Sustainability: Multi-Disciplinary Perspectives

Author(s): Ahjond S. Garmestani, Matthew E. Hopton and Matthew T. Heberling

DOI: 10.2174/978160805103811201010065

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Actualizing Sustainability: Environmental Policy for Resilience in Ecological Systems

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Abstract

SHS investigation development is considered from the geographical and historical viewpoint. 3 stages are described. Within Stage 1 the work was carried out in the Department of the Institute of Chemical Physics in Chernogolovka where the scientific discovery had been made. At Stage 2 the interest to SHS arose in different cities and towns of the former USSR. Within Stage 3 SHS entered the international scene. Now SHS processes and products are being studied in more than 50 countries.

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The loss of biodiversity has the capacity to decrease the resilience of ecological systems, which can result in the loss of ecosystem services essential for human survival. Thus, the protection of biodiversity is a critical component to actualizing sustainability. In this paper, we suggest several possible policy instruments for dealing with the apparent intractability of economics, ecology, and the law. In order to actualize sustainability for future generations, we must develop new, or adapt established, policy to protect biological diversity and ecosystem services.

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Resilience, sustainability, panarchy, policy, economics, law, environmental management, trusts, biodiversity.

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