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Table of Contents: “…to Environmental Security Challenges -- to environmental security -- Environmental Security: Priority Issues and Challenges in Romania and European Transition Countries -- Strategies and Methods/Approaches -- Developing highly effective environmental security policies for a sustainable development of the future. Case study: Romania -- DSS-ERAMANIA: A decision support system for site-specific ecological risk assessment of contaminated sites -- Enhancement of environmental security by mathematical modelling and simulations of processes -- Application of computer modeling for the analysis and prediction of contaminant behavior in groundwater systems -- Integrated management strategy for environmental risk reduction at postindustrial areas -- Industrial ecology in transition countries: historical precedent and and future prospects -- Potential of strategic environmental assessment as an instrument for sustainable development of the countries in transition -- The integrated indicator of sustainable development and policy tools -- Socioeconomic and communication tools to enhance environmental security: a case study in Egypt -- Sensors and communications in environment monitoring systems -- Teaching and research in environmental microbiology/ biotechnology to enhance environmental security in transition and other countries -- Lessons Learned as Illustrated via Research and Case Studies -- Lessons learned from the north: balancing economic development, cultural preservation, and environmental protection -- A process for focusing cleanup actions at contaminated sites: lessons learned from remote northern sites in Canada -- Decoupling environmental problems from the overall aspects of political disputes: Is it possible? …”
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Table of Contents: “…A Strategic Overview of the European Energy Markets -- Towards a European energy policy* -- Competitive Power -- Competitive Gas -- Infrastructures and Regulated Activities -- Sustainable Development -- Strategy and Finance*.…”
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Table of Contents: “…-- The global ecological crisis -- Science and worldviews -- Environmental ethics and political conflict -- Deep ecology -- Spiritual ecology -- Social ecology -- Green politics -- Ecofeminism -- Sustainable development -- Conclusion : the radical ecology movement…”

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 1: Biofuels: perspective for sustainable development and climate change mitigation -- Chapter 2: Nanoparticles for Sustainable Bioenergy and Biofuel Production -- Chapter 3: Bio-hydrogen: technology developments in microbial fuel cells and their future prospects -- Chapter 4: Recent Advances in Genetic Improvement of Jatropha curcas: a potent biodiesel plant -- Chapter 5: Catalytic approach for production of hydrocarbon rich bio-oil from a red seaweed species -- Chapter 6: Seaweed biomass and microbial lipids as a source of biofuel -- Chapter 7: Microbial Biofuels: an economic and eco-friendly approach -- Chapter 8: Biofuels: sources, modern technology developments and views on bioenergy management -- Chapter 9: Integrating omics and microbial biotechnology for the production of Biofuel -- Chapter 10: An Overview on Biomass of Bamboo as a Source of Bioenergy -- Chapter 11: Advances and challenges in sugarcane biofuel development.…”
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Table of Contents: “…Basic environmental protection laws -- The concept of sustainable development -- The public trust doctrine -- Absolute liability of the polluter -- Reversal of the burden of proof -- The significance of public interest litigation -- Environment impact assessment : an early warning system -- Commitments under international law -- Pollutants in the air -- Defilement of fresh water bodies -- Marine pollution -- Degradation of land and forests -- Endangered wildlife -- Safe disposal of waste -- The relevance of the law of public nuisance -- The challenge of climate change -- The need for environmental courts -- Enforcing the 'polluter pays' principle : environmental taxes -- Disaster management and rehabilitation.…”

