Despite its now widespread use, the concept of sustainability remains ambiguous. Its varying definitions carry the … marks of the disciplines defining it. Sustainability as defined in economics is commonly conceptualized as economic … development constrained by considerations of environmental sustainability. This concept follows familiar notions of internalizing …

. Sustainability thus requires the expansions of welfare considerations to include the limits posed by the biophysical world within … operative in mainline economics influences our understanding of sustainability. The question pursued is whether this concept of … ethics can lead to sustainability or whether other ethical concepts are necessary to achieve a more compatible relationship …

to use forest sustainability. On the other hand, in Russia, pristine forests are being degraded because of lack of …

cases as background, we compare and contrast three policy approaches to sustainability: weak sustainability, strong … sustainability and Georgescu‐Roegen’s concept of a viable technology.  …

‐and‐burn agriculture is causing economic sustainability problems for the Jingpo. In addition, land ownership problems and conflicts about … property rights threaten their conservation of forests and entail economic sustainability problems as explained in this paper …

improving resource productivity. A first step towards sustainability would be to slow‐down and reduce the man‐induced movements … important but not sufficient for reaching sustainability. A new orientation in the environmental policy in the young market …