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The IUCN Strategies for Sustainable Development Handbook Series
This handbook is one in a series being produced by IUCN and its
partners to assist countries and communities implement Agenda 21,
the action programme of the United Nations Conference on
Environment and Development. The series will include handbooks on
national strategies for sustainable development, local strategies,
assessing progress towards sustainability, biodiversity action
plans, .involving indigenous peoples, and on integrating population
and resource use planning; and regular companion volumes of case
studies addressing the key issues of concern to strategy
implementation. Many international agreements and action plans now
call for countries to undertake national strategies. These
strategies seek to involve communities in united approaches to
sustainable development. Some are sectoral, such as tropical forest
strategies, others are thematic, covering topics such as
biodiversity, education or climate change. Still others, such as
national conservation strategies and national environment action
plans, are evolving to become more comprehensive processes, drawing
together economic, social and environmental development actions.
This handbook is for people? involved in strategies. It draws on
experiences in different regions of the world to present options
and examples of the role of strategies in sustainable development.
Originally published in 1995
One of the more significant recommendations to emerge from UNCED in
1992 was the call in Agenda 21 for countries to develop and
implement national sustainable development strategies. Most
countries have responded to this challenge. However many countries
also have a long history of drawing up planning exercises at this
level to deal with environmental problems. 'Green planning' is now
used as a shorthand term for a range of such national-level
planning initiatives covering both sustainable development and
environmental concerns, and countries from the North and the South
can benefit from a pooling of knowledge. Getting to Grips with
Greens Plans presents a cogent analysis of industrial countries'
experiences in this area, drawing out lessons and observations from
broad empirical experience. Part 1 provides an overview of national
green planning, reviewing its origins and scope, identifying
popular approaches and common processes, highlighting important
issues such as participation, the influence of domestic politics,
and the track record of more ambitious regional plans, and
comparing approaches in developed and developing countries. Part 2
goes on to present a series of detailed case studies, drawn largely
from interviews with key individuals responsible for coordinating
national green planning processes. These cases come from a range of
Western and Eastern European countries, the US and Canada, and
Australia and New Zealand. Some of these case studies show
impressive records of achievement, whilst others demonstrate
potential stumbling blocks. All demonstrate the difficulty of
putting the concept of sustainable development into practice Barry
Dalal-Clayton is director of the Environmental Planning Group at
the International Institute for Environment and Development,
London. In recent years, Dr Dalal Clayton has been deeply involved
in analyzing approaches to national sustainable development
strategies and environmental action plans in many countries, and in
advising governments and international agencies in this field. His
other current research interests include environmental impact
assessment, community-based wildlife management and land use
planning. Originally published in 1996
Sustainability Appraisal is a sourcebook of the state-of-the-art of
this rapidly emerging and diversifying area. It draws on a wealth
of international experiences and approaches to illustrate the
status and scope of Sustainability Appraisal/Assessment (SA) This
comprehensive guide highlights how SA can be used to analyse and
integrate the key environmental, social and economic pillars of
sustainability into decision-making at all levels, from policy to
project to investment, by government, business and industry, or
international organizations. Distilling both published and
unpublished materials, and with contributions from a range of
leading experts, organizations and agencies, this book will be of
significant value to professionals everywhere who are in need of a
solid, reference guide to what constitutes SA practice and, more
importantly, how and when it can be applied.
The IUCN Strategies for Sustainable Development Handbook Series
This handbook is one in a series being produced by IUCN and its
partners to assist countries and communities implement Agenda 21,
the action programme of the United Nations Conference on
Environment and Development. The series will include handbooks on
national strategies for sustainable development, local strategies,
assessing progress towards sustainability, biodiversity action
plans, .involving indigenous peoples, and on integrating population
and resource use planning; and regular companion volumes of case
studies addressing the key issues of concern to strategy
implementation. Many international agreements and action plans now
call for countries to undertake national strategies. These
strategies seek to involve communities in united approaches to
sustainable development. Some are sectoral, such as tropical forest
strategies, others are thematic, covering topics such as
biodiversity, education or climate change. Still others, such as
national conservation strategies and national environment action
plans, are evolving to become more comprehensive processes, drawing
together economic, social and environmental development actions.
This handbook is for people involved in strategies. It draws on
experiences in different regions of the world to present options
and examples of the role of strategies in sustainable development.
