Subject(s): Environmental Management -- Environment -- Freshwater -- Call for operationalizing environmental sustainability : Environment and human well being, links to other millennium development goals -- Driving environmental change : Direct drivers of environmental change, indirect drivers of environmental change, controlling drives of environmental change, key elements of environmental change, regional diagnosis of environmental conditions -- Why has environmental sustainability been elusive : lack of clear operational objectives, Insufficient direct investment in environmental management, poor integration into sector policies, inadequate institutional capacity, misalignment of goals and poor governance, widespread market failures and distortions, underinvestment in science and technology, difficulty of regional and international cooperation, limited public awareness -- Investing in environmental management : Agricultural production system, forests, freshwater resources and ecosystem, fisheries and marine ecosystem, air and water pollution, global climate change -- Structural changes for environmental sustainability : Strengthening institutions and governance, correcting market failures and distortions, improving access to and use of knowledge, mobilizing science and technology for sustainable development -- Implementing strategies for environmental sustainability : National implementation mechanisms, regional implementation mechanisms, global implementation mechanisms