Conservation and Sustainable Use of the Biosphere - WBGU

Index O
445
Especially as Waterfowl Habitat; cf Ramsar Convention
corals 108-109, 202, 235-236
– bleaching 109, 235-236
cost-benefit analyses; see also economic instruments 115,
139, 285, 309, 352
– safe minimum standards 281, 290-291
cotton 55, 98, 147, 287
Critical Load Concept 374
critical natural capital 290
criticality 161, 242-243, 306, 363
criticality analyses 345, 367, 370
crops 35, 74, 76, 80, 85, 95, 99-100, 148, 152, 169
– monoculture 36, 74, 80, 147, 153, 155
cultivated landscapes; see also landscapes 90, 92, 96, 100,
122, 126, 203, 362
cultivation zones 232
cultural crisis 170
cultural preservation 177, 343
cultural research 332, 374
culture 90, 112-113, 117, 119, 171-174, 176, 258, 277, 332
– cultural diversity 152, 171, 173, 177
– cultural factors 112
cycles 45, 90, 104, 119-120, 151, 210, 225-226, 306
– decoupling 92, 119, 157
D
Daisy World; see also models 211
databases 179, 183, 196, 356, 365, 370
debt-for-nature swaps 201, 204, 354, 357, 392
debts 257, 357, 392
– Cologne Debt Initiative 357, 392
– debt waiver 54, 357
decentralization 143, 162, 177, 204, 383
decomposers 44, 102, 119, 122, 155, 374
desert 218, 223, 245
Desertification Convention (CCD); cf United Nations
Convention to Combat Desertification in Countries
Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification,
Particularly in Africa
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG); cf German
Research Foundation
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit
(GTZ); cf German Society on Development
Cooperation
developing countries 35, 55, 70, 108, 123, 144, 146, 149, 160,
167, 185-186, 194, 204, 251, 309, 347, 351, 356-357, 364, 392
development cooperation 137, 160, 189, 206, 342, 355-357,
382-383, 391
directives of the EU 58, 137, 348-349, 383
– Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds 182, 349
– Habitats Directive 134, 182, 348-349, 383
discourses 117, 176-177, 200, 277, 294, 317-318, 337, 342,
344, 352, 375, 381
discussions; cf discourses
DNA (desoxyribonucleic acid) 31, 39, 41
dust particles 231
dyes 36, 348
E
early warning systems 183, 340, 364, 369, 388
Earth monitoring; see also monitoring 159, 371
Earth System 212, 238, 242-243, 307
eco-pedagogy 362
economic instruments 143, 310, 313, 323, 352
– monetarization 284, 286, 375
– property rights 142, 196, 250, 309, 311, 352
– taxes 143, 184, 254, 352-353, 385, 393
– tradeable development rights 143
– valorization 139, 142, 276
economic valuation 276, 284-286, 290, 293, 361, 375
– demonstration function 285
economically important species; cf species
ecosystem approach 317, 339, 350, 367, 382
ecosystem engineers; cf species
ecosystem goods 361
ecosystem research 345, 361, 373
ecosystem services 21, 51, 75, 196, 198, 290, 301, 379
ecosystems 19, 24, 45, 48, 50, 90, 95-96, 100, 102, 119, 125,
134, 144, 151, 158, 190, 200, 225, 227, 231, 233, 262, 302,
304, 361, 363
– conversion 19, 49, 127, 225
– corridors 134, 232, 368
– degradation 26, 110, 123, 127, 154, 167, 265
– dynamics 129, 135, 373
– fragmentation 130, 134, 225, 368-369
– homogenization 146, 153, 179
– off-site effect 151, 156
– on-site effect 151, 156
– protection; see also protected areas 128, 131, 197, 282
– resilience 50, 307, 369, 373
– stability 46-47, 96, 155, 373
– succession 48, 179, 258
ecotopes 89, 102, 161
education 137, 162, 177, 323, 332, 381
– curricula 326, 333, 381
– educational programmes 329, 335
El-Niño 163, 236, 241, 253
emissions 91, 154, 193, 195, 224-225, 237, 351-352
endemism; cf species
energy balance 216, 218, 220
energy levels 212, 223
environmental awareness 117, 255
environmental discourse; cf discourses
environmental education; see also education 177, 192, 313,
324-326, 381
environmental funds; cf funds
environmental impact assessment 118, 161, 183, 340, 384
environmental learning; cf learning
environmental policy 140, 257, 275, 316, 319, 324, 354
estuaries 235
ethics 275, 277, 280, 284-285, 294, 374
Europe 84, 92, 116, 131, 134, 140, 147, 149, 161, 168, 182,