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Table of Contents: “…Transhumance in Greece: Multifunctionality as an Asset for Sustainable Development Athanasios Ragkos -- Chapter 2. The Conflict of Nomadic Pastoralism on Sheep Tracks In Piedmont Po Plain (CollinaPo Biosphere Reserve) Dino Genovese, Luca Battaglini and Ippolito Ostellino -- Chapter 3. …”
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Table of Contents: “…Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- About the Authors -- 1 Overview of Energy, Society, and Environment Towards Sustainable and Development -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Energy and Sustainable Development -- 1.2.1 The 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda -- 1.2.2 Direct Energy-Related Sustainable Goals -- 1.2.3 Indirect Energy-Related Sustainable Goals -- 1.2.4 Implications -- 1.3 Summary -- References -- 2 Overview of Energy -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Forms of Energy -- 2.2.1 Potential Energy -- 2.2.2 Kinetic Energy -- 2.3 Types of Energy -- 2.3.1 Nonrenewable Energy -- 2.3.2 Renewable Energy…”
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Table of Contents: “…10 Environmental Politics and Policy Professionalism: Agenda Setting, Problem Definition, and Epistemology11 Depoliticizing Environmental Politics: Sustainable Development in Norway -- 12 Democratic Deliberation and Environmental Policy: Opportunities and Barriers in Britain -- 13 Outside the State: Australian Green Politics and the Public Inquiry into Uranium -- 14 Participation and Agency: Hybrid Identities in the European Quest for Sustainable Development -- 15 Responses to Environmental Threats in an Age of Globalization…”
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Table of Contents: “….] -- Environmental education as a political event in Papua New Guinea / Ann Ryan -- To mine or not to mine on bougainvelle: linking peace to the environment / Bert Jenkins and Kathy Jenkins -- Environmental education in Fiji: issues of curriculum and consumption / Neil Taylor, Kelera Taloga, and Sereana Tagivakatini -- Environmental education in the Sultanate of Oman: taking sustainable development into account / Abdullah Ambasaidi and Ahmed Al-Rabaani -- Environmental education in India: evolution of education as a tool for sustainable development / Kartikeya V. …”

Table of Contents: “…Part I: About Environmental Education -- Chapter 1 - Training and dissemination about the Environment: keys to impulse the abiotic component of Environmental Education -- Chapter 2 Educating to deliver environmentally focused social innovation -- Chapter 3 - Environmental education for sustainable development: working for fundamental rights -- Chapter 4 - Nature as a teaching resource and the nature of learning -- Part II: Environmental Education and its Teaching -- Chapter 5 - The importance of Nature-based solutions to enhance Cabo Verde's Environment -- Chapter 6- Development of Scientific Literacy and the impact of environmental attitudes of citizens in a geological natural space -- Chapter 7- A PBL approach to Environmental Education through a Field Trip and a Science Centre Visit -- Chapter 8- Living labs in higher education: sustainable buildings technologies -- Chapter 9 - What is doing Latin America regarding the teaching of Nature-based solutions to boost Environmental Education? …”
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Table of Contents: “…The challenges of tourism in the Philippines -- Chapter 21 Environmental challenges in the Philippines -- Conclusion: Towards sustainable development in the Philippines?…”
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Table of Contents: “…-- Social and business risk and the resources sector -- A corporate view of risk and regulation in the mining industry -- The Resources -- Iron ore -- Coal -- Uranium -- Rare earth minerals -- Oil and gas -- Unconventional gas -- Gold and copper -- Section Three: The Main Issues -- Mining and sustainable development -- Resource governance and economic considerations -- Corporate social responsibility and reputation risk -- Declining ore grades and territorial expansion -- Community aspects of mining (opposition/protest, community development, community relations, FIFO, human rights, etc.) -- Mining and indigenous peoples -- Mining and Climate Change -- Legacy Issues and Abandoned Mines -- Conclusion: opportunities and challenges for the resources sector in the coming decade .…”
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Table of Contents: “…-- Toward a world economy of regions -- From diplomatic leader to rogue nation -- The ethics and practicalities of foreign aid -- Managing migration -- Achieving sustainable development -- A new foreign policy for American security and well-being.…”

Table of Contents: “…Fisheries Management in the Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve / William G.R. Crampton, João Paulo Viana, Leandro Castello and José María B. …”
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