ISDEHS 2006 is meant to be the first of a series of symposia intended to create an ongoing dialogue between researchers and policy makers from the Arab world with the global scientific community as well as to reposition the ongoing desertification debate within the context of human...

The aim of the conference is to develop a framework for the analysis of the role of global and local resources in achieving Sustainable Development (SD).

Papers and posters from all areas of environmental and natural resource economics are invited. Specific session themes are: - Multidisciplinary analyses (economics with other disciplines) - Applied research on the sustainable development of natural resources - Environmental regulation in the...

Topics: - Development of governance patterns for sustainable development; - Mobilizing citizens and business for sustainable developmnet; - Education for sustainable development; - Information communication technologies for sustainable development; - New approaches for risk management,...

The workshop will focus on various fields of agricultural economics (farm management and structural development, agricultural input and output markets, rural development, agricultural policy, food chains, resource and environmental economics).

To increase the effectiveness of the Ecological Footprint as a tool for promoting ecological, social and economic sustainability, the Global Footprint Network engages in the following activities: - Outreach and Community Building - Research and Development - Education, Training and Application...

The Conference aims to engage experts on exporting developing and transition economies as well as specialists from industrialized countries to share their experience on various aspects of the resource exploitation, its environmental consequences, on consumption patterns, and markets.

Topics: Human Resources, Growth and Immigration, Health, Climate Change and the Environment, Energy, Water, Global Economy, Human Capital and Globalization, Education and Culture, Information Technology and Society.

The scope of the conference stretches from theoretical to empirical and policy studies, including cooperation for natural resource management, economics of property rights and institutions, bio-economic modelling, economics of agro-biodiversity and studies linking international trade, poverty...

CONFERENCE THEME The Pro-Poor-Growth literature has provided important insights into the relationship between poverty, growth and inequality. We are interested in papers that help policy makers under-stand why poverty persists and how to increase the participation of poor households in growth...