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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... million who die needlessly every year ; the 150 million chil- dren who do not get a chance to go to school . Those who are here know these statistics ; that is why you are here , so I will not regale you with them . I merely want you to ...
... million who die needlessly every year ; the 150 million chil- dren who do not get a chance to go to school . Those who are here know these statistics ; that is why you are here , so I will not regale you with them . I merely want you to ...
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... million children were given polio vaccine in India on one day alone . It is likely that poliomyelitis will be eradicated globally by the year 2002 , and there is a possibility that measles may also disappear within that decade . A ...
... million children were given polio vaccine in India on one day alone . It is likely that poliomyelitis will be eradicated globally by the year 2002 , and there is a possibility that measles may also disappear within that decade . A ...
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... million cars in America today . If people had more time to com- ply with the standards , they could wait until the point at which they would have purchased a new car anyway , and buy one with lower emissions . The cost of the regulation ...
... million cars in America today . If people had more time to com- ply with the standards , they could wait until the point at which they would have purchased a new car anyway , and buy one with lower emissions . The cost of the regulation ...
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... million deaths . An increase in surface tem- peratures of three to four degrees Centigrade could increase the ... millions of people in the low - lying deltaic ar- eas of Bangladesh , China , and Egypt ; whole cul- tures , such as small ...
... million deaths . An increase in surface tem- peratures of three to four degrees Centigrade could increase the ... millions of people in the low - lying deltaic ar- eas of Bangladesh , China , and Egypt ; whole cul- tures , such as small ...
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... million children are not enrolled in primary schools ( 103 million are girls ) . Doubling available food without excessive use of synthetic chemicals , conversion of natural habitats , or degradation of marginal lands • Today 800 million ...
... million children are not enrolled in primary schools ( 103 million are girls ) . Doubling available food without excessive use of synthetic chemicals , conversion of natural habitats , or degradation of marginal lands • Today 800 million ...
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