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    Environmental impacts of food production and consumption: final report to the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

    Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, 2007
    This research report aims to inform government policy on the environmental impacts of food consumed in the United Kingdom (UK) whilst providing information on more sustainable food choices that will also be relevant to the food industry and public producers.The review analyses available evidence relating to the environmental impacts that occur in life cycles of a range of food products, in part
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    Special evaluation study on environmental safeguards

    Operations Evaluation Department, Asian Development Bank, 2006
    This report is a special evaluation study (SES) of the Asia Development Bank’s (ADB) environment policy with respect to environmental safeguards.
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    Good practice guidance for mining and biodiversity

    International Council on Mining and Metals [ICMM], 2006
    This good practice guide was produced to support member companies of the International Council on Mining and Metals to implement and measure performance against their commitment to ‘contribute to conservation of biodiversity and integrated approaches to land use planning’.Aimed at mining professionals, it aims to assist mining companies to:identify and evaluate biodiversityunderstan
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    Citizen participation in the environmental impact assessment process in Guyana: reality or fallacy?

    Law Environment and Development Journal, 2006
    This paper seeks to examine the use of Environmental Impact Assessment in the Guyana context.
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    The unbearable lightness of regulatory costs

    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.
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    Eco-efficiency: learning module

    World Business Council for Sustainable Development, 2005
    This learning module is a compilation of learning material and exercises aimed at raising awareness and fostering implementation of eco-efficiency at different levels within an organisation.
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    To dam or not to dam: five years on from the World Commission on Dams

    WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature, 2005
    The construction of large dams, particularly hydropower projects, has recently risen back into decision-makers’ and World Bank agendas.
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    Benefit transfer: the quick, the dirty, and the ugly?

    Choices Magazine, 2005
    The term benefit transfer refers to the case where information on the value of environmental goods and services generated in one context is used to value similar goods and services in a different context.
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    Review of the application of environmental impact assessment in selected African countries

    UN Economic Commission for Africa, 2005
    The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) is promoting environmental impact assessment (EIA) as a policy instrument for integrating environment and development issues. This comprehensive report evaluates how EIA’s have been applied in various African countries, drawing on input predominantly from partner organisations working in the field of environmental assessment.
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    Predicting the impact of home-based enterprises on health and the biophysical environment: observations from two South African settlements

    Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa, 2005
    As the nature and growth of home-based enterprises (HBEs) impact on the lives and health of the households directly involved, so also do the service, production and retail activities of the households affect the biophysical environment. This paper examines how home-based enterprise processes could potentially impact on the health of poor urban dwellers and on the biophysical environment.

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