Dictionary and Introduction to Global Environmental GovernanceRoutledge, 2012 M05 16 - 480 pages This unique dictionary and introduction to Global Environmental Governance (GEG), written and compiled by two veterans of the international stage, provides a compilation of over 5500 terms, organizations and acronyms, drawn from hundreds of official sources. An introductory essay frames the major issues in GEG and outlines the pitfalls of talking past one another when discussing the most critical of issues facing the planet. It challenges those who are concerned with the management of our planet and its inhabitants to understand and accept a vocabulary common to the often-opposing objectives sought in the many GEG instruments. The result is a practical tool that should find a central place on the desk of anyone involved in environmental management, development or sustainability issues anywhere in the world, including the United Nations, government policy makers, NGOs and other stakeholder groups, the business community, and students and professionals. This fully revised and updated edition contains over 500 new entries and acronyms on global environmental governance as well a new introductory section on global water governance, one of the most pressing environmental issues in our era of climate change, growing populations and food shortages. Praise for the first edition: |
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... concept of ecosystem is seldom understood, where the term ecology is used as an ideology rather than as a science that has useful insights and where a lack of political will is used as an excuse for not getting our homework done. The ...
... concept of ecosystem is seldom understood, where the term ecology is used as an ideology rather than as a science that has useful insights and where a lack of political will is used as an excuse for not getting our homework done. The ...
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... concept of 'governance' requires discussion because of the subtle but significant differences between it and the concept of 'government.'1 Though they cover much of the same ground, governance is more than government. For example ...
... concept of 'governance' requires discussion because of the subtle but significant differences between it and the concept of 'government.'1 Though they cover much of the same ground, governance is more than government. For example ...
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... concepts have with one's appreciation of what sustainable development may be.35 Much of this confusion rests on the ... concept of sustainable development, to ensure the full integration of environmental policies with development. There ...
... concepts have with one's appreciation of what sustainable development may be.35 Much of this confusion rests on the ... concept of sustainable development, to ensure the full integration of environmental policies with development. There ...
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... concepts and the invention of a language intentionally made unintelligible to everyone.41 Agreement to use a term or concept that means different things to different people, however, can be a costly bit of trickery.42 The 1972 UN ...
... concepts and the invention of a language intentionally made unintelligible to everyone.41 Agreement to use a term or concept that means different things to different people, however, can be a costly bit of trickery.42 The 1972 UN ...
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... concept of environment itself. Add to all of this the number of languages (including several different varieties of English) and the fuzziness created by the simultaneous interpretation of invented jargon.45 Add as well the heat created ...
... concept of environment itself. Add to all of this the number of languages (including several different varieties of English) and the fuzziness created by the simultaneous interpretation of invented jargon.45 Add as well the heat created ...
Contents
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Acronyms and Abbreviations | 312 |
Bibliography | 396 |
Water A Thematic Case Study in GEG | 409 |
Selected Intergovernmental Environmental Agreements | 420 |
Principles and Values of Global Environmental Governance | 423 |
Major Civil Society Alternative Agreements | 444 |
Documenting Governance | 447 |
Random Definitions | 452 |
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