A diverse set of tools has been developed in Industrial Ecology to tackle the problems caused by human economic activity. These instruments include Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Material Flow Analysis (MFA). Especially LCA is now increasingly used in policy making. Design and Evaluation of...

Poor waste management facilities led to uncontrolled waste disposal on improper sites in the proximity of human settlements particularly in rural areas. This bad practice prevailed in all rural regions until 16 July 2009 when these garbage dumps should be closed and rehabilitated according to...

It is often asserted that effective environmental protection can be achieved only at the expense of productivity growth. But this misses the point that environmental assets - like other assets – provide benefits which enhance economic performance, offer new opportunities for investment and...

From the negotiations of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, environmental issues become ever more applicants in the international agenda and in the various multilateral agendas, not just as questions of environmental protection, but mainly sustainable development,...

(Wirtschafts-)wissenschaftliches Wissen wird durch narratives Wissen legitimiert. In der Moderne haben sich jedoch monetäre Vergesellschaftungs- und Denkformen herausgebildet, mit denen ein antagonistisches Mensch-Natur-Verhältnis einhergeht. Als Metanarrative sind sie in gesellschaftlichen...

This essay explains the importance of the forests as a factor in addressing the challenges in mitigating climate change. The potential of using the forest sector more fully to capture and store carbon has been limited by the failure of current protocols and other climate change mechanisms to...

<i>Dynamic and Stochastic Resource Economics: Essays on Biodiversity, Invasive Species, Joint Systems, and Regulation</i> is a collection of Professor Batabyal's previously published and unpublished papers on the subject of natural resource and environmental economics. The book demonstrates how new...

La reducción de la pobreza, que afecta a más de un tercio de la población en América Latina y el Caribe, es un objetivo prioritario de las políticas públicas. A partir de un breve diagnóstico de la pobreza, este artículo discute los elementos de una estrategia integral para reducirla,...

El presente ensayo tiene por objetivo presentar algunos escenarios futuros en torno a los posibles impactos del cambio climático, el fenómeno del Niño (FEN) y la disponibilidad del recurso hídrico en la economía del país, sobre la base de la información disponible, con la finalidad de...

The looming climate crisis calls for the development of novel forms of response, but so far, climate change action does not meet its ambitions to tackle the issue. Voluntary Carbon Markets (VCMs) are one proposed solution to bridge the gap. However, VCMs are criticized for not providing real...