INFOTERRA: THE INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION SYSTEM

Abstract

In the 1960's man woke up to the fact that the human species, as it multiplies and relentlessly consumes, may at some not too distant future become a plague infesting this globe of ours-stripping it of 1ts freshwater, its so1l, its natural resources, and its flora and fauna and biodiversity, and thereby condemning it to death. This realization gave rise to a shared concern of our common future, and of the future of our ONLY ONE EARTH. This shared concern gave rise to the international environmental movement, and part of the resulting concerted efforts to safeguard our globe is the sharing of our environmental experiences, environmental data and environmental information included.