English Abstract On 18-19 April 1996 an international workshop was
organised by NWO, the Dutch HDP-committee and NRP to contribute to the
research planning within the International Human Dimensions Programme (IHDP)
on the subject of 'Environmental Security and Sustainable Development'. The
report contains the papers presented during the workshop on various-issues
such as food- and watersecurity, response strategies and the concept of
environmental security. Within IHDP 'Global Environmental Change and Human
Security' has become one of the core projects.