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UNU (United Nations University) is the academic arm of the United Nations system, which implements research and educational programmes in the area of sustainable development, with the particular aim of assisting developing countries.

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SUSTAINAB MNGMT HEADWATER RESOURC

Sustainable Management of Headwater Resources

Research from Africa and India

16 Dec 2005
Headwaters are the source of freshwater resources, the margins of drainage basins, and the first and zero order basins that surround every catchment. This book provides an understanding of current and prior situations and provides scientific analyses of local and regional headwater issues in Indi...
REGULATING BIOPROSPECTING INSTITUT

Regulating Bioprospecting

Institutions for Drug Research, Access and Benefit Sharing

21 Oct 2005
Bioprospecting, or the search for useful biochemical compounds and genes in nature, has been the focus of international negotiations for more than a decade, yet the debate on the terms for access to genetic resources, traditional knowledge and benefit-sharing is far from settled. This book examin...
REFORMING INTL ENVIRO GOV FROM

Reforming International Environmental Governance

From Institutional Limits to Innovative Reforms

22 Apr 2005
This book provides useful information about the costs and benefits of different models and approaches to reforming international environmental governance and contributes substantive analysis to future debates. The contributors take a systematic approach to formulating proposals for institutional ...
SECURITY SECTOR REFORM POST CONF

Security Sector Reform and Post-conflict Peacebuilding

27 Jan 2006
Military and police forces play a crucial role in the long-term success of political, economic and cultural rebuilding efforts in post-conflict societies. Yet, while charged with the long-term task of providing a security environment conducive to rebuilding war-torn societies, they must be placed...
MAKING STATES WORK STATE FAIL

Making States Work

State Failure and the Crisis of Governance

16 Mar 2005
It is frequently assumed that the collapse of state structures, whether through defeat by an external power or as a result of internal chaos, leads to a vacuum of political power, though this is rarely the case. This book examines the strategies and tactics of international actors, local politica...
TRANSFORMATION OF CITIES IN CENTRA

Transformation of Cities in Central and Eastern Europe

Towards Globalization

18 Nov 2005
The dramatic changes since 1989 including the collapse of Communist ideology, the break-up of the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia, the end of the Cold War and the impact of globalisation and European integration, have reconfigured Central and Eastern Europe and affected the re-integra...
MANKIND & THE OCEANS

Mankind and the Oceans

Series:
Water Resources Management and Policy
25 Feb 2005
The oceans cover more than 70 percent of the Earth's surface and play an important part in our lives by controlling climate and weather conditions; hosting shipping, transportation, recreation and tourism; and providing us with food, minerals and petroleum. With the growth of the human population...
CONFRONTING ENVIRO CHANGE EAST

Confronting Environmental Change in East and Southeast Asia

Eco-politics, Foreign Policy, and Sustainable Development

25 Feb 2005
This book is an edited collection of concise, hard-hitting essays by a group of international experts and scholars that address the politics and policy of environmental change and sustainable development in East and Southeast Asia. Case studies cover environmental diplomacy in East Asia and strat...
UN ROLE IN PROMOTING DEMOCRACY

UN Role in Promoting Democracy, The

Between Ideals and Reality

24 Sep 2004
The notion of democracy is a key principle of the United Nations and underpins much of its work. This book considers and questions the modalities, effectiveness and controversies of the UN’s work in promoting and assisting democracy. It examines if the UN can help to build the foundations of demo...
RESPONSIBILITY IN WORLD BUSINESS

Responsibility in World Business

Managing Harmful Side-effects of Corporate Activity

16 Jul 2004
This book offers multiple case studies to illustrate the usefulness of incorporating the Principe of Double Effect into corporate decision-making, and to show how this framework can help companies assume responsibility for the impact of their operations on multiple stakeholders. The proposed fram...
BUILDING SUSTAINABLE PEACE

Building Sustainable Peace

30 Apr 2004
This book focuses on creating a sustainable peace as opposed to winning the peace. It is comprised of fifteen papers, which examine and discuss various dimensions of the peace-building and post-conflict reconciliation process. Authored by academics, policy advisors, practitioners and members of t...
FROM SOVEREIGN IMPUNITY TO INTERNA

From Sovereign Impunity to International Accountability

The Search for Justice in a World of States

16 Jul 2004
From Sovereign Impunity to International Accountability brings together a group of preeminent experts to explore the progress, scope and controversies of international accountability. The book features a foreword by Justice Richard J. Goldstone, former Chief Prosecutor of the United Nations Inter...
INNOVATION LEARNING & TECHNOLOGY

Innovation, Learning and Technological Dynamism of Developing Countries

30 Jul 2004
This book employs a refreshingly new framework to identify cases of technological dynamism across a range of countries and industries. They vary from the recent growth of the computer software industry in India to the aircraft industry in Brazil. The publication looks at technological dynamism in...
MANAGING AGRODIVERS THE TRADITIONA

Managing Agrodiversity in the Traditional Way

Lessons from West Africa in Sustainable Use of Biodiversity and Related Natural Resources

31 Dec 2004
This book shows how, traditionally, farmers cultivate and conserve biodiversity while, at the same time, using the land for food production. It will appeal to policy makers and practitioners, and to university students and teachers, including those of agriculture, social science, biological scie...
DANUBE ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING

