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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... examples of best practice and innovative processes ; contributions to the content of country development strategies ; and assistence to development practitioners in better assessing the global connections of their work . Ismail ...
... examples of best practice and innovative processes ; contributions to the content of country development strategies ; and assistence to development practitioners in better assessing the global connections of their work . Ismail ...
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... example of how we are now looking at all these issues . We used to view agricultural development as a separate area . Sev- enty percent of the world's poor work in agricul- ture ; there is an immense amount of soil degradation ; 70 ...
... example of how we are now looking at all these issues . We used to view agricultural development as a separate area . Sev- enty percent of the world's poor work in agricul- ture ; there is an immense amount of soil degradation ; 70 ...
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... example , now hav- ing their files processed by low - cost employ- ees in developing countries . Hopefully this is going to result in some redistribution of wealth , not just in exploitation . In the West the labor movements that so ...
... example , now hav- ing their files processed by low - cost employ- ees in developing countries . Hopefully this is going to result in some redistribution of wealth , not just in exploitation . In the West the labor movements that so ...
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... example , could the problem of bacte- rial contamination of fish populations that we are currently dealing with in Maryland and North Carolina , which is being blamed on high - density pig and poultry operations in adjacent states ...
... example , could the problem of bacte- rial contamination of fish populations that we are currently dealing with in Maryland and North Carolina , which is being blamed on high - density pig and poultry operations in adjacent states ...
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... examples of the necessity for a multidisciplinary approach . You may not realize it , but if you develop cancer , what happens to you can be somewhat of a lottery . I am not trying to frighten you , but you should know about this ...
... examples of the necessity for a multidisciplinary approach . You may not realize it , but if you develop cancer , what happens to you can be somewhat of a lottery . I am not trying to frighten you , but you should know about this ...
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