Social aspects

This publication explores the epic marriage between computer technology and genetic engineering, and the historic transition into the Age of Biotechnology. Already, our economy is experiencing a massive shift away from the Industrial Age and into an era in which giant life-science corporations are fashioning a bio-industrial world.

The aim of this research is to: 1) identify the negative impact of conservation policies implemented in living World Heritage sites on the social quality of traditional communities; 2) develop a design tool constraining spatial morphology to overcome the negative influences on the social quality The study leads to a new approach to conservation planning that takes into account sustaining social quality while enforcing UNESCO World Heritage conservation program.

Natural Resources Forum delivers cutting edge research on policy issues relevant to the sustainable development agenda. 

In der Ise-Niederung im Landkreis Gifhorn wurde zwischen 1990 und 1995 ein umfassendes Erprobungs- und Entwicklungsvorhaben im Bereich Naturschutz und Landschaftspflege durch BMU und BfN gefördert, das – mit Unterbrechungen – von 1989 bis 2007 durch ein interdisziplinär angelegtes Forschungsprogramm wissenschaftlich begleitet wurde.

Contains articles on human-wildlife conflict written by presenters and participants of the workshop "Creating coexistence between humans and wildlife: global perspectives on local efforts to address human-wildlife conflict" at the 5th (fifth) IUCN World Parks Congress.