Environment performance rating and disclosure: China's GreenWatch program
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A new incentive-based pollution control program in China, in which the environmental performance of firms is rated from best to worst using five colors and the ratings are disseminated to the public through the media, is described. The results suggest that incentives created by public disclosure may significantly reduce pollution in China, even though environmental non-governmental organizations (NGOs) play little role and there is no formal channel for public participation in environmental regulation.
Publication Name: Journal of Environmental Management
Subject: Environmental issues
ISSN: 0301-4797
Year: 2004
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Monitoring forest biodiversity: a European perspective with reference to temperate and boreal forest zone
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The recent results of forest biodiversity assessment at European level with respect to the current requirements from the environmental policies and to scientific findings in the field are reviewed and analyzed. The main deficits and development needs and some possible courses for future action have been revealed by the assessment.
Publication Name: Journal of Environmental Management
Subject: Environmental issues
ISSN: 0301-4797
Year: 2003
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Monitoring forest biodiversity: a European perspective with reference to temperate and boreal forest zone
Article Abstract:
The recent results of forest biodiversity assessment at European level with respect to the current requirements from the environmental policies and to scientific findings in the field are reviewed and analyzed. The main deficits and development needs and some possible courses for future action have been revealed by the assessment.
Publication Name: Journal of Environmental Management
Subject: Environmental issues
ISSN: 0301-4797
Year: 2003
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