Conservation and Sustainable Development
What Is Sustainable Development?
International Efforts to Achieve Sustainable Development
- The United Nations
- International conventions
Funding for Sustainable Development
- The World Bank
- Global Environment Facility
- Individual governments
- Non-governmental organizations
- Box 17.1 Challenges & Opportunities: China’s Belt and Road Initiative
- Box 17.2 Success Story: Snow Leopard Enterprises
Examples of Sustainable Development Projects
- Ecotourism and biodiversity
- Illegal wildlife trade
- Box 17.3 Case in Point: Should the Ban on Elephant Ivory Trade Be Lifted?
- Fisheries
- Climate change
The Future Success of Sustainable Development
Box 17.4 Conservation in Practice: The Social Progress Index
Concluding Remarks