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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... designed by Tomoko Hirata . Ismail Serageldin is vice president , Special Programs , at the World Bank . Joan Martin - Brown is adviser to the vice president for Special Programs . ISBN 0-8213-4265-7 The text and the cover are printed ...
... designed by Tomoko Hirata . Ismail Serageldin is vice president , Special Programs , at the World Bank . Joan Martin - Brown is adviser to the vice president for Special Programs . ISBN 0-8213-4265-7 The text and the cover are printed ...
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... designed from knowing the structure of the molecules at the ter- tiary level - this is advanced science - and the first example is designer drugs that are being uni- versally used in an affected community . We are going to see many more ...
... designed from knowing the structure of the molecules at the ter- tiary level - this is advanced science - and the first example is designer drugs that are being uni- versally used in an affected community . We are going to see many more ...
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... designed with this assumption . We do not have this option for humanity as a whole . The resources available on this planet have to be maintained for the millennia . There can be no sustainable development that ignores the ultimate ...
... designed with this assumption . We do not have this option for humanity as a whole . The resources available on this planet have to be maintained for the millennia . There can be no sustainable development that ignores the ultimate ...
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... designed to minimize overall costs . This concern about costs and efficiency does not just reflect an economist's obsession . Ev- eryone knows that addressing global climate change requires collective action at the inter- national level ...
... designed to minimize overall costs . This concern about costs and efficiency does not just reflect an economist's obsession . Ev- eryone knows that addressing global climate change requires collective action at the inter- national level ...
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... designed to benefit developing countries as it improves the global environment . To be sure , issues of effectiveness are involved in joint implementation . But we should not al- low the perfect to be the enemy of the good . The ...
... designed to benefit developing countries as it improves the global environment . To be sure , issues of effectiveness are involved in joint implementation . But we should not al- low the perfect to be the enemy of the good . The ...
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