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Author : Iulie Aslaksen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (83 download)
Download or read book The Norwegian Nature Index written by Iulie Aslaksen and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Julie L. Hass
Publisher : Nordic Council of Ministers
ISBN 13 : 928932371X
Total Pages : 87 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (893 download)
Download or read book Using the Right Environmental Indicators written by Julie L. Hass and published by Nordic Council of Ministers. This book was released on 2012-07-20 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finding and using indicators that are most suited for tracking progress, raising awareness and supporting analysis is a challenge. Indicators need to be used in appropriate contexts and should ideally be fit-for-purpose. For example, indicators which are best used for awareness-raising cannot be used for monitoring policy goals. This report presents a short review of different indicators typically encountered by environmental policy makers. General advice is provided regarding their uses. In the second part of the report, an overview of the environmental-economic accounting work of the Nordic statistical institutes is presented. Lessons learned from the development of these accounts as well as ideas for future work are described. These types of environmental accounts provide a framework for developing information about the connections between the economy and the environment. The study was commissioned by the Nordic Council of Ministers and conducted by the national statistical agencies in the Nordic countries, led by Statistics Norway and Statistics Sweden.
Author : T. Pullaiah
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 0429783213
Total Pages : 1836 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (297 download)
Download or read book Global Biodiversity written by T. Pullaiah and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2021-03-18 with total page 1836 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new four-volume set, Global Biodiversity, provides a wealth of insightful information on the biodiversity of selected nations around the world. The volumes provide informative summaries of the available data on both wild and cultivated plants, wild and domesticated animals, and microbes of the different nations selected.
Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9264449264
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (644 download)
Download or read book OECD Environmental Performance Reviews: Norway 2022 written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2022-04-22 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the fourth Environmental Performance Review of Norway. It provides an independent, evidence-based evaluation of the country’s environmental performance over the past decade.
Author : Per Espen Stoknes
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1603585842
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (35 download)
Download or read book What We Think About When We Try Not To Think About Global Warming written by Per Espen Stoknes and published by Chelsea Green Publishing. This book was released on 2015-04-03 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why does knowing more mean believing—and doing—less? A prescription for change The more facts that pile up about global warming, the greater the resistance to them grows, making it harder to enact measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and prepare communities for the inevitable change ahead. It is a catch-22 that starts, says psychologist and economist Per Espen Stoknes, from an inadequate understanding of the way most humans think, act, and live in the world around them. With dozens of examples—from the private sector to government agencies—Stoknes shows how to retell the story of climate change and, at the same time, create positive, meaningful actions that can be supported even by deniers. In What We Think About When We Try Not To Think About Global Warming, Stoknes not only masterfully identifies the five main psychological barriers to climate action, but addresses them with five strategies for how to talk about global warming in a way that creates action and solutions, not further inaction and despair. These strategies work with, rather than against, human nature. They are social, positive, and simple—making climate-friendly behaviors easy and convenient. They are also story-based, to help add meaning and create community, and include the use of signals, or indicators, to gauge feedback and be constantly responsive. Whether you are working on the front lines of the climate issue, immersed in the science, trying to make policy or educate the public, or just an average person trying to make sense of the cognitive dissonance or grapple with frustration over this looming issue, What We Think About When We Try Not To Think About Global Warming moves beyond the psychological barriers that block progress and opens new doorways to social and personal transformation.
Author : Justin Garson
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1315530201
Total Pages : 365 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (155 download)
Download or read book The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Biodiversity written by Justin Garson and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biological diversity - or ‘biodiversity’ - is the degree of variation of life within an ecosystem. It is a relatively new topic of study but has grown enormously in recent years. Because of its interdisciplinary nature the very concept of biodiversity is the subject of debate amongst philosophers, biologists, geographers and environmentalists. The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Biodiversity is an outstanding reference source to the key topics and debates in this exciting subject. Comprising twenty-three chapters by a team of international contributors the Handbook is divided into six parts: Historical and sociological contexts, focusing on the emergence of the term and early attempts to measure biodiversity What is biodiversity? How should biodiversity be defined? How can biodiversity include entities at the edge of its boundaries, including microbial diversity and genetically engineered organisms? Why protect biodiversity? What can traditional environmental ethics contribute to biodiversity? Topics covered include anthropocentrism, intrinsic value, and ethical controversies surrounding the economics of biodiversity Measurement and methodology: including decision-theory and conservation, the use of indicators for biodiversity, and the changing use of genetics in biodiversity conservation Social contexts and global justice: including conservation and community conflicts and biodiversity and cultural values Biodiversity and other environmental values: How does biodiversity relate to other values like ecological restoration or ecological sustainability? Essential reading for students and researchers in philosophy, environmental science and environmental studies, and conservation management, it will also be extremely useful to those studying biodiversity in subjects such as biology and geography.