Originally published in 1995
One of the more significant recommendations to emerge from UNCED in
1992 was the call in Agenda 21 for countries to develop and
implement national sustainable development strategies. Most
countries have responded to this challenge. However many countries
also have a long history of drawing up planning exercises at this
level to deal with environmental problems. 'Green planning' is now
used as a shorthand term for a range of such national-level
planning initiatives covering both sustainable development and
environmental concerns, and countries from the North and the South
can benefit from a pooling of knowledge. Getting to Grips with
Greens Plans presents a cogent analysis of industrial countries'
experiences in this area, drawing out lessons and observations from
broad empirical experience. Part 1 provides an overview of national
green planning, reviewing its origins and scope, identifying
popular approaches and common processes, highlighting important
issues such as participation, the influence of domestic politics,
and the track record of more ambitious regional plans, and
comparing approaches in developed and developing countries. Part 2
goes on to present a series of detailed case studies, drawn largely
from interviews with key individuals responsible for coordinating
national green planning processes. These cases come from a range of
Western and Eastern European countries, the US and Canada, and
Australia and New Zealand. Some of these case studies show
impressive records of achievement, whilst others demonstrate
potential stumbling blocks. All demonstrate the difficulty of
putting the concept of sustainable development into practice Barry
Dalal-Clayton is director of the Environmental Planning Group at
the International Institute for Environment and Development,
London. In recent years, Dr Dalal Clayton has been deeply involved
in analyzing approaches to national sustainable development
strategies and environmental action plans in many countries, and in
advising governments and international agencies in this field. His
other current research interests include environmental impact
assessment, community-based wildlife management and land use
planning. Originally published in 1996
* The only comprehensive international sourcebook of SEA
principles, approaches, and instruments with coverage of all major
industrialized countries including the U.S., the U.K./Europe,
Canada, Australia, Japan, and Korea, and more than 50 transitional
and developing countries in Asia, Latin America, Africa, and the
Pacific * The essential reference for all impact assessment
practitioners, researchers, policymakers, aid and development
agencies, and funders* Written by two world-renowned practitioners
with support from the OECD, UNEP, and IIEDThis unique sourcebook
provides a global, state-of-the-art review of the rapidly evolving
field of strategic environmental assessment (SEA), describing
trends in application and experience and practice across the globe
in a variety of agencies and contexts. Drawing on published and
unpublished material, and contributions from a wide range of
individual experts, organizations, and agencies, it provides an
unparalleled and invaluable understanding of what constitutes SEA
and how and when it can be applied. It includes an international
review of experience, practice, terminology, approaches, and tools
of SEA, covering developed, transitional, and developing countries.
A collection of case studies illustrates SEA practice in a range of
countries and contexts. Included also: a full set of references and
several appendices.
* The first and only comprehensive international sourcebook of
Sustainability Appraisal/Assessment (SA) principles, approaches and
instruments from all governments, businesses and NGOs worldwide*
The essential guide for all impact assessment practitioners,
business analysts, researchers, policymakers and international
organizations* Written by two world-renowned practitioners and
authors, with support from a wealth of international organizations
and expertsA unique state-of-the-art analysis of the status and
scope of SA, drawing on a wealth of international experiences and
approaches. This fully comprehensive guide highlights how SA can be
used to integrate the key environmental, social and economic (ESE)
pillars of sustainability into decision-making at all levels-from
policy to project to investment-by government, business and
industry, or international organizations. Distilling both published
and unpublished materials, as well as in-depth workshop discussions
and contributions from a range of leading experts, organizations
and agencies, this book provides an indispensable window into the
field. It will be of significant value to professionals everywhere
who are in need of a solid, practical guide to what constitutes SA
and, more importantly, how and when it can be applied.
This book provides an international perspective on rural planning,
focused on developing countries. It examines conventional
development planning and innovative local planning approaches,
drawing together lessons from recent experience of rural planning
and land use. The authors examine past and current practice and
ways that land use planning and management of natural resources can
underpin sustainable local livelihoods. They draw on case studies
from Africa, Asia and Latin America to present findings relevant
throughout the developing world.
This book is a cornerstone resource for a wide range of
organizations and individuals concerned with sustainable
development at national and local levels, as well as for
international organizations concerned with supporting such
development. While the focus is on integrated strategies for
sustainable development, the approaches and methods covered are
equally relevant to poverty reduction, environmental and sectoral
strategies, program development and review. Agenda 21 called for
all countries to develop sustainable development strategies. For
such strategies to be effective there needs to be a real
commitment. In every country, government at all levels, the private
sector and civil society must work together in a true partnership,
in transparent ways which enable genuine stakeholder participation.
The necessary mechanisms and processes need to be coordinated to
enable continuous learning and improvement. This resource book
provides flexible, non-prescriptive guidance on how to develop,
assess and implement national sustainable development strategies.
It sets out principles and ideas on process and methods, and
suggests how these can be used. It is based on an analysis of past
and current practice, drawing directly from experience in both
developed and developing countries. Following a discussion of the
nature and challeges of sustainable development and the need for
strategic responses to them, the heart of the book covers the main
tasks in strategy processes. Individual chapters offer a rich range
of guidance, ideas and case studies on: * The nature of sustainable
development strategies and current practice * Key steps in
starting, managing and improving sustainable developmentstrategies
* Analysis of and for sustainable development * Participation for
sustainable development * Information, education and communications
* Strategy decision-making frameworks and procedures * The
financial basis for strategies * Monitoring and evaluation systems.
This unique book focuses on rural and land use planning in developing countries. It explores the conventional, mainly top-down, approaches of the past, showing why they have largely failed; and describes the opportunities offered by more recent, participatory approaches, examining the key role of natural resource information in planning. There are numerous examples and up-to-date references.
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