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Author: Jeffrey A. McNeely Publisher: IUCN ISBN: 2831711789 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 235
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Conservation for a New Era outlines the critical issues facing us in the 21st century, developed from the results of the World Conservation Congress in Barcelona in October 2008. The landmark publication takes on the pressing issues of today and highlights the solutions to be found through investing in nature. The book is essential reading for governments, businesses and decision makers. It provides a snapshot of the current situation, split into 21 easy-to-read sections, as well as a roadmap for the future.
Author: Jeffrey A. McNeely Publisher: IUCN ISBN: 2831711789 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 235
Book Description
Conservation for a New Era outlines the critical issues facing us in the 21st century, developed from the results of the World Conservation Congress in Barcelona in October 2008. The landmark publication takes on the pressing issues of today and highlights the solutions to be found through investing in nature. The book is essential reading for governments, businesses and decision makers. It provides a snapshot of the current situation, split into 21 easy-to-read sections, as well as a roadmap for the future.
Author: Máximo Efraín Muñiz Lozano Publisher: GRIN Verlag ISBN: 3668106967 Category : Education Languages : es Pages : 169
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Estudio Científico del año 2015 en eltema Pedagogía - Otras, Nota: 10.00, , Materia: Desarrollo sustentable, Idioma: Español, Resumen: Es necesario que la educación superior en México asuma su guión frente al deterioro ambiental. La educación de hoy está distraída, en crisis, su discurso está dominado por una visión economista de la vida, está interesada por concebir un universo contable. Mientras la destrucción del mundo continúa en su ansiada carrera. El concepto de sustentabilidad se ha erigido como un discurso obligado de políticos, gobiernos, empresarios, corporaciones, medios de comunicación, académicos e investigadores. Al igual que la ecología pintó de verde al mundo, el desarrollo sustentable se convirtió en un objeto de consumo masivo que lo mismo vende votos y mercancías que falsas esperanzas. Mientras, la destrucción de la Tierra sigue su curso sin mayor demora. Se ha banalizado el tema a tal grado que se apela a estrategias tan simplistas como confusas: la “concientización” de la sociedad, el culto al reciclado de los desechos, la reforestación intensiva, la incorporación formal del tópico ambiental al curriculum, etc. Por otra parte, la percepción de un problema de tan grandes proporciones es causa de inmovilización: nos sentimos empequeñecidos por una escala planetaria que nos rebasa en recursos y posibles acciones. Si no se puede comparar lo individual con lo social o lo cultural, tampoco lo local con lo global. Hay una convicción de que un cambio de dimensiones paradigmáticas es necesario, pero que éste no está al alcance de nuestras posibilidades. Dos obstáculos enormes a vencer por la educación: la banalización y la teoría despojada de acción. Es urgente el fomento de una cultura socio-económica y ambiental que fundamente la toma de decisiones acordes con el bienestar a largo plazo. Las diversas acciones económicas, políticas, sociales, se proponen a la luz del desarrollo, entendido en términos de modernización, crecimiento económico, progreso, basado en el modelo económico del neoliberalismo. El concepto de desarrollo tecnológico es considerado como progreso, lo cual ha tenido consecuencias negativas. Desde hace más de dos décadas (González Gaudiano, 2006) se ha venido hablando del desarrollo sustentable y de la educación para el desarrollo sustentable, con la intención de “...desarrollar un entendimiento general de la interdependencia y fragilidad de los sistemas que sostienen la vida planetaria y la base de los recursos naturales de los que depende el bienestar humano...”. [...]
Author: United Nations Publications Publisher: ISBN: 9789211013689 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 60
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The aim of this report is to present an overview of the 17 Goals using data currently available to highlight the most significant gaps and challenges.
Author: Majeti Narasimha Vara Prasad Publisher: Elsevier ISBN: 0128028726 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 730
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Bioremediation and Bioeconomy provides a common platform for scientists from various backgrounds to find sustainable solutions to environmental issues, including the ever-growing lack of water resources which are under immense pressure due to land degradation, pollution, population explosion, urbanization, and global economic development. In addition, large amounts of toxic waste have been dispersed in thousands of contaminated sites and bioremediation is emerging as an invaluable tool for environmental clean-up. The book addresses these challenge by presenting innovative and cost-effective solutions to decontaminate polluted environments, including usage of contaminated land and waste water for bioproducts such as natural fibers, biocomposites, and fuels to boost the economy. Users will find a guide that helps scientists from various backgrounds find sustainable solutions to these environmental issues as they address the topical issues crucial for understanding new and innovative approaches for sustainable development. - Provides a compilation of new information on phytoremediation not found in other books in the present market - The first book to link phytoremediation and the bioeconomy - Includes strategies to utilize contaminated soils for producing bioresources and co-generation of value chain and value additions products
Author: UNESCO Publisher: UNESCO Publishing ISBN: 9231002333 Category : Languages : en Pages : 82
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This report aims to 'crack the code' by deciphering the factors that hinder and facilitate girls' and women's participation, achievement and continuation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education and, in particular, what the education sector can do to promote girls' and women's interest in and engagement with STEM education and ultimately STEM careers.
Author: Peter Hall Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell ISBN: 9780631199434 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 502
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Cities of Tomorrow is a critical history of planning in theory and practice in the twentieth century, as well as of the social and economic problems and opportunities that gave rise to it. Trenchant, perceptive, global in coverage, this book is an unrivalled account of its crucial subject. The third edition of Cities of Tomorrow is comprehensively revised to take account of abundant new literature published since its original appearance, and to view the 1990s in historical perspective. This is the definitive edition, reviewing the development of the modern planning movement over the entire span of the twentieth century.
Author: International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science, and Technology for Development (Project) Publisher: Iaastd ISBN: Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 260
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The International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science, and Technology for Development (IAASTD) looks realistically at how we could effectively use agriculture/AKST to help us meet development and sustainability goals. An unprecedented three-year collaborative effort, the IAASTD involved more than 400 authors in 110 countries and cost more than $11 million. It reports on the advances and setbacks of the past fifty years and offers options for the next fifty years. The results of the project are contained in seven reports: a Global Report, five regional Sub-Global Assessments, and a Synthesis Report. The Global Report gives the key findings of the Assessment, and the five Sub-Global Assessments address regional challenges. The volumes present options for action. All of the reports have been extensively peer-reviewed by governments and experts and all have been approved by a panel of participating governments. The Sub-Global Assessments all utilize a similar and consistent framework: examining and reporting on the impacts of AKST on hunger, poverty, nutrition, human health, and environmental/social sustainability. The five Sub-Global Assessments cover the following regions: Central and West Asia and North Africa (CWANA) East and South Asia and the Pacific (ESAP) Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) North America and Europe (NAE) Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)
Author: Ricardo Carriere Publisher: Zed Books ISBN: 9781856494380 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 290
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The expansion of the pulp and paper industry is one of the most important causes of land and water conflicts in the South. This book examines the threat to livelihood, soil and biodiversity generated by large-scale pulpwood plantations in the South.
Author: Jeffrey A. McNeely
Author: Jeffrey A. McNeely
Author: Máximo Efraín Muñiz Lozano
Author: Lester R. Brown
Author: United Nations Publications
Author: Elizabeth Tilley
Author: Majeti Narasimha Vara Prasad
Author: UNESCO
Author: Peter Hall
Author: International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science, and Technology for Development (Project)
Author: Ricardo Carriere