Author : Björk, Olle
Publisher : Nordic Council of Ministers
ISBN 13 : 9289344679
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (893 download)
Download or read book Making the environment count written by Björk, Olle and published by Nordic Council of Ministers. This book was released on 2016-03-30 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2013, the Nordic Ministers for the Environment decided to strenghten the measurement of green estimates of welfare and socio-economic developments. The report Making the Environment Count is describing how statistics on the environment and the economy thorugh the System of Environmental-Economic Accounts can be used to enable cross-sectorial analysis. The report proposes indicators that can be compiled annually in a Nordic context through existing statistics linking economic statistics to environmental statistics.
Author : Dagmar Hagen
Publisher : Nordic Council of Ministers
ISBN 13 : 9289339764
Total Pages : 79 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (893 download)
Download or read book The Nordic Aichi restoration project written by Dagmar Hagen and published by Nordic Council of Ministers. This book was released on 2015-04-20 with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Convention of Biological Diversity commits the parties to halt the loss of biodiversity within 2020. For accomplishing this task, the Aichi targets have been established. Aichi target 15 aims at restoring 15% of damaged ecosystems by 2020. The Nordic countries are parties to CBD, and committed to the Aichi targets. This project will establish a basis that may be used by the management and political authorities in the Nordic countries for achieving Aichi target 15 on restoration of degraded ecosystems. The report explores the possibilities, limitations and challenges on how ecological restoration can contribute to the Aichi target, based on available knowledge and existing statistics on degraded land and restoration experiences in the Nordic countries and Estonia. This is intended as a contribution for future work at the national level and in local communities.
Author : C. J. Bastmeijer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107057892
Total Pages : 659 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Wilderness Protection in Europe written by C. J. Bastmeijer and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-04 with total page 659 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Assesses to what extent wilderness areas in Europe receive protection under international conventions, EU directives and domestic law.
Author : Ben Boer
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191056367
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Environmental Law Dimensions of Human Rights written by Ben Boer and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2015-03-12 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can we guarantee a right to life or a right to health without also guaranteeing a decent environment in which to exercise these rights? It is becoming increasingly obvious that a high quality environment is key to the fundamental human rights of life and health, and associated rights such as the right to clean water, adequate housing, and food. This book canvasses a range of law and policy issues concerning human rights and the environment. Each chapter examines an aspect of the links between environmental law and human rights in substantive and/or procedural terms, loosely falling into four themes: human rights and the environment in the context of the private sector; analysis of decisions of the European and Inter-American courts in respect of substantive and procedural aspects; human rights and the environment in the Asian region, including the issue of human displacement; and the future direction of human rights and environment law.
Author : Steffen Brøgger-Jensen
Publisher : Nordic Council of Ministers
ISBN 13 : 9289355964
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (893 download)
Download or read book Biodiversity and economic modelling: written by Steffen Brøgger-Jensen and published by Nordic Council of Ministers. This book was released on 2018-10-11 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is it posible linking biodiversity to macro economic models, thereby increasing our understanding of how economic activities affect biodiversity – et vice versa? It is the key question that this report aims at answering on the basis of existing statistics, indicators and models in the Scandinavian countries. The economic sectors identified as relevant for biodiversity are: agriculture; forestry; fishery; tourism; transport; and energy (especially, hydropower). The main pressure types analysed include: habitat loss and degradation; climate change; excessive nutrient load and other forms of pollution; over-exploitation and unsustainable use; and invasive alien species. A set of recommendations for further work are made focusing on impacts of economic activities on biodiversity.
Author : Svein Disch Mathiesen
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031176251
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (311 download)
Download or read book Reindeer Husbandry written by Svein Disch Mathiesen and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-12-09 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book focuses on climate change, Indigenous reindeer husbandry, and the underlying concept of connecting the traditional knowledge of Indigenous reindeer herders in the Arctic with the latest research findings of the world’s leading academics. The Arctic and sub-Arctic environment, climate, and biodiversity are changing in ways unprecedented in the long histories of the north, challenging traditional ways of life, well-being, and food security with legitimate concerns for the future of traditional Indigenous livelihoods. The book provides a clear and thorough overview of the potential problems caused by a warming climate on reindeer husbandry and how reindeer herders’ knowledge should be brought to action. In particular, the predicted impacts of global warming on winter climate and the resilience of the reindeer herding communities are thoroughly discussed.
