ABSTRACT

This book discusses the dominant paradigms and controversies that shaped debate at the time of the Stockholm conference, and in the twenty years between Stockholm and the 1992 Rio Earth Summit. It examines the challenges of international cooperation and institutional reform.

part 1|72 pages

The Debate Begins

chapter 3|8 pages

The Tragedy Of The Commons

chapter 4|7 pages

Redefining National Security

chapter 7|5 pages

Fight for the Forest

chapter 8|6 pages

Two Agendas on Amazon Development

Coordinating Body for the Indigenous Peoples’ Organizations of the Amazon Basin (Coica) ⋆

part 2|42 pages

Ecology and the Structure of the International System

chapter 10|9 pages

Globalization and the Environment: Lessons From the Americas

Working Group on Development and Environment in the Americas *

chapter 11|6 pages

Nobel Lecture

part 3|46 pages

Institutions of Global Environmental Governance

part 4|58 pages

The Sustainability Debate

chapter 17|11 pages

17 Towards Sustainable Development

World Commission On Environment And Development *

chapter 19|10 pages

19 The New Business Imperative: Valuing Natural Capital

Corporate Eco Forum And The Nature Conservancy *

chapter 20|10 pages

The Problem of Consumption

part 5|76 pages

From Ecological Conflict to Environmental Security?

chapter 23|15 pages

From Conflict to Peacebuilding: The Role of Natural Resources and the Environment

United Nations Environment Programme *

chapter 25|14 pages

Environmental Peacebuilding: The Good Water Neighbors Project

Ecopeace/Friends of the Earth Middle East *

part 6|61 pages

Ecological Justice

chapter 28|14 pages

The Relationship Between Climate Change and Human Rights

Office of The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights *

chapter 30|12 pages

Coercing Conservation

chapter 32|4 pages

REDD: An Introduction

REDD-Monitor *