Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development

1999 - 2025

Current editor(s): Luc Hens

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Introduction and Acknowledgements pp. 173-176: Alpina Begossi and Luc Hens
Knowledge and Use of Biodiversity in Brazilian Hot Spots pp. 177-193: Alpina Begossi, Natalia Hanazaki and Nivaldo Peroni
Edible Invertebrates Among Amazonian Indians: A Critical Review of Disappearing Knowledge pp. 195-225: Maurizio Paoletti, Erika Buscardo and Darna Dufour
Ethnobotany in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique: Use of Medicinal Plants pp. 227-234: Joaquim Matavele and Mohamed Habib
Land Cover Changes in the Extended HA Long City Area, North-Eastern Vietnam During the Period 1988-1998 pp. 235-252: Luc Hens, Eddy Nierynck, Tran Van Y, Nguyen Quyen, Le Hien and Le An
Using Local Knowledge as a Research Tool in the Study of River Fish Biology: Experiences from the Mekong pp. 253-376: John Valbo-Jørgensen and Anders Poulsen
Systems of Knowledge: Dialogue, Relationships and Process pp. 277-304: Kenneth Ruddle
How Do Groups Solve Local Commons Dilemmas? Lessons from Experimental Economics in the Field pp. 305-322: Juan-Camilo Cardenas
People's Biodiversity Registers: Lessons Learnt pp. 323-332: Madhav Gadgil
Economic Development and Conservation of Biological and Cultural Diversity in Yunnan Province, China pp. 333-345: Rey Stendell, Richard Johnson, John Mosesso and Xia Zhang

Introducing and Measuring Sustainable Development Initiatives by Local Authorities in Canada and Flanders (Belgium) A Comparative Study pp. 81-105: Dimitri Devuyst and Luc Hens
Sustainable Development and Wildlife Conservation in Tanzanian Maasailand pp. 107-117: Fred Nelson
Vietnamese Uplands: Environmental and Socio-Economic Perspective of Forest Land Allocation and Deforestation Process pp. 119-142: Tiziano Gomiero, Davide Pettenella, Giang Phan Trieu and Maurizio Paoletti
Ecological Tax Reform: Many Know Why But Few Know How pp. 143-164: Philip Lawn

The Volta Lake and Declining Rainfall and Streamflows in the Volta River Basin pp. 1-11: P. Gyau-Boakye and J.W. Tumbulto
Cadmium Concentration in Vegetables Grown on Urban Soils Irrigated with Untreated Municipal Sewage pp. 13-21: M. Qadir, Abbas Ghafoor, G. Murtaza and G. Murtaza
Footprints for Sustainability: The Next Steps pp. 23-44: Mathis Wackernagel and J. Yount
Sustainable Exploitation of Borassus aethiopum, Elaeis guineensis and Raphia hookeri for the Extraction of Palm Wine in Côte d'Ivoire pp. 45-59: M. Mollet, F. Herzog, Y.E.N. Behi and Z. Farah
Basic Environmental Requirements for EU Accession: An Impact Study on Hungary pp. 61-76: Sándor Kerekes and Károly Kiss

Linking Ecological Sustainability and World Food Needs pp. 185-196: Alison Power
Applying Agroecology to Enhance the Productivity of Peasant Farming Systems in Latin America pp. 197-217: Miguel Altieri
More Productivity with Fewer External Inputs: Central American Case Studies of Agroecological Development and their Broader Implications pp. 219-233: Roland Bunch
Participatory Development of No-tillage Systems without Herbicides for Family Farming: The Experience of the Center-South Region of Paraná pp. 235-252: Paulo Petersen, José Tardin and Francisco Marochi
Can Sustainable Agriculture Feed Africa? New Evidence on Progress, Processes and Impacts pp. 253-274: Jules Pretty
Delivering on the Promise of Agroforestry pp. 275-284: Pedro Sanchez
Sustainable Agriculture: New Paradigms and Old Practices? Increased Production with Management of Organic Inputs in Senegal pp. 285-296: Amadou Diop
Agroecological Implications of the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in Madagascar pp. 297-313: Norman Uphoff
Integrated Aquaculture in Subsaharan Africa pp. 315-321: Randall Brummett
Contour Farming Based on Natural Vegetative Strips: Expanding the Scope for Increased Food Crop Production on Sloping Lands in Asia pp. 323-336: Dennis Garrity
Integrated Crop–livestock Management Systems in Sub-saharan Africa pp. 337-348: Alice Pell

Water Resource Potential in Northern India: Constraints and Analyses of Price and Non-Price Solutions pp. 105-121: Seema Bathla
Belief Networks: A Framework for the Participatory Development of Natural Resource Management Strategies pp. 123-133: Jeremy Cain, Charles Batchelor and Dominic Waughray
Tropical Coastal Organisms as Qualitative Indicators of Mercury and Organomercury for Sustainable Use of Living Resources pp. 135-147: S.K. Sarkar, B. Bhattacharya, G. Bandopadhaya, Sankar Giri and S. Debnath
The Logical Foundations of Ecological Footprints pp. 149-156: Andrew Ferguson
The Vandaclim Simulation Model: A Training Tool for Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessment pp. 157-170: R.A. Warrick, G.J. Kenny, G.C. Sims, W. Ye and G. Sem

Is there Really Spare Land? A Critique of Estimates of Available Cultivable Land in Developing Countries pp. 3-18: Anthony Young
Will Limits of the Earth's Resources Control Human Numbers? pp. 19-39: David Pimentel, O. Bailey, P. Kim, E. Mullaney, J. Calabrese, L. Walman, F. Nelson and X. Yao
Sustainable Development and Environment: a Renewed Effort in the OECD pp. 41-53: Jeremy Eppel
Ecological Impacts of Chile's Neoliberal Policies, with Special Emphasis on Agroecosystems pp. 55-72: Miguel Altieri and Alejandro Rojas
Uses of Fish and Game by Inhabitants of an Extractive Reserve (Upper Juruá, Acre, Brazil) pp. 73-93: A. Begossi, R.A.M. Silvano, B.D. do Amaral and O.T. Oyakawa
Struggle of life or the natural history of stress and adaptation, by Martial Rossignol, Line Rossignol, Roelof A.A. Oldeman, and Soraya Bensine-Tizroutine pp. 95-96: David Pimentel
Sustainable development - OECD policy approaches for the 21st century pp. 96-97: R. Hatcher