China and Environment
- Capital:
Beijing - Population:
1330044000 - Size:
9596960.0 Km2
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- The BLDS environment collection
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Search for the latest environment-related print documents on this country from the British Library for Development Studies collection
- How logging bans have had significant economic and social impacts but minimal success in conserving forests.
- Forestry Department, FAO, 2000
- In light of several Asia Pacific nations imposing bans on logging of natural forests this study examines their experiences, assesses the impacts and outlines conditions necessary for the success of logging bans. The study found...
- The effects of timber prices, population growth, and land use on forest conservation in China
- Y. Zhang; J. Uusivuori; J. Kuuluvainen / IDRC Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia, 2000
- Addresses the effects of economic, demographic and institutional factors on land allocation between forestry and other uses. A panel data set from Hainan Island in China and a generalised least squares estimation method, allowing indi...
- Electricity demand in Asia and the effects on energy supply and the investment environment
- Masayasu Ishiguro; Takamasa Akiyama / Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1995
- Electricity demand in seven Asian economies is expected to increase sharply in the coming years. To meet this demand, these countries must develop stronger domestic bond and stock markets to meet capital requirements for projected pow...
- Outflows of capital from China
- David Wall / OECD Development Centre, 1997
- While the world has been mesmerised by China’s emergence as a major player in international trade, now being one of the world’s top ten traders, and also as an absorber of international capital (second only to the United Sta...
- General equilibrium modelling of trade and the environment / John Beghin ...[et al.]
- John Beghin / OECD Development Centre, 1996
- The environmental impacts of economic activity have become an increasingly urgent concern in both OECD Member countries, as well as in non-Member countries. Research in this area is still in its infancy, and the data required to buttr...
- Chinese Academy for Environmental Planning (CAEP)
- Founded in 2001, the Chinese Academy for Environmental Planning (CAEP) of the State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA) is a public institution with independent legal status. CAEP provides technical support and services such as environmental planning, environmental policy and consultation on environmental project selection management for the Chinese government and corporations.
- Community-Based Natural Resource Management in Asia Virtual Resource Centre (CRBNMASIA VRC)
- Participatory resource mamanegement in Asia
- Sustainable Development Networking Programme, China (SDNP)
- Service promoting the use of information technolgies for better development communication in China, including the implementation of local Agenda 21 targets. WWW site includes (in English and Chinese) directory information, hosted WWW sites (including Chinese Society for Sustainable Development, National New Drug Discovery Programme, China Biodiversity Programme, Sustainable Development Informati...
- China Biodiversity Information System (CBIS)
- National network of Biodiversity information centres. Data sources includes specimen collections, botanical gardens, nature reserves, field stations, geneplasm banks and research groups. WWW site includes background information on the programme and the participating organisations
