Environment
- Conserving ecosystems with market systems
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The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) concludes that some two-thirds of the world’s ecosystem services are degraded or being used unsustainably. This briefing paper outlines the potential for mobilising business and markets to conserve nature. It argues that market mechanisms can be a powerful complement to existing strategies for conserving ecosystems, if used in the right way.
Latest Additions
- Importing roses from Tanzania to Norway
- ( R. Haug;I. Ohna;A. Jens / Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences , 2008)
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How can increased African agricultural imports achieve environmental sustainability? This study examines how it is possible to increase import of agricultural products from low income sub-Saharan A...
- A survey of strategies to help transition into a low carbon economy
- ( EcoSecurities , 2008)
- This report is a compilation of responses from over 65 large and multinational organisations, covering a wide variety of geographies and industry sectors. The primary quantitative research conducted i...
Evaluating the barriers faced by CDM projects in China
- ( P. Castro / Climate Strategies , 2008)
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Certified Emission Reductions (CERs) coming from the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects are not only interesting for government parties under the Kyoto Protocol, who need to meet their emis...
- Environmental trends to 2030: an OECD perspective
- ( Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development , 2008)
- The OECD Environmental Outlook to 2030 provides analyses of economic and environmental trends to 2030, and simulations of policy actions to address the key challenges. ...
- Developed countries must meet their obligations on trade and climate change
- ( South Centre / , 2008)
- This South Centre bulletin highlights the need for an integrated approach to addressing the challenges of development and climate change. It argues that both the trade and climate regimes have a key r...
- What role can terrestrial carbon markets play in solving climate change problems?
- ( The Terrestrial Carbon Group , 2008)
- This paper argues that terrestrial carbon (including trees, soil, and peat) can be used to provide up to 25% of the climate change solution. The document focuses on the role and use of terrestrial car...
A new generation of biofuels is needed
- ( N. Peña / Pew Center on Global Climate Change , 2008)
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This paper offers an introduction to the current state of play for biofuels: the technologies used in their production, their GHG emissions, and associated policy issues.
The amount of ... - Does sustainable forestry management improve conservation efforts?
- ( R. Dennis;E. Meijaard;R. Nasi;L. Gustafsson / Ecology and Society , 2008)
- This paper assesses the tools and guidelines that have been developed to promote sustainable forest management (SFM) and the progress that has been made in Southeast Asia toward better logging practic...
- Towards legal sustainable timber and wood products: a guide to public procurement policies
- ( D. Brack / Chatham House [Royal Institute of International Affairs], UK , 2008)
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The shared responsibility of timber-consuming and timber-producing countries in restricting trade in illegal timber has been recognised since the early days of the international focus on illegal lo...
- Establishing an ESCWA reference list to ensure WTO negotiations on environmental goods and services will be beneficial for Arab countries
- ( Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia , 2007)
- This study examines the implications of liberalising trade in environmental goods in the ESCWA and Arab regions. Based on an assessment of the market and the changes in tariff revenue that could be ge...
