Drawing on fifteen years of original research, the authors conclusively show that it is our man-made political and economic institutions that underlie economic success (or the lack of it).
Dans cette publication, nous faisons le point sur les connaissances et le savoir-faire générés par la première étape du projet, consistant à évaluer les principales menaces qui pèsent sur la biodiversité et à fournir des éléments de réponse aux questions spécifiques suivantes : comment les principales menaces pour la biodiversité ont-elles été identifiées et hiérarchisées, et comment les secteurs associés ont-ils été sélectionnés dans chaque pays ? Les différentes méthodes ont-elles coïncidé dans l’identification des principales menaces ?
In this publication, we take stock of the knowledge and know-how induced by the BIODEV2030 project’s first step, which is to assess the main threats to biodiversity and provide elements to address the following specific questions: how were main threats to biodiversity identified and ranked and associated sectors selected in each country? Were the different methods converging in identifying top threats? What are their respective strengths, limitations and complementarities?
Queensland, the great north-eastern State of the Commonwealth of Australia, is an enormous territory, possessing a considerable variety of climate and soil. It is situated in the northeast corner of the island-continent of Australia, between latitude 28 degrees and 9 degrees south, and longitude 153.5 degrees and 138 degrees east. It has a coastline between 2000 and 3000 miles, along which are many splendid natural harbours.
This monthly magazine is published by the Third World Network which has its international secretariat based in Penang. The aim of the magazine is to give a Third World perspective to the whole range of issues confronting the Third World namely, the environment, health and basic needs, international affairs, politics, economics, culture, and so on.
La nature est en souffrance. Notre économie est en déroute. Les limites du « toujours plus» sont atteintes. Repeindre sa façade en vert ne suffit plus. Pour contrer la crise écologique tout en soutenant l'activité des entreprises, Julia Haake et Basile Gueorguievsky parient sur une économie légère, qui saura créer plus (de bien-être) avec moins (de matière). Si certaines entreprises adaptent leur mode de fonctionnement aux nouvelles règles de l'écologie, d'autres innovent radicalement.
From Indian vultures to Chinese bees, Nature provides the 'natural services' that keep the economy going. From the recycling miracles in the soil; an army of predators ridding us of unwanted pests; an abundance of life creating a genetic codebook that underpins our food, pharmaceutical industries and much more, it has been estimated that these and other services are each year worth about double global GDP. Yet we take most of Nature's services for granted, imagining them free and limitless ...until they suddenly switch off.
Why shouldn't people who deplete our natural assets have to pay, and those who protect them reap profits? Conservation-minded entrepreneurs and others around the world are beginning to ask just that question, as the increasing scarcity of natural resources becomes a tangible threat to our own lives and our hopes for our children.
