Contact: Michael Miyazaki
(301) 961-6761 or E-mail: mmiyazaki@csa.com
For Immediate Release
Sustainability: Science, Practice, & Policy Debuts
New Open Access E-Journal from CSA
BETHESDA, Maryland, USA (22 April 2005) -- Sustainability: Science, Practice, & Policy, a new peer-reviewed, open access journal, has launched publication. Accessible at http://ejournal.nbii.org/, the e-journal provides a platform for the dissemination of new practices and for dialogue emerging out of the field of sustainability. It is published as part of an ambitious government / private industry partnership between CSA and the National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII). The purpose of this project is to develop a Sustainability Science database that examines the countless interactions of all living entities, especially humans, with the Earth and its environment.
"This is an important endeavor as it aims at answering fundamental questions on what prevents the wide replication of best known practices in sustainable development," wrote Klaus Töpfer, executive director of the United Nations Environment Programme. "I hope that the journal will catalyse debate between different disciplines that include practitioners and policy makers in order to increase our understanding of the challenges that we face in making sustainable development a reality."
The e-journal includes peer-reviewed full-text articles, guest editorials, and community essays. The guest editorial in the premier issue is by Edward O. Wilson, Pellegrino University Research Professor, Harvard University.
Each issue presents a symposium exploring the sustainability issues relating to the topic. For the inaugural issue, the symposium explores "Sustainable consumption in national context."
Articles in the first issue include:
- "Sustainable consumption in national context: an introduction to the symposium" by Maurie J. Cohen (New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA)
- "The politics of sustainable consumption: the case of the Netherlands" by Susan Martens and Gert Spaargaren ( Wageningen University , The Netherlands)
- "Sustainable consumption à la française? Conventional, innovative, and alternative approaches to sustainability and consumption in France" by Samy Sanches (King's College London, UK)
- "The new politics of consumption: promoting sustainability in the American marketplace" by Maurie J. Cohen, Aaron Comrov, and Brian Hoffner (New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA)
- "The role of local ecological knowledge in sustainable urban planning: perspectives from Finland" by Vesa Yli-Pelkonen and Johanna Kohl ( University of Helsinki , Finland )
- "Integrated water resources management: evolution, prospects and future challenges" by Muhammad Mizanur Rahaman and Olli Varis (Helsinki University of Technology, Finland)
- "Sustainability science – and what’s needed beyond science" by Paul H. Reitan ( University of Buffalo, USA)
Complete issues of Sustainability: Science, Practice, & Policy will be published twice a year and are available at no charge at http://ejournal.nbii.org. In addition, articles for issues in progress will be posted after completing the peer-review and editorial process.
The National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) (http://www.nbii.gov) is a broad, collaborative program to provide increased access to data and information on the nation's biological resources. The NBII links diverse, high-quality biological databases, information products, and analytical tools maintained by NBII partners and other contributors in government agencies, academic institutions, non-government organizations, and private industry. NBII partners and collaborators also work on new standards, tools, and technologies that make it easier to find, integrate, and apply biological resources information. Resource managers, scientists, educators, and the general public use the NBII to answer a wide range of questions related to the management, use, or conservation of this nation's biological resources.
CSA is a worldwide information company, serving as a guide to researchers to help them be more effective in their work by enabling and expediting discovery, aiding the management and organization of quality information and providing tools to assist in its subsequent dissemination. CSA specializes in publishing and distributing in print and electronically 100 bibliographic and full-text databases and journals in four primary editorial areas: natural sciences, social sciences, arts & humanities, and technology. A privately held company, CSA is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, with offices throughout the U.S., and in Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, Europe and the United Kingdom. Researchers in more than 4,000 institutions worldwide use CSA information resources, and CSA’s print journals are used in more than 80 countries. CSA has been a leader in publishing and providing quality abstracts and indexes and an innovator in the information field for over 30 years.
For further information, contact Michael Miyazaki, Marketing Manager, CSA (Tel. +1 301 961 6761 / E-mail: mmiyazaki@csa.com).
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