BIOPOLITICS
THE BIO-ENVIRONMENT
VOLUME VII
The Budapest Sessions
Edited by Agni Vlavianos-Arvanitis and Laszlo Kapolyi
Budapest, September 18-19, 1998
Published by the Biopolitics Inernational Organisation B.I.O. 1999
CONTENTS
International University for the Bio-Environment – a Vehicle for Peace
Protecting the environment and ensuring the continuity of bios – a priority policy for the millennium
Agni Vlavianos-Arvanitis
Educational reforms – the International University for the Bio-Environment
Laszlo Kapolyi
Bio-Ethics
Christian ethics and bios
His Eminence Archimandrite Feofan
Ecological crisis challenge and the need for supranational scientific co-operation
Dusan Kanazir
Biocentric ethics and its relevance to the goals of biopolitics education
Rusen Keles
Chaos in the environment – a reflection of the disorder in our “invironment”
Fred Matser
Globalisation Based on Biocentric Values
Pleading for a World Environment and Development Organisation
Frank Biermann and Udo Simonis
Globalisation implications for environmental protection
Seong Chee Tham
Bio-Economics
Environmental economics – empirical approaches, regulations and policy
Michael E. Mitsopoulos
Environmental impact assessment – a tool for sustainable development
Αkos Redey and Istvαn Kiss
Economics versus environment – true or false dichotomy?
Valentina Mileusnic Vucic
From a “socialistic” to a consumer society
Jaroslav Stoklasa
Civilised entrepreneurship and harmonisation with the environment
Stanislav Sokolenko
Bio-financing – bank financing for the bio-environment
Constantine N. Kanonis
Bio-Legislation
International environmental law
Fotis A. Karayiannopoulos
Bio-Education
Environmental education, biological resources and development
Ivica T. Radovic
Biopolitics regulations for environmental education
Alexander I. Shishkin
BINET 2000 – a network for education and training
Attila Szabo
Agricultural higher education in the development of a biocentric society
Laszlo Vermes
Bio-Diplomacy – a Millennium Vision in Policy
A bios perspective for the restoration of the Silk Road
Kai Falkman
Paths to a positive future and projects of hope – building a world that works
Jakob von Uexkull
The year 2000 problem – the first biopolitical crisis of a new era
John L. Petersen
Bio-Philosophy
Nature and value – some historical and contemporary reflections
Geoff S. Bowe
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