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Sustainable Resource Management

Reality or Illusion?

Edited by Peter N. Nemetz, Professor of Strategy and Business Economics, Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia, Canada

Contents:

PART I: INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW
Introduction

PART II: SOME SUCCESSES ON THE ROAD TO SUSTAINABILITY
Introduction

1. Emissions Trading: US Experience Implementing Multi-State Cap and Trade Programs
Brian J. McLean

2. Green Tax Reforms in OECD Countries: An Overview
Jean-Philippe Barde and Nils Axel Braathen

3. Mid-Course Correction: Toward a Sustainable Enterprise
Ray Anderson

PART III: CHALLENGES WITHIN SPECIFIC RESOURCE DOMAINS
Introduction

SECTION A. ENERGY AND GLOBAL CLIMATE
4. Reconciling Global Warming and Increasing Energy Demand
Burton Richter

SECTION B. HUMAN HEALTH
5. Global Consumption from the Perspective of Population Health
Clyde Hertzman

SECTION C. FISHERIES
6. Fisheries and Coastal Ecosystems: The Need for Integrated Management
Daniel Pauly and Ratana Chuenpagdee

SECTION D. AGRICULTURE

7. Fatal Harvest: Old and New Dimensions of the Ecological Tragedy of Modern Agriculture
Miguel A. Altieri

SECTION E. BIODIVERSITY
8. Is Conservation a Lost Cause?
Anthony R.E. Sinclair

SECTION F. FORESTRY
9. The Myth, Reality and Social Process of Sustainable Forest Management
Jane Lister

10. Sustainability: A Focus on Forests and Forestry
J.P. (Hamish) Kimmins

11. Tropical Forest Management Systems as Economic and Sustainable
Roger A. Sedjo

PART IV: THE CONCEPTUAL CHALLENGES
Introduction

12. Accounting for the Environment: Can Industrial Ecology Pay Double Dividends for Business?
W.G.B. Smith

13. Better Financial Disclosure Protects Investors and the Environment
Robert Repetto

14. The Challenge of the 21st Century: Setting the Real Bottom Line
David T. Suzuki

15. Is Humanity Fatally Successful?
William E. Rees

16. Measuring Genuine Progress
Ronald Colman

CONCLUDING COMMENTS

Index

2007	456 pp	Hardback	978 1 84542 594 4	£ 95.00	on-line discount £ 85.50

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