Environmental conservation

This book demonstrates the commitment of countries worldwide to environmental protection through the testimony of nine national leaders, former heads of state and government, on the concept of "development without destruction". This publication was released ten years after the Stockholm Conference (1972) and also discusses the role and responsibility of UNEP.

This publication compiles the diary of Paolo Videsott, one of the founders of IUCN and a major figure in nature conservation in Italy, written during his imprisonment by Nazis between 1943 and 1945, and correspondence written between 1981 and 2006.

While some argue that trade liberalization has raised incomes and led to environmental protection in developing countries, others claim that it generates neither poverty reduction nor sustainability. The detailed case studies in this book demonstrate that neither interpretation is correct, given how much depends on specific policies and institutions that determine ‘on-the-ground’ outcomes.