Publications

Book Review "Human Ecology: Basic Concepts for Sustainable Development" by Gerald G. Marten, Professor, School of Policy Studies, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan. Publisher information: London: Earthscan Publications Ltd., 2001. ISBN: 1-85383-714-8, 256 pp., 14.95 GBP (pbk). Reviewer: Hisato Okamoto, Director, Frontier of Socio-Science Studies...

This issue of IRES invited experts in a variety of fields to present their views on the seemingly contradictory forces under the theme of “Globalization and Sustainable Development” and discuss how to evaluate globalization for sustainable development. EDITOR'S NOTE http://enviroscope.iges.or.jp/modules/envirolib/view.php?docid=2429 GLOBALIZATION...

This report is compiled on results of research implemented during the first year of the Project, “Developing a Forest Conservation Strategy for the Russian Far East,” which is being undertaken by on the basis of the agreement between the Economic Research Institute of the Far Eastern Division of Russian Academy of Sciences and the Forest...

This, the second Issue of IRES, offers papers from a diverse group of authors who contributed their insights on a broad range of topics. The issue begins with an essay by Dean James Gustave Speth, Dean of the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, on the role of the United States in an increasingly globalized world. Prof. Dr. Peter...

Pleasant weather and beautiful scenery refresh us, polluted air and water cause us concern about ecosystems and human health, and global environmental disasters threaten us on a larger scale. Yet it seems difficult for people in industrialized countries to realize how much they owe to the environment, while people in developing countries are often...

Nation-states founded in Europe during the eighteenth century formed their own economies, political institutions, and societies. Although the interdependence between states deepened through trade, in the twentieth century these states still basically functioned as distinct economic, political, and social units. In the latter half of twentieth...

In this paper, development of institutional framework of forest sector of the Russian Federation and the logic of institutional change is analyzed. The decentralization of forest policy has been realized under the ambiguous provision of joint jurisdiction and the weak political background of President Yeltsin, and the Khabarovsk Krai government...

As the World Summit on Sustainable Development approaches, it is timely to assess our actions on behalf of a more ecologically viable world and the barriers that remain to our realization of this goal. Globalization and sustainable development have emerged as key discourses to evaluate our social and environmental prospects. On the critical issue...