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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... measure of verifiable analysis , either by direct observation or , as in my own field , by ex- perimentation . If an idea or a proposition cannot at least be subjected to a testable hypothesis , it is not really in the realm of the ...
... measure of verifiable analysis , either by direct observation or , as in my own field , by ex- perimentation . If an idea or a proposition cannot at least be subjected to a testable hypothesis , it is not really in the realm of the ...
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... measures by the industrial North will only buy a few years for the global commons . The prospects for effective action by developed countries alone are even worse than this projec- tion suggests . Unless developing countries are ...
... measures by the industrial North will only buy a few years for the global commons . The prospects for effective action by developed countries alone are even worse than this projec- tion suggests . Unless developing countries are ...
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... + + + + 1990 2000 2010 2020 2030 2040 2050 2060 2070 2080 2090 2100 Zero - Cost Policies and Efficiency- Improving Measures Some policies The Sovereignty and Systems of Nature and Nations : Challenges and Opportunities 17.
... + + + + 1990 2000 2010 2020 2030 2040 2050 2060 2070 2080 2090 2100 Zero - Cost Policies and Efficiency- Improving Measures Some policies The Sovereignty and Systems of Nature and Nations : Challenges and Opportunities 17.
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... measures should be enough . But if they are wrong , it will not be a disaster . As I have been arguing , addressing climate change is a problem of sequential decisionmaking under uncertainty , a problem we will constantly revisit . If ...
... measures should be enough . But if they are wrong , it will not be a disaster . As I have been arguing , addressing climate change is a problem of sequential decisionmaking under uncertainty , a problem we will constantly revisit . If ...
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... Measures to Reduce Emissions But there is an alternative framework to common quantitative targets - sometimes called common measures that may be more acceptable , simply because it raises fewer distributional issues . The common measures ...
... Measures to Reduce Emissions But there is an alternative framework to common quantitative targets - sometimes called common measures that may be more acceptable , simply because it raises fewer distributional issues . The common measures ...
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