Includes an overview on multilateral treaties, principles for sustainable development of forests, and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Eds., Sep. 1993, 35. Includes sections on the Earth Summit, the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, ozone depletion and the Montreal Protocol. The five themes included environmental measurement and monitoring systems, social science perspectives on human interaction with the biosphere, and strategies for meeting information needs. Six commissioned papers from a 1992 Resources for the Future conference, which examined the issues from both natural science and economic perspectives.
Sustainable development can only proceed alongside justice and democratic freedom for all species.
Extensive review by T. O'Riordan in Nature , pp. 793-794, Oct. 28, 1993. Published for the World Bank by Oxford. Describes practical approaches for maintaining economic growth while safeguarding natural resources, at the national and international levels. Discussion includes economics and market instruments, population growth, income distribution, property rights and international agreements.