Economic Growth -Beyond GDP
( Article Type: Sustainable Development )
Economic growth has for decades been the darling of modern political process. High growth is cause for national celebration and pride
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( Article Type: Opinion )
It is not uncommon to hear our present global economic system being compared to a predatory natural environment. We might imagine the market as a great African plain where competition for scarce resources dominates the life of every species. We c
Read more about EconomicsEconomics of the Environment
( Article Type: Explanation )
The biggest threat to the realisation of the sustainable development ideal is not in determining and understanding how Economics and Ecology as individual systems function, but how they operate as a single embedded system.
Read more about Economics of the EnvironmentEcosphere & Ecosystems
( Article Type: Explanation )
The ecosphere (also sometimes called the ‘biosphere’) is that part of the Earth’s environment in which living organisms are found. The word is normally used to include the atmosphere, hydrosphere and lithosphere (i.e. land, air and water that s
Read more about Ecosphere & EcosystemsEcosystems and Eco-system Service
( Article Type: Explanation )
The term ecosystem refers to the combined physical and biological components of an environment and the interactions between these components.
Read more about Ecosystems and Eco-system ServiceEcotourism
( Article Type: Opinion )
Ecotourism, or ecological tourism, has been a growing phenomenon since the 1950s and 1960s as the First World grew in its appreciation of nature and its vulnerability to human development and population growth.
Read more about EcotourismEl Nino
( Article Type: Explanation )
El Nino, meaning 'the Christ Child' in Spanish, is the name of a warm, Pacific Ocean current that periodically flows southward along the coast of Ecuador, as opposed to the normal, cold, north-flowing current.
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( Article Type: Overview )
Red Data Books and Lists are IUCN (World Conservation Union), Species Survival Commission (SSC) products and were initiated in 1963 by Sir Peter Scott as a means of preventing extinction through an easily understood method of identifying, documen
Read more about Endangered & Threatened SpeciesEndocrine Disrupting Chemicals
( Article Type: Explanation )
Along with Rachel Carson’s book the “Silent Spring” in 1962, came the realisation of the potential danger of certain chemicals to humans and the environment. She questioned people’s faith in technological advancement by exposing the hazards of th
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( Article Type: Overview )
Energy is one of the most fundamental requirements of modern society. We rely heavily on energy, not only for our individual domestic and business needs, but for the country’s economic development.
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