Impact of trade on the environment
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- Exploring the links between trade and climate change
- ( A. Cosbey / International Institute for Sustainable Development [ES] , 2007)
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This paper sets out to scope the linkages between trade and investment and climate change. It aims to draw a broad picture on how trade and investment policy might contribute to efforts to address ...
- The impact of trade policies and practices on the rights of communities in Africa
- ( P. Burnett;F. Manjii / Fahamu , 2007)
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Puiblished by Pambazuka to mark the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade and the 50th anniversary of Ghana’s independence this series of articles seeks to raise awarenes...
- Addressing the illicit trade in ivory
- ( Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora , 2007)
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Examining the factors that give rise to illicit trade in elephant ivory, the conclusions in this paper include:
... - Trade regimes change required for sustainable land management
- ( M. Chamay;J. Hepburn;M. Gueye Kamal;M. Sugathan;E. Canigiani / Global Mechanism , 2007)
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Drylands have potential for economic activity now markets are emerging for natural products such as aloe or gum Arabic. However it is difficult to take advantage of these opportunities because ther...
- Exploring the linkages between international trade, the environment and development
- ( International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg , 2006)
- The handbook explains how trade can affect the environment, both positively and negatively, and how environmental concern can work through the trading system to foster or hinder development in both ri...
- Negative environmental impact of Vietnam's trade liberalisation
- ( M. Mani; S. Jha / Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank , 2006)
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This paper analyses Vietnam’s shift in trading and investment patterns with a particular focus on the environmental implications resulting from greater openness of the economy over the past decade.
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- Intended for governments, this policy brief recommends other fora for debating and settling the relationship between trade and environmental issues
- ( S. Pfahl / Friends of the Earth , 2004)
- Intended for governments, this policy brief recommends other fora, outside of the WTO, for debating and settling the relationship between trade and environmental issues in particular the principles di...
- Are the negative impacts of regulatory costs being overestimated?
- ( F. Ackerman / Department of Economics, Tufts University, USA , 2006)
- This paper asks: 'Will unbearable regulatory costs ruin the US economy?' It argues that what is remarkable about regulatory costs is not their heavy economic burden, but rather their lightness. The pa...
- Trade negotiations: posing a danger to people and their environments around the world
- ( Friends of the Earth International , 2006)
- This publication argues that current trade negotiations pose danger to people and their environments around the world, and highlights how people are losing their livelihoods and natural resources in t...
- The environmental and social costs of illegal logging and plywood production from Papua New Guinea’s rainforests
- ( Greenpeace International , 2005)
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This document traces the production of Chinese hardwood and plywood from its origins in the forests of Papua New Guinea to the sweatshops of China and on to British builders and merchants.
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