MONOGRAPH ABOUT ENVIRONMENT SITUATION IN THE AREAS OF OIL SHALE
MINING In August 1999, Estonian Academy Publishers published a
next in turn publication of the Institute of Ecology of Tallinn
Pedagogical University under the general title "Impact of Oil
Shale Mining and Processing on the Environment in North-east
Estonia" (Editors Valdo Liblik and Jaan-Mati Punning. Institute
of Ecology, Publication 6/1999, 224 p.). The monograph is
written in Estonian and has an extended summary in English.
Beside introduction a brief survey of the study area and the
methods used, and bibliography (169 references), the monograph
consists of seven longer papers where the main results of
investigations carried out in northeast Estonia in 1994-1998
ascertain the impact of different anthropogenic factors on the
environment. The following papers are published: Attention is
focused on the problems of air pollution and air quality in
residential areas and natural systems. A novel system for
estimating the quality of atmospheric air