Der Wald und die Zukunft der Nachhaltigkeitspolitik (Essay)

2012 ◽  
Vol 163 (8) ◽  
pp. 291-294
Author(s):  
Daniel Wachter
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Economic System ◽  
Sustainable Use ◽  
Institutional Framework ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
General Strategy ◽  
Forestry Policy ◽  
The Future ◽  
Sustainability Policy ◽  
Implementation Plans

The forest and the future of sustainability policies (essay) In accordance with the “Rio +20” conference in June, future policies for sustainability will be characterised by the necessary transformation of our economic system into a “green economy”, and the reinforcement of the institutional framework for sustainable development. Forests and forestry policy fit into these priorities extremely well. An increased but sustainable use of wood in order to achieve ecological and economic aims lies directly on target for a green economy. The ban on clearances or the associated reforestation policies are pioneering institutional measures in forestry policy, and these should be applied to other resources. Swiss sustainability policy for the next few years has been defined by the Federal Council in the document “Strategy for sustainable development 2012–2015”. This goes in the direction of the efforts named above, but does not make any statement concerning implementation plans in the realm of forestry. Rather it is the responsibility of forestry policy to put into effect the general strategy as presented.

La "green economy" e la realizzazione dei diritti dell'uomo alla base dello sviluppo sostenibile

2012 ◽  
pp. 587-607
Author(s):  
Pia Acconci
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
International Law ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
International Organisations ◽  
Economic Interests ◽  
Policy Issues ◽  
Economic Relations ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
International Economic Relations ◽  
The Future

This article focuses on the relevance of the ‘green economy' for the promotion of human rights as the base of sustainable development, in light of major trends in international law. In June of this year, at the end of the UN Conference Rio +20 on Sustainable Development, States adopted a document - "The Future We Want" - which refers to the ‘green economy' as an economic model for the future. "The Future We Want" confirms the tendency towards the increasing involvement of private parties in international economic relations. However, complex policy issues concerning the interaction between economic and non-economic interests/concerns have arisen from current trends towards interdependence, liberalization and privatization. Some issues have brought about international disputes which are difficult to be settled, since the applicable principles and rules to the merits are insufficient and fragmented. As disputes owing to conflicts between economic and non-economic interests/concerns constitute a relevant investment and/or trade risk, all States need to promote the rapid settlement and prevention of such disputes. To this end, States and international organisations might increase the level of integration of non-economic concerns into international agreements concerning economic matters and adopt interpretative guidelines and clarifications of the existing rules.

MAPPING THE FUTURE SUSTAINABLE COMPETITIVENESS RESOURCES: ASPECTS OF FORESTS OWNERSHIP

2010 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 630-651 ◽  
Author(s):  
Audronė Balkytė ◽  
Kęstutis Peleckis
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Policy Context ◽  
Europe 2020 ◽  
The Future ◽  
The One ◽  
Research Initiatives

Competitiveness race in the global economy, on the one side, and the acknowledgement of the sustainable development dimension, on the other side, brings Europe against extraordinary challenges but also to great opportunities. Mapping the future sustainable competitiveness creates a need for research initiatives to develop the new concept of competitiveness, with much of the research focusing on how sustainable development and competitiveness interact. The changing policy context, growing role of sustainable development, the transition to a green economy and the new European Union strategy Europe 2020 (2010) for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth leads to the “rethinking” of the main drivers of the sustainable competitiveness in the long prosperity and the future competitiveness leadership. The approach to natural resources, especially forests, as to the one of the future sustainable competitiveness resources, with the specific focus on its ownership is addressed in this article. Santrauka Lenktyniavimas del konkurencingumo pozicijos globalioje ekonomikoje ir vis didejantis darnaus vystymosi svarbos pripažinimas kelia Europai dideliu iššūkiu, o kartu atveria nauju galimybiu. Darnaus ateities konkurencingumo šaltiniu paieškos lemia naujas moksliniu tyrimu iniciatyvas, kuriomis būtu pletojama darnaus konkurencingumo koncepcija, apimanti darnaus vystymosi ir konkurencingumo saryši. Kintanti politine aplinka, didejanti darnaus vystymosi svarba, perejimas prie “žalios” ekonomikos ir nauja Europos Sajungos pažangaus, darnaus ir integracinio augimo strategija “Europa 2020” skatina iš naujo ivertinti pagrindinius ilgalaikio darnaus konkurencingumo šaltinius. Straipsnyje pletojamas požiūris i gamtos išteklius, ypač miškus, kaip i viena iš ateities darnaus konkurencingumo šaltiniu, kartu detalizuojant kai kuriuos mišku nuosavybes aspektus.

