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This handbook aims to be a road map for anyone working with a community to achieve environmental change, including environmental educators and managers, local government officers, and community development officers. It is especially designed for the many people with science backgrounds now involved in community projects to conserve species...

Since Mongolia was opened up to the world in 1990, a number of books on contemporary Mongolia have been published for Western readers, focusing mainly on its history, politics, economy, and social issues. There is, however, still only a limited range of scientific books relating to traditional agriculture and environmental protection in Mongolia...

Environmental education by non-governmental organizations (NGOs) is increasingly important in developing countries. This paper focuses on PPLH-Seloliman, an NGO environmental education centre in Indonesia, which shows us a good practice example of NGO environmental education. What is notable about this center is not only its contribution to the...

The Kyoto Protocol is a landmark in international environmental law. As the first derived legal instrument of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, its negotiation has been pioneering, and consequently the path has not always been smooth. This paper outlines the international political history of the Kyoto Protocol, placing the...

This paper proposes a comprehensive land-use management program aimed at enhancing the effectiveness of land management within urban growth areas and at the same time managing areas around the outside of urban growth boundaries through controlled development, thereby facilitating both development and conservation in areas around urban centers. This...

This article gives a brief overview of the Kyoto Protocol, its core features of long-term relevance, the outlook to 2012, and the options for moving forward with a new round of negotiations on international climate change responses. It is concluded that major elements of the Kyoto system are now irreversible. This is not only because of ongoing...

This paper aims to present, from the perspectives of Germany and Japan, some of the major issues facing the international community in reaching agreement on the Kyoto Protocol and its implementation. It also provides the background leading up to the creation of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the Berlin Mandate, and the Kyoto...

The Kyoto Protocol can best be understood as being an economic instrument that uses flexible targets and market mechanisms to limit greenhouse gas emissions at the least cost. Its market orientation was largely inspired by the United States, which nevertheless opposes it on economic grounds. Yet a meaningful global regime requires the participation...