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Energy subsidies: Lessons learned in assessing their impact and designing policy reforms
… supply and consumption, including local and regional air pollution and CO2 emissions. By encouraging over- … raise cost of service to households, but would improve quality of service and enhance utilities’ability to extend … costs of the reform are weighed against the benefits. The standard decision rule is that if total benefits of the …
The environmental impact of economic incentives for agricultural production: a comparative law study
… impact of economic trends and decisions on the pace and quality of natural resource exploitation and protection. The … as the elimination of solid wastes and the pollution of air and water. These have been mainly used with regard to … as potentially damaging to the environment). 204/ The standard ministerial sanitary regulation 205/ also stipulates …
Legal and institutional aspects of urban and peri-urban foresty and greening
… products and foodstuffs. Activities towards reduction of air pollution and other environmental improvement can also … taken at the national level, such as those relating to air quality and drinking water standards, have impacts on …
CITES and CBNRM. Proceedings of an international symposium on “The relevance of CBNRM to the conservation and sustainable use of CITES-listed species in exporting countries”
… for International Development EBS European Biodiversity Standard EBCD European Bureau for Conservation and … associated implementation consequences. Currently, the quality of discussions within the EU on such proposals … such as: soil productivity, water quality and quantity, air quality; and ecological processes including nutrient …
Economic measures for biodiversity planning: An annotated bibliography of methods, experiences and cases
… ensure sustainability?', Ecological Economics 11:93-104 Standard measures of economic growth do not adequately … has yielded new insights, weak methodology and poor-quality The Use of Economic Measures for Biodiversity … America and the Caribbean. These include valuations of air pollution in Chile, Coral reef degradation in the …
Review of laws, policies and economic instruments related to payment for ecosystem services in Vietnam
… 1992 Constitution provides that all resources including air, land, forests, rivers, lakes and other water supplies, … users of various goods which depend on good environmental quality, or on ecosystem services: for example water, natural … tax rates to be paid by users of water, the supply and quality of which depends on good environmental quality, or …
Payments for Ecosystem Services - Legal and Institutional Frameworks
… (input) rather than on ensuring that specific water quality and quantity target outputs are met. When … from the Portuguese ‘serviços ambientais’. 80 81 cited as air quality, climate regulation, water regulation and … actions, • or to target inspections. A clearly defined, standard procedure is again required, including the method, …