The Science of Sustainable Development Sayer Campbell Hardback 9780521827287

The Science of Sustainable DevelopmentLocal Livelihoods and the Global Environment\nAuthor(s): Jeffrey Sayer, Bruce Campbell\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9780521827287, 978-0521827287\nSynopsis\nScience faces major challenges in tackling the inter-linked problems of poverty and environmental sustainability. This book reviews how practical science can be applied to real-life conservation and development problems, and aims to demystify the sometimes obscure science of natural resources management, interpreting it for the benefit of those who need to deal with the day to day problems of managing complex natural resource systems. The authors give practical guidance to those who design and manage conservation programmes and demonstrate that technologies are available that enable integrated natural resource management to move from a theory to a reality. They argue that the threats to the natural envi.