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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... scientific , legal , and economic requirements of global ecosystem management . Although inter- national agreements are but one element of ad- dressing global environmental issues - such as the loss of biodiversity , climate change ...
... scientific , legal , and economic requirements of global ecosystem management . Although inter- national agreements are but one element of ad- dressing global environmental issues - such as the loss of biodiversity , climate change ...
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... insisted , to address these issues we must also think of measurement , education , scientific research , social consequences , and poverty . They all come together 6 Global Challenges for Managing Ecosystems James D Wolfensohn.
... insisted , to address these issues we must also think of measurement , education , scientific research , social consequences , and poverty . They all come together 6 Global Challenges for Managing Ecosystems James D Wolfensohn.
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... scientific spec- trum . That doesn't 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 ...
... scientific spec- trum . That doesn't 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 ...
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... scientific consensus holds that this will lead to increase in mean global temperatures . Figure 2 portrays the projected consequences of inaction . Even allowing for considerable uncertainty , by the year 2100 we may triple the ...
... scientific consensus holds that this will lead to increase in mean global temperatures . Figure 2 portrays the projected consequences of inaction . Even allowing for considerable uncertainty , by the year 2100 we may triple the ...
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... scientific and policy perspectives . This is not the case ; they are , in fact , highly linked from the sci- ence perspective , and they need to be equally linked from the science perspective , and they need to be equally linked from ...
... scientific and policy perspectives . This is not the case ; they are , in fact , highly linked from the sci- ence perspective , and they need to be equally linked from the science perspective , and they need to be equally linked from ...
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