ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS OF INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES.

The article focuses on a joint symposium of British Ecological Society and the Ecological Society of China on environmental problems of industrialized countries, which was held at Beijing, China, in September 1988. Industrial development is the main cause of the environmental pollution in both China and the Great Britain. Topics included in the symposium are, air and water pollution, its management, land restoration, rural and urban ecosystems and nature conservation. Environmental awareness among the people of the country lead to the formation of pollution control schemes.