If northerners cannot receive a basic response from this government to concerns related to environmental contaminants such as chemical and biological weapons testing adjacent to the Yukon Territory, how can we expect any leadership related to international efforts related to persistent organic pollutants?

In particular, representative data on actual human exposure to environmental pollutants and potential health effects of such pollutants generated by Human Biomonitoring (HBM)[11] should be gathered in a comparable manner.

Life sciences, biotechnology and biochemistry for sustainable non-food products and processes: improved crops and forest resources, feed-stocks, marine products and biomass (including marine resources) for energy, environment, and products with high added value such as materials and chemicals (including biological resources utilisable in pharmaceutical industry and medicine), including novel farming systems, bio-processes and bio-refinery concepts; bio-catalysis; new and improved micro-organisms and enzymes; forestry and forest based products and processes; environmental bio-remediation and cleaner bio-processing, the utilisation of ...[+++]agro-industrial wastes and by-products.

Research is needed at EU level for the implementation of international commitments such as the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) and its Kyoto protocol, the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, the UN Convention to Combat Desertification, the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, the objectives of the World Summit on Sustainable Development 2002, including the EU Water Initiative, and contributions to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the Earth Observation initiative.

- protection and appropriate restoration of nature and biodiversity from damaging pollution.

IVNATIONAL EMISSION CEILINGS FOR CERTAIN ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTANTS AND OZONE IN AMBIENT AIR PAGEREF _Toc480100460 \h VEVALUATION OF THE 5TH ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION PROGRAMME COUNCIL CONCLUSIONS PAGEREF _Toc480100461 \h VIICOMMUNITY STRATEGY ON CLIMATE CHANGE PAGEREF _Toc480100462 \h XENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITY PAGEREF _Toc480100463 \h XCONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY PAGEREF _Toc480100464 \h XI?(a) Protocol on Biosafety PAGEREF _Toc480100465 \h XI?(b) Preparation for the 5th Conference of the Parties (Nairobi, May 2000) Conclusions PAGEREF _Toc480100466 \h XII?(c) Preparation for the 11th Conference of the Parties to the CITES Convention PAGER ...[+++]EF _Toc480100467 \h XXITHE PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE PAGEREF _Toc480100468 \h XXIENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS PAGEREF _Toc480100469 \h XXIIFRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES ON WATER AND ON END-OF-LIFE VEHICLES PAGEREF _Toc480100470 \h XXIIOTHER BUSINESS PAGEREF _Toc480100471 \h XXII?Shipwreck of the oil tanker Erika PAGEREF _Toc480100472 \h XXII?Pollution of the Danube basin PAGEREF _Toc480100473 \h XXII?Brominated flame retardants PAGEREF _Toc480100474 \h XXIIIITEMS APPROVED WITHOUT DEBATEENVIRONMENT PAGEREF _Toc480100475 \h XXIII--Strategic environmental impact assessment PAGEREF _Toc480100476 \h XXIII--Minimum criteria for environmental inspections PAGEREF _Toc480100477 \h XXIIIAGRICULTURE PAGEREF _Toc480100478 \h XXIV--Plant Genetic Resources PAGEREF _Toc480100479 \h XXIVTAXATION PAGEREF _Toc480100480 \h XXIV--VAT transitional provisions for Austria and Portugal PAGEREF _Toc480100481 \h XXIV--Excise duty for mineral oils derogation for the Netherlands PAGEREF _Toc480100482 \h XXVEXTERNAL RELATIONS PAGEREF _Toc480100483 \h XXV--Switzerland extension of the CCN/CSI PAGEREF _Toc480100484 \h XXVSPECIAL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION PAGEREF _Toc480100485 \h XXVAPPOINTMENTS PAGEREF _Toc480100486 \h XXVI--Economic and Social Committee PAGEREF _Toc480100487 \h XXVI