Trading with the Environment: Ecology, Economics, Institutions and PolicyEarthscan, 1995 - 140 pages Should there be firmer restrictions on trade, with more policies aimed at protecting its environmental impacts, or would the environment benefit most from unrestricted free trade? Do importing countries have a responsibility only to their local ecosystems, or are they also responsible for environmental degradation caused by the production of traded goods in exporting countries? |
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... source polluters , are at least partially on the way to being solved in industrialized countries . For example , Sweden reduced emissions from the thousand largest sources by 70 per cent during the 1970s and 1980s.3 At the same time as ...
... source polluters , are at least partially on the way to being solved in industrialized countries . For example , Sweden reduced emissions from the thousand largest sources by 70 per cent during the 1970s and 1980s.3 At the same time as ...
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... source emissions , assuming that recycling is not based on an increased use of fossil fuel and non - renewable natural resources ; ecocycles and integration with the processes of the ecosystem . Both point and non - point source ...
... source emissions , assuming that recycling is not based on an increased use of fossil fuel and non - renewable natural resources ; ecocycles and integration with the processes of the ecosystem . Both point and non - point source ...
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... Source : OECD ( 1992 ) The OECD Environment Industry : Situation , Prospects and Government Policies OECD / GD ( 92 ) 1 , Table 7 . The market is quite dependent on government policies , since environmental policies create new markets ...
... Source : OECD ( 1992 ) The OECD Environment Industry : Situation , Prospects and Government Policies OECD / GD ( 92 ) 1 , Table 7 . The market is quite dependent on government policies , since environmental policies create new markets ...
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Natures Life Support Systems as the Foundation | 4 |
Economy and ecosystems | 21 |
An ecologicaleconomic synthesis | 27 |
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