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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... Global Information Systems Closing Remarks Ismail Serageldin 83 Kass Green 81 PART TWO SUMMARIES AND RESOURCE READINGS FROM CONFERENCE ROUNDTABLES Thematic Roundtables 91 Summary Climate Change 91 Reading Environmental Health Dimensions of ...
... Global Information Systems Closing Remarks Ismail Serageldin 83 Kass Green 81 PART TWO SUMMARIES AND RESOURCE READINGS FROM CONFERENCE ROUNDTABLES Thematic Roundtables 91 Summary Climate Change 91 Reading Environmental Health Dimensions of ...
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... global ecosystem management . Although inter- national agreements are but one element of ad- dressing global environmental issues - such as the loss of biodiversity , climate change , deserti- fication , ozone depletion , and water ...
... global ecosystem management . Although inter- national agreements are but one element of ad- dressing global environmental issues - such as the loss of biodiversity , climate change , deserti- fication , ozone depletion , and water ...
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... global issues have come to us from pictures of the fires in Indonesia . The need is upon us to develop a better understanding of the science that undergirds these events - from El Niño to green- house gases and climate change that bring ...
... global issues have come to us from pictures of the fires in Indonesia . The need is upon us to develop a better understanding of the science that undergirds these events - from El Niño to green- house gases and climate change that bring ...
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... climate change , biodiversity and sustainable forestry , desertification and land degradation , water and ozone ... climate change ; strengthening environmental valua- tion ; and the partnerships that we have estab- lished since the Rio ...
... climate change , biodiversity and sustainable forestry , desertification and land degradation , water and ozone ... climate change ; strengthening environmental valua- tion ; and the partnerships that we have estab- lished since the Rio ...
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... Global Climate Change Joseph E. Chair Maurice F. Strong I want to sound a note to reinforce Jim Wolfensohn's message . I have often charac- terized the environmental and sustainable development issue as a struggle between the world's ...
... Global Climate Change Joseph E. Chair Maurice F. Strong I want to sound a note to reinforce Jim Wolfensohn's message . I have often charac- terized the environmental and sustainable development issue as a struggle between the world's ...
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