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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... principle embodied in the Rio Convention , but by impos- ing no obligations , it went too far . One target that I think would receive wide assent , especially from the developing countries , would be a given level of emissions per ...
... principle embodied in the Rio Convention , but by impos- ing no obligations , it went too far . One target that I think would receive wide assent , especially from the developing countries , would be a given level of emissions per ...
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... principles . Notes 1. Some have recently argued that the rate of change of atmospheric concentration may have impacts , par- ticularly on climatic variability , but the differences in the rate of change of atmospheric concentration in ...
... principles . Notes 1. Some have recently argued that the rate of change of atmospheric concentration may have impacts , par- ticularly on climatic variability , but the differences in the rate of change of atmospheric concentration in ...
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... principles , con- cepts , and procedures that will enable environ- mental law and conservation of the environment to develop in the future . Environmental law is a rapidly developing branch of the law , and sustainable development is a ...
... principles , con- cepts , and procedures that will enable environ- mental law and conservation of the environment to develop in the future . Environmental law is a rapidly developing branch of the law , and sustainable development is a ...
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... principles of law recog- nized by civilized nations , judgments , and the writings of jurists . From all those we must cull whatever principles we can derive that have a bearing on this question of sustainable develop- ment . I do not ...
... principles of law recog- nized by civilized nations , judgments , and the writings of jurists . From all those we must cull whatever principles we can derive that have a bearing on this question of sustainable develop- ment . I do not ...
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... principle of en- vironmental law , the principle of trusteeship . The king was told : You are not the owner , you are the trustee ; look after this land . And the king , in con- sequence of that sermon , started sanctuaries for animals ...
... principle of en- vironmental law , the principle of trusteeship . The king was told : You are not the owner , you are the trustee ; look after this land . And the king , in con- sequence of that sermon , started sanctuaries for animals ...
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