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Expenditures, Investment and Financing for Sustainable Development in Brazil

Series: Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo
( Print: January 2003 )

This study examines the evolution and characteristics of financing for the environment in Brazil, in order to identify the advances and retreats made after the Earth Summit in Rio in 1992. It...

This study examines the evolution and characteristics of financing for the environment in Brazil, in order to identify the advances and retreats made after the Earth Summit in Rio in 1992. It...


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Expenditures, Investment and Financing for Sustainable Development in Trinidad and Tobago

Series: Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo
( Print: January 2003 )

This study examines financing for environmental projects and programs in Trinidad and Tobago over the last decade. It evaluates the efficiency of the financing to establish whether the various...

This study examines financing for environmental projects and programs in Trinidad and Tobago over the last decade. It evaluates the efficiency of the financing to establish whether the various...


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Systems Approach to Sustainability and Sustainable Development, A

Series: Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo
( Print: July 2003 )

This document discusses the concept of sustainability and sustainable development, introducing the various theoretical perspectives used in literature. It identifies the determinants of sustainability...

This document discusses the concept of sustainability and sustainable development, introducing the various theoretical perspectives used in literature. It identifies the determinants of sustainability...


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Agriculturalization as a Syndrome

A Comparative Study of Agriculture in Argentina and Australia

Series: Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo
( Print: July 2006 )

The current study compares the process of agriculturization as it has been described for Argentina to similar processes occurring in Australia in order to assess the utility of this causal complex as...

The current study compares the process of agriculturization as it has been described for Argentina to similar processes occurring in Australia in order to assess the utility of this causal complex as...


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Sustainable Human Settlements Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

Series: Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo
( Print: November 2005 )

This document presents an overview of the regional progress made towards the targets and commitments derived from implementation plans and programmes for the main agreements of the Johannesburg Summit...

This document presents an overview of the regional progress made towards the targets and commitments derived from implementation plans and programmes for the main agreements of the Johannesburg Summit...


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Asia-Pacific Sustainable Development Journal 2021, Issue No. 2

Series: Asia-Pacific Sustainable Development Journal
( Print: May 2022, PDF: April 2022 )

The Asia-Pacific Sustainable Development Journal (APSDJ) is a rebranded publication issued by the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). It builds on the success of two...

The Asia-Pacific Sustainable Development Journal (APSDJ) is a rebranded publication issued by the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). It builds on the success of two...


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Asia-Pacific Sustainable Development Journal 2018, Issue No. 1

Series: Asia-Pacific Sustainable Development Journal
( Print: January 2019, PDF: December 2018 )

The Asia-Pacific Sustainable Development Journal (APSDJ) aims to stimulate debate and enrich research in the formulation of policy in the Asia-Pacific region towards the fulfilment of the 2030 Agenda...

The Asia-Pacific Sustainable Development Journal (APSDJ) aims to stimulate debate and enrich research in the formulation of policy in the Asia-Pacific region towards the fulfilment of the 2030 Agenda...


Trade Liberalization and Industrial Pollution in Brazil

Series: Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo
( Print: June 2000 )

This volume attempts to estimate the effect of trade liberalization on the industrial structure and pattern of pollution emissions in Brazil. An input-output approach is used to estimate the value of...

This volume attempts to estimate the effect of trade liberalization on the industrial structure and pattern of pollution emissions in Brazil. An input-output approach is used to estimate the value of...


Asia-Pacific Sustainable Development Journal 2020, Issue No. 1

Series: Asia-Pacific Sustainable Development Journal
( Print: June 2021, PDF: June 2021 )

This journal is published twice yearly and aims to stimulate debate and enrich research in the formulation of policy in the Asia-Pacific region towards the fulfilment of the 2030 Agenda for...

This journal is published twice yearly and aims to stimulate debate and enrich research in the formulation of policy in the Asia-Pacific region towards the fulfilment of the 2030 Agenda for...


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Asia-Pacific Sustainable Development Journal 2018, Issue No. 2

Series: Asia-Pacific Sustainable Development Journal
( Print: October 2019, PDF: August 2019 )

The Asia-Pacific Sustainable Development Journal (APSDJ) aims to stimulate debate and enrich research in the formulation of policy in the Asia-Pacific region towards the fulfilment of the 2030 Agenda...

The Asia-Pacific Sustainable Development Journal (APSDJ) aims to stimulate debate and enrich research in the formulation of policy in the Asia-Pacific region towards the fulfilment of the 2030 Agenda...


