Challenges Ahead for the World Rubber Industry/Rubber and the Environment. (Books).Price, 250 [pounds sterling]. International Rubber Study Group, Middlesex, U.K. (2002). The compendium com·pen·di·um n. pl. com·pen·di·ums or com·pen·di·a 1. A short, complete summary; an abstract. 2. A list or collection of various items. of papers presented at the International Rubber Forum, held in Glasgow, U.K., February 4-8, 2002, is available in two volumes. The first volume contains 13 papers covering upcoming challenges for the world rubber industry. Subjects include synthetic rubber synthetic rubber: see rubber. , natural rubber, recent developments in the rubber industry in Europe, West Africa West Africa A region of western Africa between the Sahara Desert and the Gulf of Guinea. It was largely controlled by colonial powers until the 20th century. West African adj. & n. , Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (srē läng`kə) [Sinhalese,=resplendent land], formerly Ceylon, ancient Taprobane, officially Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, island republic (2005 est. pop. , Iran and Korea, and transportation of rubber. The second volume, also available separately, records the proceedings of the Fifth Joint UNCTAD/IRSG Workshop on Rubber and the Environment. |
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