Academic Entrepreneurship, Bioeconomy, and Sustainable Development

2020 ◽  
pp. 32-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oluwaseun James Oguntuase
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Economic System ◽  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Academic Entrepreneurship ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
The Future ◽  
Technology Commercialisation

The potential of academic entrepreneurship towards achieving sustainable development has been established. Likewise, sustainability is an inherent characteristic of the bioeconomy. Academics are expected to play significant roles in the successful implementation of bioeconomy through scientific research and entrepreneurship. This chapter takes academic entrepreneurship as a process that creates value from research and technology commercialisation in a bioeconomy towards achieving sustainable development in the society. The chapter employs a systematic literature review approach to identify the opportunities at the intersection of academic entrepreneurship, bioeconomy, and sustainable development. The framework of technological innovation systems (TIS) will guide this study. The chapter will conclude that the future of sustainable development in our resources-constrained planet lies in plethora of academic entrepreneurial opportunities and embracing such in the implementation of bioeconomy, an economic system that is viable for the future.

scholarly journals SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ACTION PROGRAM: REVIEW OF GREEN, BLUE AND CIRCULAR ECONOMICS CONCEPTS

2020 ◽  
pp. 247-257
Author(s):  
Ye. Mishenin ◽  
I. Koblianska
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Economic System ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
Management Policy ◽  
Economic Systems ◽  
Economic Knowledge ◽  
Use Of Resources ◽  
Circular Economics

The search for a methodological basis for economic development that meets the principles of sustainable development, and its transformation into real mechanisms of functioning of socio-economic systems, is an urgent problem of our time. Against this background, in less than 20 years, different concepts have been proclaimed as action programs for the economic development of nations: green, blue and circular economiсs. At the same time, the question about the interrelation of concepts of "green", "blue" and "circular" economics remains unresolved. Are these concepts complementary or alternative? Could they be implemented simultaneously? In what way they contribute to the goals of sustainable development? What is the ability of each of these concepts to put into practice progress towards sustainable development at different levels of socio-ecological and economic systems functioning? This study aims to answer these questions through the study, generalization and critical reflection of the research results of world and domestic scientists on the content and methodological principles that form the basis of green, blue and circular economics concepts. The main features, spheres, key accents and relations of these concepts are investigated in the article. The results of the analysis give grounds to conclude that with the change of "colors" of concepts aimed at ensuring the sustainable economic development, there is a transformation of understanding of the relationship between the economy and nature. There is a movement from an anthropocentrism, which, to some extent, formed the basis of a green economy built on the implementation of green technological solutions, to an understanding of the unity and interdependence of resource movements in the natural and economic system within a circular economy. A new vision of the socio-economic system, which operates on the basis of congruence with nature, changes the model based on human dominance. The proposed solutions are becoming more and more concrete – from the general policy guidelines within the Green Economy to specific mechanisms for the transformation of business models and the use of resources in a circular economics. This illustrates the paradigm shift of economic knowledge, its adaptation for sustainable resource management, policy making and support for institutional change and, in fact, gives reason to hope for the implementation of the idea of sustainable development, i.e. the harmonization of socio-economic processes within the natural constraints.

scholarly journals The Eighth Sustainable Development Goal considering the economic system and its contradictions – A Critique

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-52
Author(s):  
José António De Sousa Pinho
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Economic System ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
Environmental Crisis ◽  
Global Community ◽  
Sustainable Development Goal ◽  
Development Goal ◽  
Employment Sector ◽  
The Way

This article focuses on the eighth Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) for the global community, analysing its objectives and recommendations that are to be achieved by 2030 in the sectors of economic growth and employment. It is a critique of the SDG chosen, in light of the current economic system and its contradictions, taking into account the new factors of the decade, such as technology and the environmental crisis. Economic growth was present in every economic analysis in the past decade, but should it be the focus of the next? The current environmental concerns have forced the global community to rethink the way we look at economic growth and the system in general. The article will also explore the contradictions in employment and work while attempting to explain the problems of this sector. A special attention will be given to profit and the way it prevents the creation of decent jobs. The new possibilities of the green economy and the technological progress will be taken into account and developed. It will finish with a reflection on the economic system in general and the SDGs, while also proposing a solution to the problems of the next decades concerning the economic and employment sector.

scholarly journals SUPPORTING OF SUSTAINABLE USE OF TERRITORIES AND OBJECTS OF THE NATURAL RESERVE FUND ON THE BASIS OF THE "GREEN ECONOMY"

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (4(69)) ◽  
pp. 112-123
Author(s):  
A.I. MARTIENKO ◽  
H.O. TIUTIUNNYK ◽  
K. KUZMOVA
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Protected Areas ◽  
Nature Reserve ◽  
Sustainable Use ◽  
Freshwater Ecosystems ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
Ecological Network ◽  
Mountainous Regions ◽  
Natural Reserve ◽  
Reserve Fund

