Studying social changes

There is a need to ensure that the knowledge gained from research studies is matched and passed on by activities to provide training, increase awareness and assist decision-making in fields such as: the probable reactions of societies to change in the global environment; demographic change and urbanization and the interactions of urbanization with rural exodus; changes in the status and roles of some of the main active components of society, such as the family, women and young people; the contribution of the social and human sciences to certain educational and development activities. Priority needs to be given to interdisciplinary cooperation in the environment/natural resources management field.