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Rethinking Brazil's Pantanal Wetland: Beyond Narrow Development and Conservation Debates 11 Aug 2013 | 07:22 pm
The present study analyzes the challenges related to the conservation of the South American Pantanal. It is focused on one of its most impacted areas, the Cuiabá River Basin. The research findings sho...
REDD+ and Forest Governance in Indonesia: A Multistakeholder Study of Perceived Challenges and Opportunities 11 Aug 2013 | 07:22 pm
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) represents the strategic linkage between a climate change regime and international forest policy. But the future success of REDD+ w...
Overview and Analysis of Environmental and Climate Policies in China's Automotive Sector 11 Aug 2013 | 07:22 pm
This article categorizes the mode of the most important environmental and climate policy instruments adopted in the automotive industry in China and identifies challenges to instrument implementation ...
China's Policymaking in Transition: A Hydropower Development Case 11 Aug 2013 | 07:22 pm
The decision-making process underlying large dam construction in China used to be dominated either by powerful leaders or by bureaucratic departments pursuing parochial organizational interests. This ...
Can Extractive Industries Promote Sustainable Development? A Net Benefits Framework and a Case Study of the Marlin Mine in Guatemala 6 Jun 2013 | 04:38 pm
This article develops a framework to evaluate net benefits from mining and utilizes it to assess the Marlin mine in Guatemala. The framework integrates "weak" and "strong" sustainability principles. U...
Mapping Green Product Spaces of Nations 6 Jun 2013 | 04:38 pm
As countries transition to a green economy, they will need to identify profitable entry points in which they can favorably compete with other nations in emerging green markets. Identifying and buildin...
Clean Production and Profitability: An Eco-efficiency Analysis of Kenyan Manufacturing Firms 6 Jun 2013 | 04:38 pm
This study examines the linkage between the profitability of firms measured by return on assets (ROA) and environmental performance measured by eco-efficiency and also the impact of a good environment...
The Paradox of "Acting Globally While Thinking Locally": Discordance in Climate Change Adaption Policy 6 Jun 2013 | 04:38 pm
The paradox motivating this article is why California has acted globally by enacting a comprehensive mitigation policy to reduce the emissions of Greenhouse gases, a true public good since the benefit...
Chinese Mining in Latin America: A Comparative Perspective 6 Jun 2013 | 04:38 pm
Observers have expressed concern that Chinese mining companies operating in Latin America are more egregious violators of labor and environmental standards than other mining companies. Critics point t...
GM Crops and Smallholders: Biosafety and Local Practice 11 Feb 2013 | 02:23 pm
There is currently limited knowledge about the effects of introducing genetically modified (GM) crops into smallholder farming or about how biosafety requirements are interpreted and adopted by smallh...
