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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... ensure that envi- ronmental and social development is not just another department of our institution , but that these issues are central to everything that we do . I tried very hard in a speech I gave in Hong Kong just a week ago to ...
... ensure that envi- ronmental and social development is not just another department of our institution , but that these issues are central to everything that we do . I tried very hard in a speech I gave in Hong Kong just a week ago to ...
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... ensure that emissions reductions and innovations to improve technologies were being undertaken in the least costly areas . In order for this to happen , private agents would have to make their own choices about where it is least costly ...
... ensure that emissions reductions and innovations to improve technologies were being undertaken in the least costly areas . In order for this to happen , private agents would have to make their own choices about where it is least costly ...
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... ensuring maximization of the use of natural resources ; equity in the shar- ing of resources ; the affirmative duty to pro- tect and conserve the environment . All of these concepts are based on the philosophy that hu- man beings did ...
... ensuring maximization of the use of natural resources ; equity in the shar- ing of resources ; the affirmative duty to pro- tect and conserve the environment . All of these concepts are based on the philosophy that hu- man beings did ...
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... ensure quality in achieving results on the ground . The portfolio also includes support for energy , where many ... Ensuring that compliance with our " do no 40 Partnerships for Global Ecosystem Management.
... ensure quality in achieving results on the ground . The portfolio also includes support for energy , where many ... Ensuring that compliance with our " do no 40 Partnerships for Global Ecosystem Management.
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... ensure prudent use of the funds . Major policy risks are also present on the en- vironmental side although by their nature , the adverse repercussions are likely to take longer to appear and be more difficult to reverse . Re- cent ...
... ensure prudent use of the funds . Major policy risks are also present on the en- vironmental side although by their nature , the adverse repercussions are likely to take longer to appear and be more difficult to reverse . Re- cent ...
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