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Contents Number 1 Water and sustainability. Global patterns and long-range problems Paul D Raskin, Evan Hansen and Robert M Margolis The Palestinian water crisis. Status, projections and potential for resolution Jad Isaac and Jan Selby Environmental issues for developing countries arising from liberalized trade in the mining industry Alyson Warhurst and Richard Isnor The investment climate for gold mining. Comparing Australia and the USA C Linda Slater Suggested policies to encourage coalbed methane development in China Sun Maoyuan and Huang Shengchu Utilization of coalbed methane John B Gustavson Commentary Observations on environmental sustainability, environmental politics and environmental diplomacy Jaroslav Balek Are there limits to growth? The need for a transition to a solar-based economy Derek Lovejoy Book reviews The Economic Value of Biodiversity edited by David Pearce and Dominic Moran (Ram K Shresta); Polish Coal and European Energy Market Integration edited by Marian Radetzki (Raja V Ramani); Accounting for the Environment edited by Rob Gray with Jan Bebbington and Diane Walters (Lorrane Ruffing) Calendar Number 2 Special issue on women and natural resources management Editorial Beijing and beyond: women’s leadership in sustainable natural resource management Bella Abzug and Inji Islam Gender aspects in the management of water Christine van Wijk, Esther de Lange and David Saunders Water resources and development of women in arid regions in northern China Zhou Wei-wen Donor policies and gender in the water and sanitation sector Frances Cleaver and Katja Jobes Artisanal mining: an economic stepping stone for women Béatrice Labonne Impact of mining on Nauruan women Nancy J Pollock Contents Integrating gender and environment in NGO training. Focus on natural resources in the Near East Samia Galal Saad Women and energy resources management. A UNIFEM perspective Ilse Marks Gender analysis and international financial institutions. The perspective of a grass- roots environmental NGO Eric Griffin Commentary 163 Financing Agenda 21: the insurance market and the environment Ashok Nigam Book reviews 167 Mediating Environmental Conflicts: Theory and Practice edited by J Walton Black- burn and Willa Marie Bruce (George K Ndi); Agroforestry in the Pacific Islands: Systems for Sustainability edited by W C Clarke and R R Thaman (Stephen Rogers); The Chao Phya: A River in Transition edited by Steve van Beek (Jeffrey W Jacobs); Human Development Report 1995, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Human Development Report 1994, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (Ram K Shrestha); Taking Nature into Account: A Report to the Club of Rome edited by Wouter van Dieren (Peter Bartelmus) Calendar Number 3 Planning for change and sustainability in water development in Lao PDR and the Mekong River basin Jeffrey W Jacobs Implementing gender policy in the water and sanitation sector Susan Schaefer Davis Joint mineral ventures in the former Soviet Union: prospects, problems and realities James P Dorian and Peter S Kort Recent developments in small-scale mining: a Report of the Secretary-General of the United Nations Efficient use of energy and materials: progress and policies: a Report of the Secretary- General of the United Nations Energy and protection of the atmosphere: a Report of the Secretary-General of the United Nations Book reviews Bittersweet Harvests for Global Supermarkets: Challenges in Latin America’s Agri- cultural Export Boom by Lori Ann Thrupp, with Gilles Bergeron and William F Waters (Helene Wilson and Cynthia Rosenzweig); View from the Helm: Mineral Industries in Transition edited by John E Tilton (James P Dorian); The Fragile Tropics of Latin America: Sustainable Management of Changing Environments edited by Toshie Nishizawa and Juha I Uitto (Wayne Lamphier) Calendar Number 4 Sustainable development in Asia: the current state and policy options Sardar M N Islam and Ainsley Jolley Contents Deregulation of petroleum product prices: the case of India Subhes C Bhattacharyya Sustainable energy development in rural Asia Kui-Nang Mak and Walter Shearer The regional impacts of small-scale gold mining in Amazonia Oswaldo Bezerra, Adalberto Verissimo and Christopher Uhl Implications of environmental degradation in Nigeria J-F K Akinbami, I O Akinwumi and A T Salami Alternatives for private participation in the provision of water services Terence R Lee Book reviews Managing Water for Peace in the Middle East: Alternative Strategies by Masahiro Murakami (Uri Golani); The World at the Crossroads: Towards a Sustainable, Equitable and Liveable World edited by Philip B Smith, Samuel E Okoye, Jaap de Wilde and Priya Deshingkar (Jonathan S Goldman); The Environment and NAFTA: Understanding and Implementing the New Continental Law by Pierre Marc Johnson and Andre Beaulieu (Douglas A Henderson); Meeting Needs: NGO Coordination in Practice by Jon Bennett (Eric Griffin) Calendar