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Case studies on bioenergy policy and law: options for sustainability
… in order to promote exports, (biodiesel had an ad valorem export tax rate of 5 percent compared with one of 32 percent for its alternative export product, soybean oil). The biofuels legal regime … on domestic food and energy prices (through the use of export taxes). Brazil's biofuels program is currently hailed …
Energy law and sustainable development
… of weakened demand due to the Asian financial crisis. OPEC export revenues had fallen by 35% in just one year, to the … gas will be shipped to terminal facilities for domestic or export markets. Crude oil may be loaded onto large tankers … this pursuit to the developing nations' preference for export earnings and tax revenues, aided by the MNCs' similar …
Pastoralism and the Green Economy - a natural nexus?
… that seek to exclusively orientate production towards export markets for meat. 26 Pastoralists face major … 28 Orientating livestock development policies towards export markets can have negative implications for … focusing exclusively on this approach. Accessing most export markets requires strict adherence to international …
Draft International Covenant on Environment and Development - Implementing Sustainable Development - Fifth Edition: Updated text (4th Revision)
… or health . 5 . Under no circumstances shall a Party export or permit the export of waste where it has reason to believe that such … and, where appropriate, transit States before the export of domestically prohibited or restricted, or …
Sustainably Investing in Rangelands - Jordan
… and marketing of MARPs Market analysis (domestic and export markets) Ensured niche outlets for MARP products … - Chambers of Commerce - National level investors - Export private sector - Jordan Investment Commission • … - Ministry of Social Affairs - National level investors - Export private sector - Jordan Investment Commission • …
UNEP’s Compendium of Innovative Laws: promoting Green Economy & Sustainable Development
… tax payable on imported inputs used in producing goods for export as provided in any law imposing such duties or taxes. … are incentives for agricultural projects that are entirely export–oriented, such as: exemption from custom duties and … approved. For organic agriculture, the government allows export-oriented projects to recruit up to four foreign …
GEO yearbook 2003
… section). The Rotterdam Convention covers the import and export of hazardous chemicals, while the Basel Convention … trade in several Asian yew trees and ramin, a major export timber (CITES 2004). PROTECTING BIODIVERSITY AND … worth US$7 billion in 2002, US$1 billion of which are export earnings (FAO 2004b). Ironically, good rains, which …
3rd UNCCD Scientific Conference: Book of abstracts
… 62 11 EFFECT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON COCOA YIELDS AND EXPORT IN NIGERIA OMUEMU, EFE … overexploitation of aquifers, chaotic urbanization and export agribusiness in drylands have increased the impacts of … The overexploitation of aquifers in coastal regions due to export agriculture in arid climate and a growing urban …