Topicality. "Green economy" is an integral part of sustainable development of society and aims at raising the standards of human life on the basis of preservation of the environment and more effective use and protection of natural resources. One of the economic and ecological priorities of the "green economy" is to ensure the sustainable use of the territories and objects of the nature reserve fund. In order to assess the results of implementation the "green economy"objectives for sustainable development of these territories, it is necessary to develop a system of indicators and determine the extent of their implementation in Ukraine.Aim and tasks. The purpose of the article is to develop a system of indicators for assessing the sustainable use of territories and objects of nature reserve fund and analysis of their achievements in Ukraine. The main tasks of the article are: definining the methodological approaches to the formation of assessment indicators system based on economic&ecological and technical indicators of the protected areas status; assessment the implementation of green economy model in Ukraine on the basis of developed indicators of sustainable development.Research results. The analysis of sustainable development indicators showed positive trends in the growth of the total area of protected areas, in particular in the mountainous regions (Lviv, Zakarpattia, Ivano-Frankivsk and Chernivtsi), and the ecological network for more than half during the last decades. The biodiversity of the natural reserve fund of Ukraine is characterized by more than four thousand species of plants in these territories, the economic development of which takes into account the features of natural objects and aimed at their conservation.Conclusions. In Ukraine, there are ongoing measures to achieve the objectives of the "Green Economy", in particular, there is a positive dynamics in increasing the territories and objects of nature reserve fund, including in mountainous regions and the ecological network. The results of solving the problem of preservation, restoration and sustainable use of terrestrial and inland freshwater ecosystems are practically closer to the target landmarks. The institutional environment and the system of public administration and administration of the formation of nature reserve fund should develop in the direction of ensuring the fulfillment of the priority goals of the "green economy". An analysis of allocation the financial resources for conservation, restoration and improvement of the territories and objects state of Ukrainian nature reserve fund showed that there are trends in increasing their volumes and prospects of achieving the "green economy" benchmarks in this area.

The Principle and Methodology of Landscape Eco-Planning

2012 ◽  
Vol 450-451 ◽  
pp. 1327-1330
Author(s):  
Sheng Sheng ◽  
Yun Ling Du ◽  
Jian Liang Rui ◽  
Ru Jun Tao
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Resource Use ◽  
Landscape Planning ◽  
Sustainable Use ◽  
Gis Technology ◽  
Natural Function ◽  
Planning And Design ◽  
The Future ◽  
Important Approach ◽  
The Relationship

Landscape eco-planning is an important approach to keep sustainable development, which can coordinate the relationship between man, nature and resource use. The landscape eco-planning in the future not only must meet the need of landscape's natural function and human, but also need to meet the need of sustainable use of the land. This article discusses the concept, the main principles, procedures and methods of landscape eco-planning, and clarifies the GIS technology in the use of landscape planning and design, in order to play a promote role in the landscape eco-planning in China.

scholarly journals GREEN ECONOMY DEVELOPMENT: METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 203-208
Author(s):  
Veronika Chala ◽  
Yuliia Orlovska
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Economic System ◽  
Free Market ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Multicomponent System ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
Market Mechanisms ◽  
Integral Effect ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Post Industrial

The subject of this study is the principles, factors and features of the green economy as a complex multicomponent system. It was important to clarify the ontology of the term “development” and to propose a methodology for filling the meaning of this term with a specific scientific approach, which consisted in identifying factors that shape directed, natural (regular) and inevitable changes as mandatory elements of development in the philosophical sense of the latter. The article analyzes different approaches to the definition of green economy, which gave the authors a reason to propose their own perception of the green economy as a socio-eco-economic system, which should be simultaneous under directed, natural (regular) and inevitable changes to ensure its development. The authors dwelled on the characteristics of each of the three mandatory changes. Directed changes in the green economy as a system were considered through the prism of seventeen goals of sustainable development (defining those for which the green economy “works” directly), which form new requirements for key components of the economic system: production, exchange, distribution and consumption. Regular changes are characterized as those that correspond or do not contradict the basic economic laws of the post-industrial era and form the ecological basis for the competitiveness of the economy. Irreversibility of change is defined as justified regulatory measures of strict environmental and economic policy, based on the methodological, proven by scientists, the principle of regulation in a mixed economic system and the abandonment of free market mechanisms (which “does not work” to achieve sustainable development). The authors have proposed a system-hierarchical approach to ensuring intermediate principles of green economy development as a system (direction, regularity and irreversibility of changes) and their integral effect on the quality of sustainable development of the social system as a whole. Further directions of research of system principles of development of green economy have been defined as well.

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