NATURAL RESOURCES 



Commodity Supply Restrictions Study: Policy Implications of Producer Country 

 Supply Restrictions: Overview and Summary. Cambridge, Charles River Asso- 

 ciates, February 1977. 264 p. (Available from NTIS as PB-264 391.) 



This volume summarizes the other eight volumes of the study which seeks 

 to evaluate alternative federal policies which deal with restrictions initiated 

 by producer countries on supplies of major imported materials. A major 

 premise of CRA's effort was that rational policy analysis must proceed from a 

 realistic and market specific analysis of risks to a similarly concrete evaluation 

 of potential damage, and then to consideration of a range of policy instru- 

 ments including not only government encouragement of technological change, 

 but also stockpiling, tariffs and quotas, subsidies, and other measures. The 

 analytical approach combined an assessment of real dangers to the U.S. 

 economy in various materials markets with an analysis of the costs of different 

 policies designed to reduce the impacts of foreign supply restrictions. 



Separate volumes contain studies on: alumunum/bauxite, chromite, coffee, 

 copper, manganese, platinum and palladium, and cobalt. 

 Darnell, Bezneat M. "Natural Area Preservation: The US/IBP Conservation of 

 Ecosystems Program." BioScience, v. 26, Feb. 1976: 105-108. 



Examines U.S. activities conducted as part of the International Biological 

 Programme. The primary U.S. objective was "establishment within the 

 United States and its possessions of a comprehensive system of protected 

 research reserves. This system will include examples of intensively managed 

 ecosystems and of all important natural ecosystems. . . ." 

 DeMontbrial, Thierry. For a New World Economic Order. Foreign Affairs, v. 

 54, Oct. 1975: 61-78. 



Says that "the main principles governing international economic relations 

 must be reexamined, taking into account the changes in power relationships 

 and attitudes during the past 30 years." Focuses on the international mone- 

 tary system, free trade, and the management of energy, raw materials, and 

 agricultural products. 

 Fano, Enzo. "The Role of International Agencies." Natural Resources Journal, 

 v. 16, Oct. 1976: 957-968. 



Focusing on the U.N. water conference and on U.N. agencies, the author 



discusses how the role of international agencies can be strengthened in the 



areas of water policy and water management assistance. 



Fisher, Anthony. Conference on the Political Economy of Depletable Resources Held 



at Brookings Institution, Washington, B.C. on June 9 and 10, 1975. College 



Park, Maryland University, Prepared for the National Science Foundation. 



December 1975. 55 p. 



This report summarizes the proceedings of a conference on the political 

 economy of depletable resources. The conference discussed problems and 

 issues in basic economic and related political science research whose resolu- 

 tion would be helpful in dealing with energy-related policy questions. The 

 first session on public choice and resource use dealt with the definition of a 

 depletable resource, problems associated with information and uncertainty, 

 efficiency and equity issues, and a discussion of how institutions of collective 

 choice determine the pattern of use of depletable resources. The second ses- 

 sion on cartels and coalitions identified four areas of research: cartel mod- 

 eling, testing cartel models, international trade theory, and economic devel- 

 opment. The third session focused on the political economy of shortages. 

 Ford, John J. Observations 07i Ecology and National Security. Menlo Park, Stan- 

 ford Research Institute. (Prepared for Defense Supply Service, Washington, 

 D.C.) March 1975, 91 p. (Availal)le from NTIS as AD-A026 597/5SL.) 



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