From the environment and human decurity to sustainable security and development

This paper agrgues for a broader emphasis on sustainable security and sustainable development, and for examinating both opportunities as well as threats to security. The autors note that many of significant risks arsing from human and natural interactions do not emergence at global or local levels, but at intermediate scales. They look at what different conceptual frameworks have to contribute to understanding and review lessons from experience, ilustrating where possible with work on water. The authors conclude by offering implications for an agenda of action, including interconnected frameworks, coalitions for change, interlocking institucional arrangements and disaggregated goals and indicators (AU)

Políticas forestales plan nacional de desarrollo forestal : Integración y participación activa del sector forestal en el desarrollo humano sostenible

Estudio del gobierno de Costa Rica por intermedio del Ministerio del Ambiente y Energía quienes con la colaboración de una gran cantidad de ciudadanos y ciudadanas han participado en un diálogo constructivo y enriquecedor para terminar la construcción de un Plan Nacional de Desarrollo Forestal, cuyos cimientos apenas han sido esbozados en este documento. El documento esta compuesto por dos partes a)Las políticas forestales y b)El Programa Nacional de Desarrollo Forestal