Danube, The

Environmental Monitoring of an International River

24 Sep 2004
The Danube river is one of the world's greatest international freshwater resources. It stretches halfway across Europe and passes through 11 countries. Its catchment is shared by 17 nations, many of whom are new members of the expanded European Union. This book focuses on the disputed Gabcíkovo-N...
TESTS OF GLOBAL GOVERNANCE CANADI

Tests of Global Governance

Canadian Diplomacy and United Nations World Conferences

30 Jul 2004
A detailed examination of UN World Conferences with respect to the interface between diplomatic method and new forms of global governance is provided in this book from UNU Press. Because of the complex dynamics involved in large international conferences, this book highlights a number of importan...
BROAD ASIA

Broadening Asia's Security Discourse and Agenda

Political, Social and Environmental Perspectives

14 May 2004
Going beyond military threats and state-centric analysis, this volume demonstrates the importance of a broad security agenda that incorporates political, economic, social, and environmental dimensions as well as the many linkages between them. It applies non-traditional security perspectives to a...
SOUTH ASIA IN THE WORLD PROBLEM

South Asia in the World

Problem Solving Perspectives on Security, Sustainable Development, and Good Governance

14 May 2004
One of every five people in the world lives in the countries of South Asia – Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri-Lanka. The problems faced by this population are so huge that they present a defining challenge to the core mandates of the United Nations as the global ar...
FOODS HABITS IN LATER LIFE (CD)

Food Habits in Later Life

A Cross Cultural Study (CD-ROM)

10 Oct 2003
In 1988, the International Union of Nutritional Sciences (IUNS) Committee on Nutrition and Ageing coordinated cross-cultural studies on food habits and health in later life. The aim was to describe health status, lifestyle, and food habits amongst the aged in developing and developed countries, a...
HUMAN RIGHTS SOCIETIES TRANSIT

Human Rights and Societies in Transition

Causes, Consequences, Responses

24 Jun 2004
A joint effort by 17 scholars from different parts of the world and specializing in various academic disciplines, this book explores the factors that are mainly responsible for human rights violations in transition societies, the long-terms consequences of such violations and the political remedies.
EMERGING FORCES IN ENVIRONMENTAL

Emerging Forces in Environmental Governance

30 Jul 2004
International environment governance increasingly involves complex synergies between networks of actors across levels of international politics. Nation states are becoming dependent upon multilateral institutions, organized science, NGOs and social movements, and business and industry for formula...
AGRICULT BIODIVERSITY IN SMALL

Agricultural Biodiversity in Smallholder Farms of East Africa

5 Dec 2003
This book documents how smallholder farmers in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda are protecting a diversity of biological species on their farmlands. The publication is based on the fieldwork of the United Nations University Project on People, Land Management and Environmental Change (PLEC) that studies...
ASIA & AFRICA THE GLOBAL ECON

Asia and Africa in the Global Economy

5 Dec 2003
This book brings forward a crucial issue of how to manage the process of strategic integration into the global economy. The performance of Asian and African economies over recent decades clearly shows that engagement with the global economy can play a key role in advancing development. Asia and ...
PERSPECTIVES ON GROWTH & POVERTY

Perspectives on Growth and Poverty

5 Dec 2003
The relationship between growth and poverty lies at the heart of development economics. The importance of this topic, and the continuing controversies surrounding it, prompted UNU/WIDER to organize a major academic conference on growth and poverty in May 2001. Its purpose was to review current ...
AGRODIV LEARNING FROM FARM

Agrodiversity

Learning from Farmers across the World

5 Dec 2003
Through generations of innovation and experiment, smallholder farmers have nurtured a rich diversity of plants and animals, both wild and domesticated. This publication is based on the fieldwork of the United Nations University Project on People, Land Management and Environmental Change (PLEC), ...
REFUGEES & FORCED DISPLACEMENT

Refugees and Forced Displacement

International Security, Human Vulnerability and the State

12 Sep 2003
Refugees and displaced people are an example of tension between human and national security. This book explores this tension and connects it to pressing problems involving refugees and forced displacement. It demonstrates how these issues have been exacerbated by the war on terror after September...
INTL WATERS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA

International Waters in Southern Africa

Series:
Water Resources Management and Policy
25 Apr 2003
Due to the large disparity in the availability of water between the wet northern region and the drier south parts of Southern Africa, water management has become an issue of critical importance to that region. The first transboundary transfer of water was between Lesotho and South Africa. Despite...
DEMOCRATIZATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST

Democratization in the Middle East

Experiences, Struggles, Challenges

Series:
Changing Nature of Democracy, The
25 Apr 2003
This publication addresses a number of key issues that would determine the success or failure of sustainable democratization in the countries of the Middle East. Drawing on conceptual and country analysis it examines various important issues such as, patterns of democratization, the relationship ...
REFORMING AFRICA

Reforming Africa's Institutions

Ownership, Initiatives, and Capabilities

14 Mar 2003
This title looks at the degree to which recent reforms undertaken in Sub-Saharan Africa have enhanced institutional capacities across the breadth of government. It analyzes to what extent reforms have been internalized and defended by governments, paying special attention to the impact of public...
MANGROVE MNGMT & CONSERVATIION

Mangrove Management and Conservation

Present and Future

30 Apr 2004
A long-term plan for the sustainable use of mangrove ecosystems is urgently needed. Monitoring, research and evaluation are vital components of a successful conservation strategy for mangrove forests. The expert papers contained in this publication outline the key areas for future focus in the st...