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
- Agrofuels: a boost of energy for the Mekong region?
- R. leonard / Focus on the Global South, 2011
- Agrofuels, strongly promoted by agribusiness corporations, have attracted the interest governments in the region of Mekong, which have drafted various policies to stimulate their development. The ADB is also ready to promote this sect...
- Water and energy dynamics in the Greater Himalayan region: opportunities for environmental peacebuilding
- M. Renner / Norwegian Peacebuilding Centre, 2011
- The water crisis in the Greater Himalayas constitutes an enormous challenge for the region and a growing, if still under-reported, concern in the West. Elements of the crisis include floods and droughts, unpredictable changes in the t...
- An update on international REDD+ developments and forest carbon policies from April 2011 to January 2012
- U. Chokkalingam (ed); S.A Vanniarachchy (ed) / Forest Carbon Asia, 2012
- In December 2011 at the international climate change negotiations at COP17 in Durban, there were further developments on the proposed REDD+ mechanism to reduce forest-based emissions and enhance forest carbon sinks. Various countries ...
- The rising importance of the BASIC countries in a changing world
- ECON Pöyry, 2011
- This study, commissioned by the Norwegian Ministry of Environment, aims to assess why and how the BASIC countries (Brazil, South Africa, India, and China) are important for the global environment. The study shall also provide an overv...
- It is estimated that up to 50 percent of the world’s biodiversity will be lost this century
- id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005
- For many threatened plants and animals, protected areas are a vital refuge in the face of declining natural habitats. However, across the world they face increasing pressures. Some conservation policies are also disadvantageous for lo...
- Journal debating pastoralism issues
- C. Kerven (ed); R. Behnke (ed) / Odessa Centre, 2010
- Open access journal aimed at providing a central forum where those concerned with pastoralism can confront each other’s ideas, data and analysis, and discuss the implications of their work. Pastoralism will encourage debate by c...
- Are China’s routines for fish traceability and labelling still viable?
- G. Album (ed) 2009
- This report reviews the exportation of cod and haddock fish from the Barents Sea to Asia, and especially to China. It investigates the share of illegal exports, as well as the importing and processing companies in China. The pa...
- Can China stop illegal timber trade with Burma officials?
- Global Witness, 2009
- The report documents on illegal logging and illegal export of timber to China in Kachin State in Burma, which is on the border of China and where deforestation is at its worst. It also documents the response of the relevant authoritie...
- Technology-based non structural measures for managing floods
- A.B. Shrestha / International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, 2008
- Frequent flash floods in the Hindu-Kush Himalayan region pose a severe threat to life, livelihoods and infrastructure, both within the mountains and downstream. They tend to carry with them much higher amounts of debris which can caus...
- Community-based approaches to flash flood risk management
- A.B. Shrestha; S.H. Shah; R. Karim / International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, 2008
- Frequent flash floods in the Hindu-Kush Himalayan region pose a severe threat to life, livelihoods and infrastructure, both within the mountains and downstream. Vulnerable groups, including people with disabilities, the poor, women an...
- 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
