"Rhododendron ponticum in Britain and Ireland: Social, Economic and Ecological Factors in its Successful Invasion"
Rhododendron ponticum is the most expensive alien plant conservation problem in Britain and Ireland.
Rhododendron ponticum is the most expensive alien plant conservation problem in Britain and Ireland.
Roy Brouwer, Neil Powe, R. Kerry Turner, Ian J. Bateman, and Ian H. Langford outline support for both the individual WTP based approach and a participatory social deliberation approach to inform environmental decision-making processes.
In State of the World 2008: Innovations for a Sustainable Economy, researchers with the Worldwatch Institute and other leading experts highlight an array of economic innovations that offer new opportunities for long-term prosperity.
State of the World 2009: Into a Warming World examines the policy changes needed to combat climate change and explores the economic benefits that could flow from the transition.
In State of the World 2010: Transforming Cultures, sixty renowned researchers and practitioners describe how we can harness the world’s leading institutions—education, the media, business, governments, traditions, and social movements—to reorient cultures toward sustainability.
This film examines the development of a new, more localized food system in Venezuela.
This film investigates the crises facing China’s environment from the perspectives of four activists.
This film examines the pros and cons of the financialization of nature, an approach which some believe can make up for failed political solutions.
This paper explores the social and political factors that historically limited the national nature conservation movement’s influence in Japan, and outlines recent developments which may lead to both a greater emphasis on the greater participation of non-governmental organisations in the political process, and a greater emphasis on the protection of the natural environment.
Kamaljit Kaur Sangha and Jeremy Russell-Smith propose an integrated ecosystem services (ES) valuation framework for an indigenous savanna estate in northern Australia, describing how capabilities along with biophysical and socio-cultural ES benefits play a vital role for peoples’ well-being.