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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... sector investment , which is important in terms of generating jobs and economic well - being . But unless we think of it also in terms of social and environmental de- velopment Global Challenges for Managing Ecosystems 7.
... sector investment , which is important in terms of generating jobs and economic well - being . But unless we think of it also in terms of social and environmental de- velopment Global Challenges for Managing Ecosystems 7.
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... importance of our conference this week , which traverses such a broad range of subjects , is that we must start to ... important issue of America's role at the Kyoto meeting and the problem of carbon emissions . The World Bank Group is ...
... importance of our conference this week , which traverses such a broad range of subjects , is that we must start to ... important issue of America's role at the Kyoto meeting and the problem of carbon emissions . The World Bank Group is ...
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... importance to human well - being , such as religious belief , and also bear tremendously on questions of sustainable ... important for the human condition . I do not think that any of us can be in any doubt whatsoever that the shape of ...
... importance to human well - being , such as religious belief , and also bear tremendously on questions of sustainable ... important for the human condition . I do not think that any of us can be in any doubt whatsoever that the shape of ...
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... important challenges facing the world : reducing the threat of global climate change . They face great uncertainty in the prob- lems they are negotiating , since the likely changes in temperature and climate , and their conse- quences ...
... important challenges facing the world : reducing the threat of global climate change . They face great uncertainty in the prob- lems they are negotiating , since the likely changes in temperature and climate , and their conse- quences ...
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... importance of achieving emission reductions in an efficient way . Sequential Decisions and " Halfway Houses " In thinking about how to address climate change , it is important to remember that we learn more as time passes . We are ...
... importance of achieving emission reductions in an efficient way . Sequential Decisions and " Halfway Houses " In thinking about how to address climate change , it is important to remember that we learn more as time passes . We are ...
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