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Technological Evaluation of Biotechnology Capability in Amazon Institutions

Series: Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo
( Print: May 2004 )

The innovation cycle concerning the exploration of biodiversity biotechnological products in Amazon countries is considered in this report. A technological evaluation of the countries is conducted and...

The innovation cycle concerning the exploration of biodiversity biotechnological products in Amazon countries is considered in this report. A technological evaluation of the countries is conducted and...


Urban Consensus

Contributions from the Latin American and the Caribbean Regional Plan of Action on Human...

Series: Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo
( Print: August 2000 )

Urban Consensus is a review of the regional Plan of Action on Human Settlements adopted in 1995, aimed at projecting shared priorities on urban and housing policies for the coming millennium. The...

Urban Consensus is a review of the regional Plan of Action on Human Settlements adopted in 1995, aimed at projecting shared priorities on urban and housing policies for the coming millennium. The...


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Urban Poverty and Habitat Precariousness in the Caribbean

Series: Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo
( Print: August 2004 )

This report focuses on urban poverty and habitat precariousness in the Caribbean countries with an emphasis on current and former British territories. Divided into three chapters, it looks at the...

This report focuses on urban poverty and habitat precariousness in the Caribbean countries with an emphasis on current and former British territories. Divided into three chapters, it looks at the...


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Asia-Pacific Sustainable Development Journal 2022, Issue No. 2

Asia-Pacific Sustainable Development Journal 2022, Issue No. 2

Series: Asia-Pacific Sustainable Development Journal
( Print: July 2023, PDF: December 2022 )

The Asia-Pacific Sustainable Development Journal (APSDJ) is published twice a year by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). It is the continuation of...

The Asia-Pacific Sustainable Development Journal (APSDJ) is published twice a year by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). It is the continuation of...


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Asia-Pacific Sustainable Development Journal 2023, Issue No. 1

Asia-Pacific Sustainable Development Journal 2023, Issue No. 1

Series: Asia-Pacific Sustainable Development Journal
( Print: January 2024, PDF: May 2023 )

The Asia-Pacific Sustainable Development Journal (APSDJ) is published twice a year by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). It is the continuation of...

The Asia-Pacific Sustainable Development Journal (APSDJ) is published twice a year by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). It is the continuation of...


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Asia-Pacific Sustainable Development Journal 2023, Issue No. 2

Asia-Pacific Sustainable Development Journal 2023, Issue No. 2

Series: Asia-Pacific Sustainable Development Journal
( Print: January 2024, PDF: November 2023 )

The Asia-Pacific Sustainable Development Journal (APSDJ) is published twice a year by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP). It is the continuation od...

The Asia-Pacific Sustainable Development Journal (APSDJ) is published twice a year by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP). It is the continuation od...


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Asia-Pacific Sustainable Development Journal 2021, Issue No. 1

Series: Asia-Pacific Sustainable Development Journal
( Print: September 2021, PDF: September 2021 )

This journal is published twice yearly and aims to stimulate debate and enrich research in the formulation of policy in the Asia-Pacific region towards the fulfilment of the 2030 Agenda for...

This journal is published twice yearly and aims to stimulate debate and enrich research in the formulation of policy in the Asia-Pacific region towards the fulfilment of the 2030 Agenda for...


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Asia-Pacific Sustainable Development Journal 2019, Issue No. 1

Series: Asia-Pacific Sustainable Development Journal
( Print: December 2019, PDF: November 2019 )

This publication aims to stimulate debate and enrich research in the formulation of policy in the Asia-Pacific region towards the fulfilment of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It builds...

This publication aims to stimulate debate and enrich research in the formulation of policy in the Asia-Pacific region towards the fulfilment of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It builds...


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Asia-Pacific Sustainable Development Journal 2019, Issue No. 2

Series: Asia-Pacific Sustainable Development Journal
( Print: February 2020, PDF: February 2020 )

This publication aims to stimulate debate and enrich research in the formulation of policy in the Asia-Pacific region towards the fulfillment of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It builds...

This publication aims to stimulate debate and enrich research in the formulation of policy in the Asia-Pacific region towards the fulfillment of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It builds...


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Status and Potential of Commercial Bioprospecting Activities in Latin America and the Caribbean

Series: Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo
( Print: September 2007, PDF: April 2007 )

The increasing availability of new scientific and technological tools have enabled new levels of precision and effectiveness in the identification, collection, processing and utilization of novel...

The increasing availability of new scientific and technological tools have enabled new levels of precision and effectiveness in the identification, collection, processing and utilization of novel...