Author: Publisher: IICA
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Conservacion De Los Recursos Naturales, Medio Ambiente Y Comercio Internacional Una Vision desde America Latina y el Caribe
Author: Manuel OteroPublisher: IICA Biblioteca Venezuela
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : es
Pages : 38
Book Description
El analisis del tema de la conservacion de los recursos naturales y del medio ambiente debe ser encarado con base en dos premisas basicas. En primer lugar, que el sistema economico y los recursos naturales estan estrechament vinculados, por lo que ignorar uno de esos ejes significa poner en peligro al otro. En segundo lugar, que las interrelacionesno son locales como se pensaba hasta no hace mucho tiempo, sino que, por el contrario, los efectos de acciones sobre los recursos se hacen sentir en puntos lejanos del planeta. El problema de la conservacion de los recursos naturales y del medio ambiente no es nuevo, lo que ha cambiado es la magnitud de la presion sobre la base de recursos y la percepcion que se tiene sobre el tema, que en la actualidad trasciende las fronteras de las ciencias biologicas, conectandose con el comercio internacional, la pobreza, la paz y, por lo tanto, con la seguridad misma del planeta.
Author: Publisher: Bib. Orton IICA / CATIE
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
Agricultural Modernization and Resource Deterioration in Latin America
Author: Jorge A. Torres Z.Publisher: IICA Biblioteca Venezuela
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural innovations
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Agricultural modernization in Latin America; Environmental risks pf agricultural modernization; The environment and public policy.
Growing Pains
Author: Walter WehrmeyerPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351283111
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
Environmental management is a global phenomenon, embracing all businesses in all countries, whether or not there already exists an organised response to managing environmental impacts. Today, there are gross inequalities between the world's richest and poorest nations in terms of income distribution, consumption patterns, access to resources and environmental impact. Yet both the developed north and the developing south are committed, at least in words, to achieving sustainable development. Public awareness of environmental issues in the North has been rising in recent years and further degradation is now largely minimized through more stringent regulatory regimes, voluntary agreements and growing consumer and stakeholder pressure on corporations. Still, the north is continuing to lead an environmentally unsustainable lifestyle as environmental improvements are nullified by overall increases in consumption levels. In the south, a billion people still do not have access to the most basic needs. Poor countries need to accelerate their consumption growth if they are to ensure that the lives of their people are enriched. However, with rapid economic growth and corresponding increases in consumption now under way, their environmental impact is soon to become substantially greater. In a world that strives towards stemming global crises such as climate change, the path already taken by the rich and high-growth economies over the past century cannot be repeated by the south if the desired objective is to create a future that is truly sustainable. Growing Pains examines environmental management in the south from a number of perspectives. It is designed to stimulate the discussion about the role that corporations and national and international organizations play in sustainable development. It does not offer panaceas, as each country has its own problems and opportunities; and, after almost 50 years of failed panacea-oriented economic development policy transfer from the north to the south, it is time to abandon hope for universal solutions and instead look to individual approaches that work. The book is divided into five themes: globalization; the role of business; a focus on national strategies; trade and the environment; and the organizational and structural challenges of sustainable development. With contributions from an outstanding collection of authors in both the developed and developing worlds including UNIDO; the Thailand Environment Institute, Arthur D. Little, Inc., Shell Peru; IUCN, the Russian Academy of Sciences and IIED, this important and unique new book presents a body of work that will provide essential reading for businesses working in developing countries, environmental and developmental NGOs and researchers engaged in the debate and sharing of best practice in this increasingly critical subject area.
Pest Risk Analysis
Author: Jerry L. FowlerPublisher: IICA Biblioteca Venezuela
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
Pest risk assessment methodology; The role of IICA's agricultural health program in PRA.
Appendices Annual Report 1992
Author: Managing Human-dominated Ecosystems
Author: Victoria Catherine HollowellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
How do you place an economic value on biodiversity? How does the trend toward high-tech industries affect pressure on environmental resources, at home and abroad? How can we build an environmentally sustainable future that makes sense economically? An international group of ecologists and economists gathered at the Missouri Botanical Garden in 1998 to discuss ecosystem services and the economy. Examples are drawn from New York Citys Catskill and Croton Watersheds, Australian savannas, Latin American cities and forests, European industrial systems, African river basins, and more.
Turrialba
Author: Land Tenure, Land Titling, and the Adoption of Improved Soil Management Practices in Honduras
Author: Patricia BonnardPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Land tenure
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description