"'Bridging Divides for Water': The Fifth World Water Forum (WWF) and the Alternative Water Forum"
A report on the activities and debates at the fifth World Water Forum held at Istanbul in March 2009.
A report on the activities and debates at the fifth World Water Forum held at Istanbul in March 2009.
Sir Crispin Tickell scans what industrial countries can and have to do in order to give a lead in global arrangements to alleviate economic and ecological problems.
Paul M. Wood discusses biodiversity as the source of biological resources.
In his article, Walter K. Dodds tries to answer the question of whether we can control humanity’s hitherto endless appetite for resources before we irreparably harm the global ecosystem and cause the extinction of even more species.
Managing the Unknown offers essays that show that deficient knowledge is a far more pervasive challenge in resource history than conventional readings suggest. Furthermore, environmental ignorance does not inevitably shrink with the march of scientific progress. This volume combines insights from different continents as well as the seas in between and thus sketches outlines of an emerging global resource history.
This article aims to disclose the nature and underlying causes of the recent food crises focusing on both conjunctural and structural factors; to analyze the socio-economic and geopolitical impacts of food price increases; to identify the possible strategies to minimize the trade-off between the increase of agricultural production and the sustainable use of natural resources.
In Catastrophic Times: Resisting the Coming Barbarism warns the reader about the possibility that we have already entered a catastrophic time, determined by the apparently uncontrollable impact of anthropogenic activities and the incapability of governments and authorities to respond effectively.