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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... environmental de- velopment , the very actions being taken to bring in private sector could sow the seeds of disaster 10 ... Environment Matters . It is a regular review of what is going on within the World Bank Group , and I refer to it ...
... environmental de- velopment , the very actions being taken to bring in private sector could sow the seeds of disaster 10 ... Environment Matters . It is a regular review of what is going on within the World Bank Group , and I refer to it ...
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... environment . We should be frank : there is a huge debate about the quantity of carbon reduction that could result simply from eliminating these kinds of ir- rational inefficiencies . Economists are prone to think that people do not ...
... environment . We should be frank : there is a huge debate about the quantity of carbon reduction that could result simply from eliminating these kinds of ir- rational inefficiencies . Economists are prone to think that people do not ...
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... 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 Court of Jus- tice ...
... 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 Court of Jus- tice ...
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... environment , because if the environ- ment is not protected almost every human right is eroded , starting from the very right to life it- self . The right to health and all the other rights that we have built into the current system of ...
... environment , because if the environ- ment is not protected almost every human right is eroded , starting from the very right to life it- self . The right to health and all the other rights that we have built into the current system of ...
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... environment that you have . They have every right to roam around freely in this country as you have , because you are not the owner of this country . You are only the trustee . You are looking after it for the benefit of all crea- tures ...
... environment that you have . They have every right to roam around freely in this country as you have , because you are not the owner of this country . You are only the trustee . You are looking after it for the benefit of all crea- tures ...
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