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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... major professional groups to interact on the re- quirements to link scientific , economic , and le- gal solutions for global ecosystem management at the country level ; and to promote understand- ing as to how best practice and ...
... major professional groups to interact on the re- quirements to link scientific , economic , and le- gal solutions for global ecosystem management at the country level ; and to promote understand- ing as to how best practice and ...
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... major new ethi- cal questions . The whole of the human genome will have been completely sequenced within the first decade of the next millennium . Every month we read of the identification of a new suscepti- bility gene for one or ...
... major new ethi- cal questions . The whole of the human genome will have been completely sequenced within the first decade of the next millennium . Every month we read of the identification of a new suscepti- bility gene for one or ...
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... major factor in the developing world , where a family may be the only social safety net for the elderly . Realizing this , and also from compassion , last year was designated the year of the vaccine , re- flecting the initiation of a major ...
... major factor in the developing world , where a family may be the only social safety net for the elderly . Realizing this , and also from compassion , last year was designated the year of the vaccine , re- flecting the initiation of a major ...
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... major effect . The costs of reducing emissions are likely to be significant and cannot be ignored ; emissions - reduction strategies must be designed to minimize overall costs . This concern about costs and efficiency does not just ...
... major effect . The costs of reducing emissions are likely to be significant and cannot be ignored ; emissions - reduction strategies must be designed to minimize overall costs . This concern about costs and efficiency does not just ...
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... major concern appears to be with long - run atmospheric concentrations ( al- though there may be some impact of rates of changes as well ) . A number of ways of fine - tuning such propos- als could be cited , such as making the price ...
... major concern appears to be with long - run atmospheric concentrations ( al- though there may be some impact of rates of changes as well ) . A number of ways of fine - tuning such propos- als could be cited , such as making the price ...
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