The principle of ‘common but differentiated responsibility’ evolved from the notion of the ‘common heritage of mankind’ and is a manifestation of general principles of equity in international law. The principle recognises historical differences in the contributions of developed and developing States to global environmental problems, and differences in their respective economic and technical cap...

Doanh Van, Union University DOANH VAN is Associate Professor & Chair of the Engineering Department at Union University (www.uu.edu/dept/engineering) since 2001. Prior to joining Union, Dr. Van served as Sr. Manager of Energy and Environmental Affairs for Pfizer, Inc. with global corporate responsibilities. He is both a mechanical and environmental engineer. He has over 20 years of industrial ex...

earlier, environmental problems have been considered as technical and economic problems. in the last decades of the twentieth century the societal dimensions of environmental problems and environmental issues attracted more public attention. as a result of this circumstances a new social scientific discipline, “environmental sociology” was appeared to investigate the environmental behavior ...

Sexual rights as human rights encompass individual freedoms and social entitlements. Both depend for their realisation on equally important social responsibilities on the part of individuals, couples, families, other social institutions, and the State. The principle that all persons must understand their own sexual rights and responsibilities and respect the equal rights of others - particularl...

although one of the main reasons of brand equity importance is its strategic role to provide competitive advantage in the companies, the previous studies have paid little attention to effective internal organizational factors on brand equity. some of these factors are variables of social responsibility and corporate identity. social responsibility in recent decade has become a dominant paradigm...

In 1992 the United Nations Conference on Environment and Deve10pment consolidated the need for a sustainab1e deve10pment that wou1d reconci1e global ecological, economic and social cancerns. To operationalize this three-dimensional agenda the global action plan for sustainable development, Agenda 21, emphasizes the need for a broad participation and cooperation among states and societal groups....

This book consists of 14 chapters covering important aspects in regards to various terrestrial ecosystems, wetlands, river systems, mine site rehabilitation, marsh ecology and heavy metals pollution. Also aims to fill some of the information gaps in ecological restoration, particularly in under-researched ecosystems around the world. Restoration ecology emerged as a separate field in ecology in...