ABSTRACT
The mandate of UNIDO is to assist developing countries in their aspirations for industrial development. Under this, great stress is given to chemical and allied industries because of their importance to the overall economy. With mounting concern over chemical pollution and fast consumption of the earth’s non-renewable resources, UNIDO has embarked on an Ecologically Sustainable Industrial Development (ESID).3 The main thrust areas are: • Cleaner technologies • Waste minimization • Biotechnology • Integrated industrial safety • Energy and value added products from renewable resources • Ecotoxicology • Environmental and economic issues.
