Full of Life UNESCO Biosphere Reserves - Model Regions for Sustainable Development.

UNESCO biosphere reserves are full of life. Here, people put sustainable development into practice: economic, ecological, social and cultural objectives are pursued, conserving precious natural spaces in the process. People are opening up new opportunities for today and are taking responsibility for...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2005.
Edition:1st ed. 2005.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
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Table of Contents:
  • Sustainable Development: The Contribution by Biosphere Reserves
  • MAB — a Programme over the Course of Time
  • World Network of Biosphere Reserves
  • Biosphere Reserves: Model Regions for the Future
  • The Network of Biosphere Reserves in Germany
  • New Concepts for the Model Regions
  • People and Cultures in Biosphere Reserves
  • From Environmental Education to Learning for Sustainability
  • Communication and Cooperation
  • Objectives and Strategies for Nature Conservation
  • Cultural and Natural Landscapes and the New Wilderness
  • Cultural Landscapes and Biodiversity
  • Conserve Diversity! Practical Landscape Management
  • The Importance of Nature Rangers
  • Sustainable Economic Development
  • Sustainable Land Management
  • Sustainable Forestry
  • Sustainable Tourism Development
  • Environmental Management in Industry
  • Research and Monitoring in Biosphere Reserves
  • Planning for Biosphere Reserves
  • Biosphere Reserves in Development Cooperation
  • The Further Development of the German System of Biosphere Reserves — Model Regions for Sustainable Development
  • Examples from Practice
  • From the Rhön lamb to the Rhön Apple Initiative: Marketing Local Produce
  • The Wilderness Camp on Falkenstein
  • The ”Biosphere Job Motor“ — a Start-Up Initiative
  • The Regional Brand as a Working Instrument for Sustainable Regional Development
  • The Framework Concept as Regional Agenda 21
  • Tourism with Nature — Nature Conservation with People: Visitor Guidance in a Biosphere Reserve
  • Sustainable Agriculture on the Hallig Islands
  • Environmental Education: A Component of Sustainable Development
  • Health and the Biosphere Reserve
  • Natural Dynamics at the Heart of Europe
  • Management of Migrant Birds
  • Traditional Farms and the Spree Forest Landscape
  • Cooperation Between the German and Chinese MAB National Committees
  • Transboundary Biosphere Reserves: Win-Win Solutions for People and Nature
  • Examples from Research
  • Research and Monitoring in German Biosphere Reserves: An Overview
  • Regional Marketing of Agricultural Produce in German Biosphere Reserves
  • Integrated Environmental Monitoring — an Ecosystem-Based Approach
  • Socio-Economic Monitoring in the Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea Region
  • Allensbach Survey in the Rhön Biosphere Reserve
  • The Schorfheide-Chorin Project: Development of Methods for Integrating Nature Conservation Goals into Agricultural Practice
  • Moderation Procedure in the Water Edge Project in the Spree Forest Biosphere Reserve
  • Nature Conservation and Organic Farming in a Biosphere Reserve — the Brodowin Eco-Village Development and Testing Project (Schorfheide-Chorin BR)
  • Further Development of the “Ecosystem Approach” of the Convention on Biological Diversity in Selected Forest Biosphere Reserves
  • Biosphere Reserves in Germany: An Overview
  • Germany in Key Figures
  • UNESCO Biosphere Reserves in Germany.