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Researchers and development practitioners have, since at least 1987, struggled to operationalise the concept of sustainable development with a view to improving human health and nutritional security without com-promising the integrity of underlying ecological structures and processes.
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Waltner-Toews, D., Kay, J., Murray, T.P., Neudoerffer, C. (2004). Adaptive Methodology for Ecosystem Sustainability and Health (AMESH): An Introduction. In: Midgley, G., Ochoa-Arias, A. (eds) Community Operational Research. Contemporary Systems Thinking. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8911-6_14
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