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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... investment . It has to be environmentally sound private - sector investment . Each of the elements of what we are doing is linked with the other , and the importance of our conference this week , which traverses such a broad range of ...
... investment . It has to be environmentally sound private - sector investment . Each of the elements of what we are doing is linked with the other , and the importance of our conference this week , which traverses such a broad range of ...
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... invest in carbon - re- ducing projects in developing countries . For developing countries this plan would offer in- creased investment flows and proenvironment technology transfers . Such projects would also be likely to reduce the ...
... invest in carbon - re- ducing projects in developing countries . For developing countries this plan would offer in- creased investment flows and proenvironment technology transfers . Such projects would also be likely to reduce the ...
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... invested in increasing its energy efficiency prior to 1990 , and has exhausted accessible op- tions , be obliged to reduce as much as a profli- gate country ? But we will never balance all the equities : How can we allow for differences ...
... invested in increasing its energy efficiency prior to 1990 , and has exhausted accessible op- tions , be obliged to reduce as much as a profli- gate country ? But we will never balance all the equities : How can we allow for differences ...
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... investments . Taken together these projects are eliminating 30 percent of the global consumption of ozone - de- pleting substances . As Jim Wolfensohn an- nounced at UNGASS , in collaboration with the Russian Government and with funding ...
... investments . Taken together these projects are eliminating 30 percent of the global consumption of ozone - de- pleting substances . As Jim Wolfensohn an- nounced at UNGASS , in collaboration with the Russian Government and with funding ...
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