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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... conserve or substi- tute fuels . Evidence suggests that decisions about energy use are responsive to price . Figure 7 shows , for instance , that gasoline consumption per dollar of GDP is substantially lower in coun- tries with higher ...
... conserve or substi- tute fuels . Evidence suggests that decisions about energy use are responsive to price . Figure 7 shows , for instance , that gasoline consumption per dollar of GDP is substantially lower in coun- tries with higher ...
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... conservation of the environment to develop in the future . Environmental law is a rapidly developing branch of the law , and sustainable development is a rapidly developing branch of environmental law . Just last week the International ...
... conservation of the environment to develop in the future . Environmental law is a rapidly developing branch of the law , and sustainable development is a rapidly developing branch of environmental law . Just last week the International ...
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... conserving the environ- ment . They would live on a block of land and then move away from it , returning only after ... conservation . Writers on this civilization have said that , in this respect , the Inca civilization was triumphant ...
... conserving the environ- ment . They would live on a block of land and then move away from it , returning only after ... conservation . Writers on this civilization have said that , in this respect , the Inca civilization was triumphant ...
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... conserve the environment . All of these concepts are based on the philosophy that hu- man beings did not weave the web of life . It was woven by a higher source and we have no right to interfere in such a manner as to dam- age it ...
... conserve the environment . All of these concepts are based on the philosophy that hu- man beings did not weave the web of life . It was woven by a higher source and we have no right to interfere in such a manner as to dam- age it ...
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... conserve but , much more important , to understand them for sustainable use . The time of simply " protect- ing " critical ecosystems with national parks has passed . While it is an important element in any strategy to save biodiversity ...
... conserve but , much more important , to understand them for sustainable use . The time of simply " protect- ing " critical ecosystems with national parks has passed . While it is an important element in any strategy to save biodiversity ...
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