 |  The articles on sustainable development in the 9 August 2002 issue form part of a long tradition in Science. Below, we’ve assembled a sample of the previous views and discussions of the topic that have appeared in the journal over the past ten years.
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The Role of Science top
AAAS Presidential Address
Entering the Century of the Environment: A New Social Contract for Science
Jane Lubchenco
Science 279, 491 (1998)
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Essays on Science and Society
The Role of Science in Sustainable Development
Angela Merkel
Science 281, 336 (1998)
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A pair of essays from 1998 explore science’s role and responsibility in fashioning a sustainable world.
Policy Forum
Sustainability Science
Robert W. Kates et al.
Science 292, 641 (2001)
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The authors argue that a “new field of sustainability science” is emerging, and that it needs to become “a major focus of research.”
Ecosystems as “Capital Assets” top
Policy Forum
The Value of Nature and the Nature of Value
Gretchen C. Daily et al.
Science 289, 395 (2000)
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Policy Forum
International Ecosystem Assessment
Edward Ayensu et al.
Science 286, 685 (1999)
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Two articles on the economic arguments for sustainable development -- and the need to better understand how to place an economic value on ecosystem benefits.
Sustainable Development in Africa top
Policy Forum
Soil Fertility and Hunger in Africa
Pedro A. Sanchez
Science 295, 2019 (2002)
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Sanchez argues that soil fertility depletion is “the fundamental biophysical cause” of low per capita food production in Africa -- and that it needs to be addressed before other efforts can overcome hunger there.
Policy Forum
Sustaining Natural and Human Capital: Villagers and Scientists
Wayne M. Getz et al.
Science 283, 1855 (1999)
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How community-based natural resource management has contributed to the well-being of human communities and the conservation of threatened species in southern Africa.
Essays on Science and Society
Bioprospecting in an African Context
Lydia Makhubu
Science 282, 41 (1998)
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African tradition, maintains Makhubu, can “complement modern scientific approaches” in achieving proper stewardship of biological resources.
The Debate About Consumption top
Policy Forum
Consumption: Challenge to Sustainable Development . . .
Norman Myers
Science 276, 53 (1997)
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. . . or Distraction?
Jeffrey R. Vincent and Theodore Panayotou
Science 276, 55 (1997)
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Letters
Consumption and Sustainable Development
Paul C. Stern, Thomas Dietz, Robert Alcock
Science 276, 1629 (1997)
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Is rampant consumption of scarce resources at the root of the world’s sustainability problems -- or is consumption merely a red herring, distracting attention from deeper market and policy failures?
Is Sustainability a Realistic Goal? top
Policy Forum
Uncertainty, Resource Exploitation, and Conservation: Lessons from History
Donald Ludwig, Ray Hilborn, Carl Waters
Science 260, 17 (1993)
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Policy Forum
Achieving Sustainable Use of Renewable Resources
A. A. Rosenberg, M. J. Fogarty, M. P. Sissenwine, J. R. Beddington, J. G. Shepherd
Science 262, 828 (1993)
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A classic Science debate: Using the specific example of fisheries management as a jumping-off point, two groups draw sharply different conclusions regarding the feasibility of efforts toward sustainability.
Sustainability and the World’s Forests top
Review
The Tropical Timber Trade and Sustainable Development
Jeffrey R. Vincent
Science 256, 1651 (1992)
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Policy Forum
The World's Forests: Need For a Policy Appraisal
Norman Myers
Science 268, 823 (1995)
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Perspective
Counting the Cost of Deforestation
Robert Bonnie, Stephan Schwartzman, Michael Oppenheimer, Janine Bloomfield
Science 288, 1763 (2000)
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Policy Forum
The Future of the Brazilian Amazon
William F. Laurance et al.
Science 291, 438 (2001)
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Policy Forum
Frontier Governance in Amazonia
D. Nepstad et al.
Science 295, 629 (2002)
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Letters
Issues in Amazonian Development
William F. Laurance et al.
Science 295, 1643 (2002)
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A variety of perspectives on forest management and sustainability.
Sustainable Use of “Common-Pool Resources” top
Review
Revisiting the Commons: Local Lessons, Global Challenges
Elinor Ostrom, Joanna Burger, Christopher B. Field, Richard B. Norgaard, David Policansky
Science 284, 278 (1999)
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In a reassessment of Garrett Hardin's classic 1968 Science paper The Tragedy of the Commons [PDF, 2.0 MB], Ostrom et al. explore the nature of common-pool resources and the prospects for their sustainable management.
Human-Dominated Ecosystems: A Special Issue top
On 27 July 2002, Science published a special issue on the study of human influences on the planet -- and on the policy implications of such studies.
Review
Human Domination of Earth's Ecosystems
P. M. Vitousek, H. A. Mooney, J. Lubchenco, J. M. Melillo
Science 277, 494 (1997)
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Review
Biotic Control over the Functioning of Ecosystems
F. S. Chapin III, B. H. Walker, R. J. Hobbs, D. U. Hooper, J. H. Lawton, O. E. Sala, D. Tilman
Science 277, 500 (1997)
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Review
Agricultural Intensification and Ecosystem Properties
P. A. Matson, W. J. Parton, A. G. Power, M. J. Swift
Science 277, 504 (1997)
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Review
The Management of Fisheries and Marine Ecosystems
L. W. Botsford, J. C. Castilla, C. H. Peterson
Science 277, 509 (1997)
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Review
Hopes for the Future: Restoration Ecology and Conservation Biology
A. P. Dobson, A. D. Bradshaw, A. J. Baker
Science 277, 515 (1997)
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Review
Forests as Human-Dominated Ecosystems
I. R. Noble and R. Dirzo
Science 277, 522 (1997)
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