«Sustainable development» is a term that was created by international institutions twenty years ago to qualify the third «decade of development». This phrase has had a real success, so much that a large number of actors use it. At the same time, questions about its real meaning still remain....

Ecotourism is an activity considered by most stakeholders as a means to achieve conservation and valorisation of biodiversity, local development and development of the tourist sector. In this regard, this activity appears to be symbolic of what is called sustainable development, combining...

The global narrative on sustainability largely conceals the past ties between nature conservation and development. The article is based on history to propose new understanding of such intertwining. It shows that sustainable development imposes a transformation of both conservation and...

After a history of funding environmentally costly megaprojects, the World Bank now claims that it is trying to become a leading force for sustainable development. For more than a decade, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and grassroots movements have formed transnational coalitions to reform...

One of the major objectives of the Common Agricultural Policy is the sustainable development of the agricultural sector and of the rural area. Romania, as a country recent integrated in the European Union, has to pass an adapting process to the CAP, in order to achieve sustainable farming...

The authors like to stress some elements related to the concept of rural tourism which has nowadays become very important around the world. The rural tourism can revitalise the conventional concepts and views on tourism, and bring in a new dimension to the sustainable development of tourism. It...

Good health is a fundamental resource for social and economic development. Higher levels of human development mean that people live longer and enjoy more healthy years of life. This paper tries to give an answer to the question why human health is a key component of a national strategy for...

Les organisations et les entreprises de l’économie sociale s’apparentent aujourd’hui à une sorte de "laboratoire d’expérimentations de pratiques sociales nouvelles". Elles constituent un secteur dynamique et sont porteuses d’innovations sociales, notamment en matière de gestion...

There is potential for synergy between the global environmental conventions on climate change, biodiversity and desertification: changes in land management and land use undertaken to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions can simultaneously deliver positive outcomes for conservation of...