OBITUARY
	W.F. Berg, 1908-1984
	by H. Pietsch	1
CONTACTS
	The Foundation of a European Society of Photobiology
	by K. Schaffner	5
THE NEW FOREST DECLINE
	Destruction of Photosynthetic Pigments by UV-Activation of Chloroethenes; a Probable Cause of Forest Decline
	by H. Frank	7
	Is the New Forest Decline a Photodynamic Disease Caused by Light and Peroxyacetylnitrate, Ozone, Halocarbons and Others?
	by G.O. Schenck	15
IUPAC PHOTOCHEMISTRY COMMISSION
	Fluorescence Standards
	by D.F. Eaton	42
NEWS
	News from the European Photochemistry Association (death of A. Schönberg; EPA Financial Transactions 1984, J. Wirz; Prix Grammatikakis to A. Harriman)	51
	News from the Inter-American Photochemical Society
	by R.A. Caldwell	54
	News from the American Society for Photobiology	56
PHOTOCHEMISTRY IN EUROPE
	Israel
	by S. Speiser	57
	Poland
	by Hanna Bulska	67
CONFERENCE REPORTS
	Photophysics and Photochemistry above 6 eV, Bonbannes (Gironde), September 17-21, 1984
	by Francoise Lahmani	81
	Fall Meeting of the Molecular Photochemistry Contact Group of the Belgian National Science Foundation, Hengelhoef, December 6-7, 1984
	by J. Put	83
	5th SOPTROCC, Balatonalmádi, Hungary, April 16-18, 1985
	by H. Kisch	85
	Creation and Deactivation of Excited States of Biological Molecules, Spring School in Kotobrzeg, Poland, April 22-28, 1985
	by H. Manikowski	87
	International Meeting on Porphyrins as Phototherapeutic Agents for Tumors and other Diseases, Alghero, Italy, May 1-4, 1985
	by G. Jori	89
PUBLICATIONS
	New Books on Photochemistry and Related Subjects
	by Dietlind Braemert	91
	Theses in Photochemistry
BOOK REVIEW
	Proceedings of the Xth IUPAC Symposium on Photo- chemistry, July 22-27, 1984, CCC-Interlaken, Switzerland
	by G.R. DeMaré	96
EMPLOYMENT
	Fellowships Available	97
UPCOMING MEETINGS
	Announcements	101
	Calendar	112
ERRATA
	EPA NEWSLETTER No. 22, NOVEMBER 1984	120
NEW MEMBERS		121
INSTRUCTIONS FOR CONTRIBUTORS		Inside back cover