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  • Biodiversity Finance

    The Economic, Operational, and Societal Impacts of Biodiversity Loss

    Edited by Thomas Walker, Helena Naffa, Rajesh Kumar Tharumar, Simone Donders ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This book offers a pioneering exploration of the financial, operational, and societal impacts stemming from biodiversity loss and associated ecosystem collapse. In addition, it examines possible venues through which corporations, financial institutions, and regulators can slow down or halt biodiversity loss. The book stands out for its comprehensive coverage, delving into the various facets of ... Read more

    $197.09 USD

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  • The Informal Sector and the Environment

    Edited by Ranjula Bali Swain, Uma Kambhampati ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Ecological Economics
    The informal economy – broadly defined as economic activity that is not subject to government regulation or taxation – sustains a large part of the world's workforce. It is a diverse, complex and growing area of activity. However, being largely unregulated, its impact on the environment has not been closely scrutinised or analysed.This edited volume demonstrates that the informal sector is a major ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Nature and the Marketplace

    Capturing The Value Of Ecosystem Services

    by Geoffrey Heal ...
    In recent years, scientists have begun to focus on the idea that healthy, functioning ecosystems provide essential services to human populations, ranging from water purification to food and medicine to climate regulation. Lacking a healthy environment, these services would have to be provided through mechanical means, at a tremendous economic and social cost.Nature and the Marketplace examines the ... Read more

    $24.49 USD

  • Sustainability Management

    Lessons from and for New York City, America, and the Planet

    by Steven Cohen ...
    Can we grow our world economy and create opportunities for the poor while keeping the planet intact? Can we maintain our vibrant, dynamic lifestyles while ensuring the Earth stays productive and viable? Aimed at managers, students, scholars, and policymakers, Sustainability Management answers these questions in the affirmative, arguing it is possible for environmentally sustainable business ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Urban Environmental Policy Analysis

    by Heather E. Campbell, Elizabeth A. Corley ...
    This timely book provides a wealth of information to help city managers, policy analysts, and government administrators identify relevant urban environmental problems and an array of potential solutions, analyze policy solutions and outcomes, and communicate with the public regarding urban environmental problems and policies. ... Read more

    $27.59 USD

  • Bioenergy Crops for Ecosystem Health and Sustainability

    by Alex Baumber ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Bioenergy
    The growing of crops for bioenergy has been subject to much recent criticism, as taking away land which could be used for food production or biodiversity conservation. This book challenges some commonly-held ideas about biofuels, bioenergy and energy cropping, particularly that energy crops pose an inherent threat to ecosystems, which must be mitigated.The book recognises that certain energy crops ... Read more

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  • Climate Risks

    An Investor's Field Guide to Identification and Assessment

    by Bob Buhr ...
    Series series The Wiley Finance Series
    Assess the likelihood, timing and scope of climate risksIn Climate Risks: An Investor’s Field Guide to Identification and Assessment, financial analyst Bob Buhr delivers a risk-based framework for classifying and measuring potential climate risks at the firm level, and their potential financial impacts. The author presents a “climate risk taxonomy” that encompasses a broad range of physical, ... Read more

    $45.00 USD

  • Water Accounting for Water Governance and Sustainable Development: White Paper

    by FAOoftheUN ...
    Interest in water accounting is based on the premise that 'We cannot plan and manage what we do not measure' – a statement that few would disagree with.Society needs more accurate information and answers to the key questions about water supply and demand. More data are needed but simply doing water measurements and assessments is not enough. Water accounting per se is of little use. But as a tool ... Read more

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  • Sustainable Land Management: Challenges, Opportunities, And Trade-Offs

    by World Bank ...
    Land is the integrating component of all livelihoods depending on farm, forest, rangeland, or water (rivers, lakes, coastal marine) habitats. Due to varying political, social, and economic factors, the heavy use of natural resources to supply a rapidly growing global population and economy has resulted in the unintended mismanagement and degradation of land and ecosystems. Sustainable Land ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • Business and the Sustainability Challenge

    An Integrated Perspective

    by Peter N. Nemetz ...
    It is vitally important for businesses to have a holistic understanding of the many issues surrounding and shaping sustainability, from competitors to government and political factors, to economics and ecological science. This integrated textbook for MBA and senior-level undergraduates offers a comprehensive overview of the issues of sustainability as they relate to business and influence ... Read more

    $126.99 USD

  • Forest Products in the Global Bioeconomy: Enabling Substitution by Wood-Based Products and Contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals

    by FAOoftheUN ...
    This report addresses the role of forest products in replacing fossil-based and GHG-intensive products. The overarching objective is to provide recommendations to strengthen the contribution of substitution by forest products to sustainable development. To that end, this report firstly provides an overview of the understanding of the bioeconomy and the role of forest products across the world. ... Read more

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  • Biofuels and Sustainability

    Holistic Perspectives for Policy-making

    Edited by Kazuhiko Takeuchi, Hideaki Shiroyama, Osamu Saito, Masahiro Matsuura ...
    Series series Science for Sustainable Societies
    This open access book presents a comprehensive analysis of biofuel use strategies from an interdisciplinary perspective using sustainability science. This interdisciplinary perspective (social science-natural science) means that the strategies and policy options proposed will have significant impacts on the economy and society alike. Biofuels are expected to contribute to reducing greenhouse gas ... Read more

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