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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... means of achieving the desired results , and that legal arrangements responding to these agree- ments create a level playing field and opportu- nities for innovation in the marketplace . The conditions of our global ecosystems reflect ...
... means of achieving the desired results , and that legal arrangements responding to these agree- ments create a level playing field and opportu- nities for innovation in the marketplace . The conditions of our global ecosystems reflect ...
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... mean that they are not enor- mously important for the human condition . I do not think that any of us can be in any doubt whatsoever that the shape of the con- temporary world is , in many ways , determined by science and technology ...
... mean that they are not enor- mously important for the human condition . I do not think that any of us can be in any doubt whatsoever that the shape of the con- temporary world is , in many ways , determined by science and technology ...
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... mean- ingfully addressed . Today developing countries produce as many metric tons of carbon dioxide from industrial processes as do developed countries . Before the middle of the next century , carbon emissions by developing countries ...
... mean- ingfully addressed . Today developing countries produce as many metric tons of carbon dioxide from industrial processes as do developed countries . Before the middle of the next century , carbon emissions by developing countries ...
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... mean temperature by as much as three degrees centigrade . The variability of the temperature is likely to increase with its mean . Also , temperature in- creases will vary over time and space . The poles , for instance , will likely be ...
... mean temperature by as much as three degrees centigrade . The variability of the temperature is likely to increase with its mean . Also , temperature in- creases will vary over time and space . The poles , for instance , will likely be ...
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... means is joint implementation . Joint implemen- tation gives developed countries ( or companies within them ) credit for emissions reductions that they would not otherwise have undertaken any- where in the world . It may be a feasible ...
... means is joint implementation . Joint implemen- tation gives developed countries ( or companies within them ) credit for emissions reductions that they would not otherwise have undertaken any- where in the world . It may be a feasible ...
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