Partnerships for Global Ecosystem Management: Science, Economics, and Law : Proceedings and Reference Readings from the Fifth Annual World Bank Conference on Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development, Held at the World Bank and George Washington University, Washington, D.C., October 6-7, 1997, Page 273Ismail Serageldin, Joan Martin-Brown World Bank Publications, 1999 - 272 pages The theme for the fifth annual Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development Conference was the scientific, legal, and economic requirements of global ecosystem management. This volume presents readings and examines the outcomes from this conference. The objectives were to engage external experts and Bank managers and staff; to provide a unique opportunity for major professional groups to interact on the requirements to link scientific, economic, and legal solutions for global ecosystem management at the country level; and to promote understanding as to how best practice and innovations can be used for shared ecosystem management in sustainable development planning. |
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... Convention entailed a framework with two properties : ( 1 ) quantitative targets for emis- sions imposed on each country ; and ( 2 ) targets based on historical emissions levels . The setting of targets , including ( perhaps es ...
... Convention entailed a framework with two properties : ( 1 ) quantitative targets for emis- sions imposed on each country ; and ( 2 ) targets based on historical emissions levels . The setting of targets , including ( perhaps es ...
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... Convention on Biological Diversity states , to sustainably use biodiversity and to en- sure an equitable sharing of its benefits . Effects of Ozone Depletion One of the inappropriate , although inadvertent , uses of technology , was the ...
... Convention on Biological Diversity states , to sustainably use biodiversity and to en- sure an equitable sharing of its benefits . Effects of Ozone Depletion One of the inappropriate , although inadvertent , uses of technology , was the ...
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... Convention Meeting in Kyoto in December ; a time when the new millennium is fast approach- ing , and we need to have in place effective poli- cies and institutions for addressing its unique challenges . This morning you heard a great ...
... Convention Meeting in Kyoto in December ; a time when the new millennium is fast approach- ing , and we need to have in place effective poli- cies and institutions for addressing its unique challenges . This morning you heard a great ...
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... conventions : 143 developing countries have ratified the Biodiversity Convention ; 138 have ratified the Framework Convention on Climate Change ; 119 have ratified the Montreal Protocol of the Vienna Convention to protect the ozone ...
... conventions : 143 developing countries have ratified the Biodiversity Convention ; 138 have ratified the Framework Convention on Climate Change ; 119 have ratified the Montreal Protocol of the Vienna Convention to protect the ozone ...
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... Convention and its Action Plan . This , in turn , led to a series of subsequent re- gional conventions . Then came the wave of glo- bal issues , starting with the Montreal Protocol , then the Framework Convention on Climate Change ...
... Convention and its Action Plan . This , in turn , led to a series of subsequent re- gional conventions . Then came the wave of glo- bal issues , starting with the Montreal Protocol , then the Framework Convention on Climate Change ...
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