Part I - Openings General Session - International Conservation Challenges

• Formal Opening, Daniel A. Poole
• Programs for Renewable Natural Resources in Mexico, Enrique Beltran
• Human Population, Food Demands, and Wildlife Needs, Norman E. Borlaug
• Balancing Human Populations With Life Support Systems, Patricia Dee Carpio Whiting
• Need for a New North American Wildlife Policy, Durward L. Allen

Part II - Technical Sessions - Mexico's Natural Resources

• Mexican Forestry, Eulogio de la Garza
• Wildlife Protection and Some International Aspects, Bernardo Villa-R.
• International Aspects of Mexican Fisheries, Hector Medina Neri
• WWF Project on Crocodiles in Chiapas, Miguel Alvarez del Toro
• Conservationist Education in Mexico, Ambrosio Gonzalez Cortes
• Trends on Environmental Control in Mexico, Humberto Romero-Alvarez

Coastal and Marine Resources

• Environmental Management of the Coastal Zone, William S. Beller
• Use of Dead Reef Shell in Estuarine Conservation, Gordon Gunter
• Anadromous Fish Management in the Columbia River System, Frank H. Bollman
• Distribution and Management of Caribbean Sea Turtles, William E. Rainey and Peter C. H. Pritchard
• Resource Management Programs for Oceanic Islands, John McEarchern and Edward L. Towle

Preservation: Peril or Panacea?

• A Commitment in Defense of Natural Systems, Margaret Owings
• Preserving Quality to Spaceship Earth, Garrett Harding
• Natural Areas as Components of Man's Natural Environment, Eugene P. Odum and Howard T. Odum
• Managing Marine Environments, G. Carleton Ray and Kenneth S. Norris

Resource Planning: New Needs and Views

• An Integrated Approach to Resource Planning, E. F. Anderson
• The Broad Planning Context of Natural Resource Planning, Robert H. Marden
• MIDAS - A Tool for Natural Resource Data Management, Donald K. Christie and Robert G. Young
• Models for Supply and Demand Analysis in State Fish and Game Planning, Robert K. David and Joseph J. Seneca
• Criteria for Big Game Planning: Performance vs. Intuition, Jack E. Gross
• Towards More Effective Natural Resource Planning, David A. King

Species of International Interest: Management and Problems

• The Management of Capybara in Venezuela, Juhani Ojasti and Gonzalo Medina Padilla
• Wildlife Management in Masailand, East Africa, Wendell G. Swank
• The Problem of Bat Rabies, Migratory Bats, Livestock and People, Arthur M. Greenhall
• Current Status of the Endangered Masked Bobwhite Quail, Roy E. Tomlinson
• Movements and Mortality of White-Winged Doves Banded in Tamaulipas, Mexico, David R. Blankinship, James G. Teer, and William H. Kiel, Jr.
• Movements and Hunting Mortality of Colorado Band-Tailed Pigeons, Clait E. Braun

Water, Fish, Wildlife and Society

• Impacts of Environmental Changes on Gulf Coast Estuaries, Richard A. Geyer
• Water Development and the Environment, Bud Bristow
• Perils of Modern Civilization, Fernando del Rio
• Hydrologic Behavior of Stream Channels, Thomas Maddock, Jr.
• Resource Management: Water vs. Wildlife! Is This Conflict Necessary?, Robert E. Moore
• Strengthening Fish and Wildlife Conservation in the Water Resources Program, James T. McBroom

Part III - Special Panels

Ceremony Marking the Amendment of the 1936 Convention for the Protection of Migratory Birds and Game Animals

• Remarks of the Chairman, Daniel A. Poole
• Statement in Behalf of the Government of the United States of America, Nathaniel P. Reed
• Response in Behalf of the Government of Mexico, Eulogio de la Garza O.

Implementation of the Council of Environmental Quality - Department of the Interior Predator Control Study

• Remarks of the Chairman, Daniel A. Poole
• Viewpoint of the Council on Environmental Quality, Lee M. Talbot
• Report of the Committee Chairman, Stanley A. Cain
• Remarks of A. Starker Leopold, A. Starker Leopold
• Views of the Department of the Interior, Nathaniel P. Reed

Part IV - Closing General Session

• Remarks of the Chairman, Joseph L. Fisher
• Soil Erosion: New Problems and Solutions, Kenneth E. Grant
• Chemical Contamination of Soil and Water, A. W. Taylor
• Recycling Solid Wastes: Advances and Needs, Robert F. Testin
• Providing Energy and Maintaining Environmental Quality, Robert O. Anderson
• Legal Approaches - Precedent Cases, Roderick A. Cameron
• International Cooperation and Resource Needs: Critique of the Conference Program, Robert A. McCabe
• Closing Remarks, Laurence R. Jahn

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