Author : Nordiska Ministerrådet
Publisher : Nordic Council of Ministers
ISBN 13 : 9289320281
Total Pages : 78 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (893 download)
Download or read book Nordic Biodiversity Beyond 2010 written by Nordiska Ministerrådet and published by Nordic Council of Ministers. This book was released on 2010 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We all depend on biodiversity, but we must make biodiversity relevant to people. The long-term loss of nature and biodiversity is, however, not as easily translated into clear messages, let alone economic opportunities, as are measures to tackle climate change. The changes are dispersed, and often act slowly and subtly. Connecting the economic problems and threats people face due to the degradation of our biological resources is also frequently hard to express in facts and figures, as we have seen with the efforts to replicate the review of the economic impacts of climate change. Yet we all see the impact of degradation and loss of biodiversity in our daily lives when we are hiking, fishing, hunting and enjoying nature. We must create a vision and a powerful metaphor, communicated to and understood by ordinary people, that describes our co-existence with and dependence upon nature and how the loss of nature reflects on ourselves as Nordic people and societies. The need to stop the loss of biodiversity does not end in 2010. What will we call upon now? That is our challenge. On 26-27 October 2009, the Nordic Council of Ministers hosted a Nordic symposium on biodiversity in Trondheim, Norway. The title chosen for this symposium was Nordic Biodiversity Beyond 2010 - Challenges and Experiences in Global Perspective. The aim was to take stock of Nordic biodiversity and look beyond 2010. About 70 participants from all the Nordic countries gathered in Trondheim for two days to start this work. They represented public authorities, non-governmental organizations and research institutions concerned with the goal of halting the loss of biodiversity in the Nordic countries. This report contains the results from this symposium as well as conclusions and recommendations for the future.
Author : Alexandra Barthelmes
Publisher : Nordic Council of Ministers
ISBN 13 : 9289341963
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (893 download)
Download or read book Peatlands and Climate in a Ramsar context written by Alexandra Barthelmes and published by Nordic Council of Ministers. This book was released on 2015-06-09 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peatlands in the Nordic Baltic region and elsewhere in the world store large amounts of carbon and are at the same time important for conservation of biodiversity. Thus peatlands are space-effective carbon stocks, but when drained carbon and nitrogen are released as greenhouse gases to the atmosphere and as nitrate to the surface water, while methane will be released when rewetting. New knowledge reveals that one of the most efficient means to mitigate emissions of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere are the restoration of drained peatlands by reestablish former high water tables on organic soils.This project on synergies between climate change mitigation and the restoration of peatlands has been conducted under a regional Ramsar initiative covering the Nordic and Baltic countries (NorBalWet), with support from the Nordic Council of Ministers. The report contains chapters on peatlands and their role in climate change mitigation, individual country chapters and the role of the Ramsar Convention.
Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9210562852
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (15 download)
Download or read book System of Environmental Economic Accounting 2012 Experimental Ecosystems Accounting written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2014-12-31 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ecosystem accounting is a relatively new and emerging field dealing with integrating complex biophysical data, tracking changes in ecosystems and linking those changes to economic and other human activity. There is an increasing urgency to advance this emerging field of statistics on ecosystems.
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Publisher : Nordic Council of Ministers
ISBN 13 : 9289327855
Total Pages : 75 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (893 download)
Download or read book Ecosystem Services in Forests written by and published by Nordic Council of Ministers. This book was released on 2014 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Nordic Workshop on “Ecosystem Services in Forests – how to assess and value them” was held in Oslo Thursday the 13th of September 2012. During the day, 13 presentations were made, and altogether 41 participants had the opportunity to discuss the way forward and to formulate issues and research fields as recommendations to the Nordic Council of Ministers. This report presents a synthesis of the presentations and provides a brief summary of issues that were raised in the discussions. The workshop addressed both current knowledge of services as well as challenges and possibilities related to assessment and valuation, and challenged participants to formulate new and important issues based on their respective fields of expertise.
Author : Brent Lovelock
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134140258
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (341 download)
Download or read book Tourism and the Consumption of Wildlife written by Brent Lovelock and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-10-25 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses key and contentious issues facing consumptive wildlife tourism in the twenty-first century.
