THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND WORLD ECOLOGY

Published bi-monthly in February, April, June, August, October and December by Sapiens Publishing ISSN 1350-4509 (Print) ISSN 1745-2627 (Online) Subscription Rates for Volume 15 (2008) 6 issues Individual rate:   £145.00   €210.00   $280.00 Institutional rate:   £240.00   €350.00   $440.00

Editor-in-Chief : Prof. Stephen Tinsley, Chief Executive, Duncow Kirkmahoe Dumfriesshire DG1 1TA United Kingdom info@sapienspublishing.com www.sapienspublishing.com

Editorial Board Carl Folke, Beijer International Institute of Ecological Economics, Stockholm, Sweden Francis Ng , TropBio Research, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Jeffrey Sayer , CIFOR, Bogor, Indonesia Michael Young , Adelaide, Australia John Cairns, Jr , Blacksburg, USA Brian Field , Luxembourg Jingzhu Zhao , Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China Harold Goodwin, Leeds Metropolitan, UK Jan Bebbington, St Andrews University, Uk

The International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology is now in its fifteenth year and has proved to be an exciting forum for understanding and advancing our knowledge and implementation of sustainable development.

Sustainable development is now of primary importance as the key to future use and management of finite world resources. It recognises the need for development opportunties while maintaining a balance between these and the environment. As stated by the UN Bruntland Commission in 1987, sustainable development should ‘meet the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.’ This is the primary focus of the journal, and is addressed by papers in environmental sustainability, economic sustainability, and/or social and cultural sustainability.

Environmental sustainability includes mitigating effects of climate change, minimising environmental degradation, and sustainable land management.

Economic sustainability includes capacity-building, integrated decision making, industry and biotechnology, consumption and production.

Social and cultural sustainability includes demographics, human settlements, international law, health and welfare.

These three subject areas encompass the scope of the journal. They can be considered empirically, through case studies, as reviews, commentaries, rapid communications, or integrated studies in special issues of the journal.