ZIMBABWE’S FORESTRY COMMISSION AND THE QUEST FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Framework Paper for the Sustainable Development Commission

Lower or zero growth could offer a realistic scenario, particularly for the future of the economy of advanced societies. This might arise from a variety of possible causes ranging from deliberate attempts to reduce growth in order to achieve sustainable development in society as a whole, or from the natural or cyclical levelling out of conventional, unadjusted economic growth, without any delib...

Sustainable Development of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Forestry

Sustainable Development: A Vital Quest

A high-level overview of the discipline of sustainable development is presented, aimed at providing the context and setting for research on and applications of sustainable development, in this lead article to a new journal. The status of sustainable development and its progress are described, as are challenges and needs that may impact its development. Definitions of sustainable development and...

Biofuels in the Quest for Sustainable Energy Development

The numerous energy challenges facing the world coupled with the lack of sustainability of the non-renewable “fossil fuels world” has led the search to sustainable alternatives. Biofuel has emerged as an alternative with great promise with quite some problems to contend with; this include the development of feasible technologies such as the search for highly efficient saccharification enzymes; ...

Commission on Sustainable Development: year-end update.

The history of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) is given in brief. A summary is provided of the plans for the Fourth Meeting of the CSD and of international conferences and activities related to sustainable development. Specific conference topics were consumption patterns, financial resources, the integration of environmental and development issues into decision making, informa...