Acidification Research Evaluation And Policy Applications

A large number of nationwide research programmes in the field of acidification have been carried out in the last decade. Especially in Western Europe, extensive programmes have resulted in a good overview of all the effects - mostly negative - caused by acidifying substances. There is now consensus that types of acidification damage relate to the unique geography of an area: air pollution affects vegetation; acid aerosol the ozone layer. New in this volume, is the relation between scientific results of integrated research programmes and policy actions to prevent, reduce and limit the widespread damage caused by acidification. The results of many different national research programmes are evaluated and compared to present a unique compilation for the research scientist and policy maker. In this volume thematic reviews on specific topics of acidification research are presented, followed by overviews of acidification policy plans and actual abatement plans. The result is the best review of acidification research carried out worldwide during the last decade and presentation of the critical relation between research results and policy actions.

Acidification: an international problem; Acidification as an example of the link between science and policy; Acidification research and policy in the province Limburg; Forest vegetation and acidification: a critical review; Global environmental change: implications for acid deposition research; The role of ammonia in acidification: perspective for the prevention and reduction of emissions from livestock operations; Emissions of acidifying components; Acidification of forests and forest soils: current status; Stress combinations in forests; Effects of increasing nitrogen and acidification onheathlands; The interaction of forest vegetation and soils with the aquatic environment: effects of catchment liming on lakes; Higher order effects; Acidifying effects ongroundwater; Monitoring for the future:integrated biogeochemical cycles in representative catchments; The critical loads concept for the control of acidification; Canadian acid rain policy; Acidification policy in Finland; Acidification policy in Hungary; Acidification abatement policy-The Netherlands experience; The convention on long-range transboundary air pollutions: its achievements and its potential; Acidification policy-Sweden; Air pollution control policy in Switzerland; Acidification research: evaluation and policy applications; a United Kingdom policy response; Acidification policy in the United Statesl Setting prioritaries for the measurement of acid aerosols and gases: 3 examples for Switzerland; The United States national acid precipitation ...

Representing the Proceedings of the International Speciality Conference "Acid Rain Research; Do we have enough answers?", this book provides a valuable conclusion to the coordinated research on acidification in the Netherlands from 1985 to 1994. The book focuses on atmospheric deposition, effects of acid deposition on forest ecosystems in the Netherlands, and future acidification research. Special attention is given to: trace gases; ammonia; and particle deposition; and the overall assessment of deposition loads to ecosystems and soils is also discussed. This volume will be invaluable to environmental scientists, ecologists, and those involved in atmospheric science/pollution.