This paper analyzes the relationship between rural poverty and forest land management in the context of charcoal production under slash and burn. An optimal control model determines how a representative household makes decisions on the allocation of forest areas to work and use them to affect...

The objective of the paper is to analyze the risk management behavior of a non-industrial private forest owner under uncertainty about timber production. Two types of hedging strategies with harvesting decisions are studied: a financial practice versus a physical one. We develop a two-period...

Increasing demand of timber along with the rising concerns towards environment create a need to analyze the management system of forests in Punjab. Both natural and planted forests are present in province of Punjab. They are different in nature and thus have different management plans. This...

The article is devoted to questions of social responsibility and social activities of higher educational institutions (universities). It is analyzed the theoretical concept of social responsibility of higher educational institutions. It is outlined the role of stakeholders in the acting of...

This paper suggests a theoretical model of inclusive green growth. Paper analyses development mechanism through which natural resource capital regenerates (or at least non-degrade) and contributes to economic growth. Climate change is a threat to save natural resources which is a crucial...

CSR activities as applicable under the new company law in India may be used as sustainability strategy by the business. In order to comply with the mandate and with a positive mind set to augment implied benefits thereof, author investigates selected business scenarios to find an optimal pattern...

A transition from the extensive type of economic development to sustainable should provide the minimization of the non-renewable natural resources use and effective use of renewable ones, improvement of environmental quality and increase of the state’s ecological security and lead to stable...

This paper focuses interlinkage between ‘Value Education’ and ‘Sustainable Development’ in special reference to Higher Education Institutes of India. Sustainable Development, which accepts the responsibility of future generations, cannot be possible without morality being imbibed in...

The term «green business» is defined. Theoretical and methodological principles of functioning of this type of activity are reflected. Basic aspects and main development stages of green business are marked out. The classification of green business enterprise is shown.

As at today, it is an indisputable fact that the climate is changing and there is a scientific consensus that the world is becoming a warmer place principally attributable to human activities. Regrettably, the physical impacts of future climate change on humans and the environment will include...