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environment from wastes and pollutants. The findings of this study could serve as an early warning system with respect to …
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Mankind has witnessed many outstanding weather happenings which determined radical climate changes and thus, the draught is expected further to grow. Many experts, academics and scientists all over the continents have strongly called for attention about the importance of saving the water, either...
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Costa Rica pioneered the use of the payments for environmental services (PES) approach in developing countries by establishing a formal, country-wide program of payments, the PSA program. The PSA program has worked hard to develop mechanisms to charge the users of environmental services for the...
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A pesticide safety knowledge test was developed to assess farmer’s knowledge related to pesticide safety. Yes-No (true-false) type 25 item, test, was constructed and used in a sample of 162 pesticide applicator in two districts of southern Punjab Pakistan. The overall mean score was 17.2(72%)....
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individual behavior of the major modes of environmental governance - institutional environment (distribution and enforcement of … impact(s) of dominating system of governance on the state of environment and identifies major eco-challenges, conflicts and … environmental management in the specific “Bulgarian” economic, institutional and natural environment, and estimates its probable …
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This paper proposes a performance assessment method (PAM) at urban scale, based on five specific waste indicators such as: population access to waste collection services (%),separate collection (%), reuse & recycle (%), landfilling (%) and amounts of waste uncollected (Qwu-%). Values of each...
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Payments for watershed services (PWS) are schemes that use funds from water users (including governments) as an incentive for landholders to improve their land management practices. They are increasingly seen as a viable policy alternative to watershed management issues, and a means of...
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From the economic literature on the relationship between economic growth and environment pioneered by Grossman and …
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for managing human–environment interactions. Most of the functional mechanisms in the tropics have been developed within …
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interaction of the environment with the economy. Integrated assessment modeling (IAM) enables us to examine these kinds of issues … of sound environmental decision making, Environment Canada and other government agencies have jointly participated in the … abatement costs than when not. This is particularly important in ensuring the integration of the economy with environment, and …
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