Aura
The following problems have been discussed: occurrence and role of the lactic fermentation bacteria, their antibacterial properties, ability to lower the contents of cholesterol, antineoplastic effect and utilization in combatting stoutness.
A brief account of what may constitute the ecological awareness concludes the series of twenty one glossaries of environmental protection.
The first part of the reminiscences of the outstanding natural historian, Władysław Szafer, the pioneer of the preservation of nature in Poland is given. Numerous anegdotes from the times when Professor Szafer was at the Jagiellonian University are presented.
Delineation and development of a protective zone are substitute means of the preservation of nature. Putting a building object into use without delineation of such a zone can be an offence by virtue of the act of the protection and shaping of environment.
В статье дается характеристика государственных заповедников в Мексике, а также их главные проблемы. Одной из них является административное подчинение парков ресорту сельского хозяйства, что создает многие конфликтные ситуации.
On the occasion of the AURA fifteenth anniversary the circumstances of the origin of this periodical and the work on its first issues are presented. The contribution of many by now late authors and collaborators of AURA is recollected.
Обсуждаются самые важные мероприятия профилактического характера, которые имеют в виду охрану природной среды здравниц в Польше. Главным вопросом должна быть охрана залежей целебных вод минеральных, которым больше всего угрожает интенсивная урбанизация, а также сельское хозяйство.
The importance of oaks both in the economy and in the forest ecosystem is characterized. The author discusses the exceptional part that this tree plays in the old beliefs and legends.
The following problems are discussed: hazard in the housing area caused by industrial noise and analysis of the exterior noise. As many as 74% of the industrial plants in Cracow emit the noise which is a hazard to the environment.
The so far made attempts to assess the losses suffered on account of the environmental pollution in Polad are presented. They include losses in economy, agriculture, forestry, caused by the corrosion of houses and buildings, suffered by people because of the health hazard as well as the social and environmental consequences.
The problem of co-operation of the scientists representing various disciplines is discussed taking as an example the work on the research programme "Protection and shaping of environment". More or less 2000 scientists divided into fifteen research groups elaborate this programme.