pp. Available
in English as of November. French to follow in 2006.
The fourth in a series of periodic reviews of the state
of science around the world, seen through the eyes of independent
experts. Looks at what has changed since its predecessor,
the World Science Report, was published in 1998. Who is
performing R&D today, where and with what means? What
are the new priorities? Each essay describes how R&D
are organized in a given region or country and identifies
and discusses emerging trends in research and higher education,
including those which are region- or country-specific.
Science, Technology and Economic
Development in South-Eastern Europe
UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science in Europe. First in series
of Science Policy Studies. English only, 72 pp. Request
a free copy: roste@unesco.org
