Bridging biofuel sustainability indicators and ecosystem services through stakeholder engagement

Approaching Sustainability through Stakeholder Involvement

Until the last decade of the 20th century, the environmental aspects of the sport industry very seldom received any attention in the societal debate. The very same year as the UNEP summit on Environment and Development was held in Rio, negative environmental aspects on the hosted city occupied space from the sport broadcast of the Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Despite an ambitious environmental...

Stakeholder Engagement: Achieving Sustainability in the Construction Sector

Achieving sustainability-related targets in construction projects is increasingly becoming a key performance driver. Yet sustainability is a complex concept in projects and there are many diverse stakeholders. Some stakeholders are generally recognized as important, i.e., the client and main contractor, yet there are others not always perceived as such and whose absence from the decision-making...

Selection of sustainability indicators for health services in challenging environments: balancing scientific approach with political engagement.

Sustainability evaluation has become a key component of international health. However, evaluators have faced a number of challenges linked to the lack of consensus on the meaning of the concept of "sustainability". This paper aims to describe a methodology, the Sustainability Analysis Process, based on several conceptual frameworks and tested in five different countries in the physical rehabili...

Ecological Indicators and Sustainability of the Lake Ontario Ecosystem

Ecosystem Services, Governance, and Stakeholder Participation: an Introduction

ECOSYSTEM SERVICES, GOVERNANCE, AND STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION: AN INTRODUCTION The ecosystem services approach has gained popularity, and novel incentive-based ecosystem conservation strategies are increasingly being used. This calls for the reassessment and transformation of conceptual-theoretical, natural resource management, and governance approaches to conservation. In the past, conservatio...