The road to sustainability must bridge three great divides

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1185, Issue , 2010, Pages 225-236

  Aronson, James ^a,b   Blignaut, James N ^c   De Groot, Rudolf S ^d   Clewell, Andre ^e   Lowry II, Porter P ^b,f   Woodworth, Paddy ^g   Cowling, Richard M ^h   Renison, Daniel ⁱ   Farley, Joshua ^j   Fontaine, Christelle ^a   Tongway, David ^k   Levy, Samuel ^l   Milton, Suzanne J ^m   Rangel, Orlando ⁿ   Debrincat, Bev ^o   Birkinshaw, Chris ^p  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e RNC Alliance   (United States)

^f MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^g DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^h NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

ⁱ UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^j UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^k CSIRO   (Australia)

^l DEPARTAMENTO DE CONSERVACIÓN DE LA BIODIVERSIDAD   (Mexico)

^m UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

ⁿ UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^o RNC Alliance and IEWF   (Australia)

^p MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (Madagascar)

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Author keywords

Ecological economics; Ecological restoration; Economic divide; Ideological divide; Information divide; Maintaining biodiversity; Restoring natural capital

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

BIODIVERSITY; CAPITAL; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HUMAN; LAND USE; MALNUTRITION; MODEL; POLICY; POVERTY; PUBLIC OPINION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 76849103136     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.05281.x     Document Type: Review

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