Biodiversity

Forty years after the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm, the goal of sustainable development continues via the Rio+20 conference in 2012.

The drive for change has informed human endeavour throughout history.

The drive for change has informed human endeavour throughout history.

The direction of higher education is at a crossroads against a background of mounting sustainability-related issues and uncertainties.

The direction of higher education is at a crossroads against a background of mounting sustainability-related issues and uncertainties.

Which new institutions do we need in order to trigger local- and global sustainable urban development?

Which new institutions do we need in order to trigger local- and global sustainable urban development?

This book brings together geological, biological, radical economic, technological, historical and social perspectives on peak oil and other scarce resources.

This book brings together geological, biological, radical economic, technological, historical and social perspectives on peak oil and other scarce resources.

'Biodiversity' at its simplest, refers to the variety of species inhabiting Planet Earth.

'Biodiversity' at its simplest, refers to the variety of species inhabiting Planet Earth.

Protected areas (PAs) contain biodiversity and ecosystems of high conservation value.

Protected areas (PAs) contain biodiversity and ecosystems of high conservation value.

Climate change is one of the greatest challenges facing human kind owing to the great uncertainty regarding future impacts, which affect all regions and many ecosystems.

Climate change is one of the greatest challenges facing human kind owing to the great uncertainty regarding future impacts, which affect all regions and many ecosystems.

Humanity is dependent on Nature to survive, yet our society largely acts as if this is not the case.

Humanity is dependent on Nature to survive, yet our society largely acts as if this is not the case.

Energy is at the top of the list of environmental problems facing industrial society, and is arguably the one that has been handled least successfully, in part because politicians and the public do not understand the physical technologies, while the engineers and industrialists do not understand the societal forces in which they operate.

Energy is at the top of the list of environmental problems facing industrial society, and is arguably the one that has been handled least successfully, in part because politicians and the public do not understand the physical technologies, while the engineers and industrialists do not understand the societal forces in which they operate.

In response to the challenges of a growing population and food security, there is an urgent need to construct a new agri-food sustainability paradigm.

In response to the challenges of a growing population and food security, there is an urgent need to construct a new agri-food sustainability paradigm.

The world's poor will be the most critically affected by a changing climate-and yet their current plight isn't improving rapidly enough to fulfill the UN's Millennium Development Goals.

The world's poor will be the most critically affected by a changing climate-and yet their current plight isn't improving rapidly enough to fulfill the UN's Millennium Development Goals.

The changing economic environment for the consumer that is emerging from the wreckage of the financial credit crunch plays directly into the importance of food spending.

The changing economic environment for the consumer that is emerging from the wreckage of the financial credit crunch plays directly into the importance of food spending.

To enhance sustainable development research and practice the values of the researchers, project managers and participants must first be made explicit.

To enhance sustainable development research and practice the values of the researchers, project managers and participants must first be made explicit.

Farmers' Rights are essential for maintaining crop genetic diversity, which is the basis of all food and agricultural production in the world.

Farmers' Rights are essential for maintaining crop genetic diversity, which is the basis of all food and agricultural production in the world.

This book explores cooperation between humans and animals in extreme environments and contends that understanding domestication is crucial to explaining how life is possible in such conditions.

Awareness of the use of animals in human society in fields such as farming, biotechnology and sport is dogged by the lack of a clear and objective exposition of the issues involved and a sense of possible conflict between human and animal welfare.

Awareness of the use of animals in human society in fields such as farming, biotechnology and sport is dogged by the lack of a clear and objective exposition of the issues involved and a sense of possible conflict between human and animal welfare.

The growing urgency, complexity and "e;wickedness"e; of sustainability problems-from climate change and biodiversity loss to ecosystem degradation and persistent poverty and inequality-present fundamental challenges to scientific knowledge production and its use.

The growing urgency, complexity and "e;wickedness"e; of sustainability problems-from climate change and biodiversity loss to ecosystem degradation and persistent poverty and inequality-present fundamental challenges to scientific knowledge production and its use.

Humankind benefits from a multitude of resources and processes that are supplied by ecosystems, and collectively these benefits are known as ecosystem services.

Humankind benefits from a multitude of resources and processes that are supplied by ecosystems, and collectively these benefits are known as ecosystem services.

Ecotourism and natural resource extraction may be seen as contradictory pursuits, yet in reality they often take place side by side, sometimes even supported by the same institutions.

Ecotourism and natural resource extraction may be seen as contradictory pursuits, yet in reality they often take place side by side, sometimes even supported by the same institutions.

The Great Barrier Reef is located along the coast of Queensland in north-east Australia and is the world's largest coral reef ecosystem.

The Great Barrier Reef is located along the coast of Queensland in north-east Australia and is the world's largest coral reef ecosystem.

RFF's Roger Sedjo and his colleagues discuss initiatives designed to promote and enhance sustainable forestry in temperate countries.

RFF's Roger Sedjo and his colleagues discuss initiatives designed to promote and enhance sustainable forestry in temperate countries.

Decades of U.

Decades of U.

Pollution control, a key component of U.

Pollution control, a key component of U.

Renowned economist William Nordhaus has developed many innovative approaches for analyzing complex environmental questions.

Renowned economist William Nordhaus has developed many innovative approaches for analyzing complex environmental questions.

Protecting environmental quality while pursuing economic development poses a particularly difficult challenge to the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, where political and economic systems are changing rapidly following decades of environmental neglect and economic mismanagement.

Protecting environmental quality while pursuing economic development poses a particularly difficult challenge to the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, where political and economic systems are changing rapidly following decades of environmental neglect and economic mismanagement.