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CAMPFIRE was initiated in 1989 by the Zimbabwean government as a program to support community-led development and sustainable use of natural resources. [2] The 1975 Parks and Wildlife Act set the legal basis for CAMPFIRE by allowing communities and private landowners to use wildlife on their land, marking a substantial shift from colonial policy that made it illegal for local populations to ...
Journal of Development Economics; Journal of Development Studies; The Journal of Environment & Development; Journal of Human Development and Capabilities; Journal of Infrastructure Development; Journal of International Development; The Journal of Peasant Studies; Journal of Social Development in Africa; Journal of South Asian Development
The Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems is a quarterly peer-reviewed open-access scientific journal covering sustainability studies. [1] The editor-in-chief is Neven Duić ( University of Zagreb ).
Sustainability essentially means preserving life on Earth, including humanity - or the well-being of the socio-ecological system and it's subsystems over time. As also expressed in the 1987 Our common future report (a.k.a. the Brundtland report) meeting the needs of humans is central in sustainable development, however, it does not state which needs.
Programs include instruction in sustainable development, geography, environmental policies, ethics, ecology, landscape architecture, city and regional planning, economics, natural resources, sociology, and anthropology. [1] Sustainability studies also focuses on the importance of climate change, poverty, social justice and environmental justice ...
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Sustainable development overlaps with the idea of sustainability which is a normative concept. [5] UNESCO formulated a distinction between the two concepts as follows: "Sustainability is often thought of as a long-term goal (i.e. a more sustainable world), while sustainable development refers to the many processes and pathways to achieve it." [6]
Environmental studies (EVS or EVST) is a multidisciplinary academic field which systematically studies human interaction with the environment. Environmental studies connects principles from the physical sciences, commerce/economics, the humanities, [ 1 ] and social sciences [ 2 ] to address complex contemporary environmental issues.