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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... effect , we cannot have the overall effect . We have to do that together . And that is why we support so vigorously these con- ferences , of which this is the fifth ; conferences that bring together the players from the pri- vate sector ...
... effect , we cannot have the overall effect . We have to do that together . And that is why we support so vigorously these con- ferences , of which this is the fifth ; conferences that bring together the players from the pri- vate sector ...
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... effect through which our policies and our actions have their ultimate impacts is , indeed , systemic or ecological . So the challenge we face is not just how to manage ecosystems , but how to apply the eco- logical , systemic approach ...
... effect through which our policies and our actions have their ultimate impacts is , indeed , systemic or ecological . So the challenge we face is not just how to manage ecosystems , but how to apply the eco- logical , systemic approach ...
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... effect at the outset ? Does the technology for such solu- tions exist on the necessary scale ? Sustainable development cannot depend solely on the entrepreneurial spirit . Agencies that supply funds for economic development have a very ...
... effect at the outset ? Does the technology for such solu- tions exist on the necessary scale ? Sustainable development cannot depend solely on the entrepreneurial spirit . Agencies that supply funds for economic development have a very ...
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... effect . Insofar as possible , the effort should be made to develop well - researched protocols , so that we are not do- ing everything for the first time . The lesson from science and medicine is that we need to learn from our ...
... effect . Insofar as possible , the effort should be made to develop well - researched protocols , so that we are not do- ing everything for the first time . The lesson from science and medicine is that we need to learn from our ...
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... effects . These in- clude the likely path of greenhouse gas emissions , the effect of emissions on atmospheric concen- tration , the effect of atmospheric concentration on temperature and climate , and the effects of changing ...
... effects . These in- clude the likely path of greenhouse gas emissions , the effect of emissions on atmospheric concen- tration , the effect of atmospheric concentration on temperature and climate , and the effects of changing ...
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