Описание: Industrial forestry in North America is at a crossroads. A broadconsensus has emerged that both the practice and theory of forestrymust change in order to achieve sustainability. This book is apioneering attempt to consider the concrete policy implications of themuch discussed transition to sustainable forestry. It integrates twodistinct academic literatures: one that seeks to define and identifyways to implement sustainable forestry, and another that focuses on therelative merits of regulatory and market instruments for promotingenvironmental values.
Описание: Our forests are in crisis, ranging from unsustainable felling in many developing countries to die-back of trees in polluted parts of the industrialised world. This book calls for radical policy reform, new political leadership, more civil involvement, and more scientific study to help ensure the future of our planet`s forests.
Описание: These changes are crucial to confronting the existential threats posed by climate change, resource depletion and overpopulation.This book will be of particular interest to practitioners of environmental management and to anyone concerned for the future of the planet.
Описание: The second part, on policy and regulation, begins with an extensive and fundamental consideration on the characteristics of a sustainable heavy metals policy, whereby innovative policy tools are developed.
Автор: Peter N. Mascia; J?rgen Scheffran; Jack M. Widholm Название: Plant Biotechnology for Sustainable Production of Energy and Co-products ISBN: 3642264999 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783642264993 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 26120.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The successful use of plant biomass for the sustainable production of energy and co-products such as chemicals is crucial to mankind`s future. This volume examines the uses of plant biomass and ways to improve the productivity and composition of plant species.
Описание: This book surveys state-of-the-art and prospective practices, methods and technologies in agri-food and forestry sectors to document the potential measurable improvements in areas of environmental management, food security, economic growth, social cohesion and human health at the local and global scale.
Описание: How must natural resource sectors change to achieve sustainabledevelopment in British Columbia? What reforms can be made to'institutions' in order to assist these changes? What newpolicy instruments can be introduced? What institutions and instrumentsare no longer useful? These questions are the topic of hot debate inBritish Columbia and elsewhere. Managing Natural Resources inBritish Columbia grapples with these questions and suggests somepreliminary answers.
Автор: James Reid Boyle; Jack K. Winjum; Kathleen Kavanag Название: Planted Forests: Contributions to the Quest for Sustainable Societies ISBN: 0792354680 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780792354680 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 34799.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Describes and discusses planted forests, from irrigated eucalypts in Brazil to Douglas-fir seedlings in the mountains of Oregon. This book considers in technical details, the varieties, purposes, forms, and ecological, economic and social aspects of planted forests. It looks at various case studies from temperate and tropical regions of the world.
Автор: James Reid Boyle; Jack K. Winjum; Kathleen Kavanag Название: Planted Forests: Contributions to the Quest for Sustainable Societies ISBN: 904815135X ISBN-13(EAN): 9789048151356 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 34799.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Planted forests, from irrigated eucalypts in Brazil to Douglas-fir seedlings in the mountains of Oregon, are described and discussed by international experts.
Автор: Godschalk, David R. Название: Sustainable Development Projects ISBN: 1611901200 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781611901207 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 22202.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Автор: Philipp Aerni Название: The Sustainable Provision of Environmental Services ISBN: 3319369822 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319369822 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 11179.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: In particular, the author challenges the theory behind Payments for Environmental Services (PES), a concept derived from neoclassical welfare economics, by demonstrating that PES projects often lack financial sustainability unless local entrepreneurs make use of the resulting new networks to create innovative markets for environmental goods.
Описание: This book explains why the concept of sustainable development needs to be consigned to history. Using examples from around the world, Richard Pagett illustrates how so-called sustainable development has simply been a cul-de-sac, condemning millions to continuing extreme poverty.
Building Global Resilience in the Aftermath of Sustainable Development highlights the futility of current governance systems in meeting modern day global challenges. It also explains the changes that are necessary for a more just and equitable economic societal model, with planetary limits at its core, to further the resilience of communities and society at large. These changes are crucial to confronting the existential threats posed by climate change, resource depletion and overpopulation.
This book will be of particular interest to practitioners of environmental management and to anyone concerned for the future of the planet.
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