The Institute for Environment and Sanitation Studies (IESS) releases a free online version of an Annotated Bibliography on Ecosystem Approaches as part of activities to mark this year’s World Environment Day 5th June 2015.
Prepared as part of the Environmental Science Doctoral programme of IESS, the annotated bibliography is designed to give students and researchers a comprehensive overview of publications regarding the ecosystem approach to environmental management. The 260 page bibliography spans the period between 2000 and 2014, and covers over 700 research articles, papers, books and reports that discuss ecosystem approach on topics ranging from general ecosystem theory, implementation of the approach in various ecosystems and its application in real world studies. The Bibliography is complementary to a book being prepared by IESS for the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on Graduate-level curricular guidance for development of courses on Ecosystem Based Climate Change Adaptation.
To access the Bibliography visit: http://iess.ug.edu.gh/index.php/publications/non-academic-publications.
About University of Ghana
The University of Ghana is the premier as well as the largest university in Ghana with a vision to become a world class research-intensive University. The Institute for Environment and Sanitation Studies is a unit under the College of Basic and Applied Science within the University of Ghana, engaged in transdisciplinary research and graduate-level teaching on all aspects of the environment and sanitation.
World Environment Day
The WED (June 5th) theme this year is "Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume with Care." Living within planetary boundaries is the most promising strategy for ensuring a healthy future. Human prosperity need not cost the earth. Living sustainably is about doing more and better with less.
Partners: UNEP-GUPES
The Global Universities Partnership on Environment for Sustainability (GUPES) is one of the flagship programmes of UNEP’s Environmental Education and Training Unit (EETU). GUPES was the result of a consultative forum organized by UNEP and its partners, to deliberate on ways of escalating UNEP’s engagement with universities. The University of Ghana is partnered to GUPES through the Institute for Environment and Sanitation Studies.
