Human health

The ocean on which Earth depends for relatively predictable weather, temperature and provisioning of goods and services is now changing more rapidly than it has for millions of years. This is due to human interactions with the  atmosphere and land, and increasing expansion of the footprint of human impacts across the ocean.

At America's first frontier, we looked outward across the vast plains -- and they seemed limitless. At the second frontier, we looked downward into oil wells and coal mines. And they, too, seemed limitless. The next frontier will be the age of energy conservation and renewable resources. In Our next frontier, Robert Rodale speaks about the need to adopt a lifestyle now that responds to the changes we'll be faced with tomorrow.

There is a growing recognition that living well must go beyond economic and material plenty to encompass social and spiritual well-being. This book provides an introduction to the concept of human well-being as it relates to international rural development and conservation policy and practice.

This book is the first comprehensive introduction to the issues surrounding the health of people living in and around forests, particularly in Asia, South America and Africa.

Ocean warming may well turn out to be the greatest hidden challenge of our generation. This report represents the most comprehensive review to date on ocean warming.

Ocean warming may well turn out to be the greatest hidden challenge of our generation. This report represents the most comprehensive review to date on ocean warming.

In this discussion paper, we undertook an analysis guided by three questions relevant to food and nutritional security for the project site of Sixaola on the Costa Rica – Panama border.

This paper consists of a review of socio-economic conceptual frameworks, tools and methodologies relevant to HDN, and looks at the different (socio-economic) conceptual frameworks and techniques that could be used to address the key issues of the framework. Case studies are used throughout the paper to illustrate how particular conceptual frameworks and tools have been used to explain socio-economic dimensions of human dependence on nature.

It is hoped that this publication will encourage the balanced integration of sustainable economic growth, social protection and justice, and environmental stewardship in the Sustainable Development Goals.