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Indonesia faces serious energy problems; its status as an oil exporter has changed to that of a net oil importer. Additionally, a highly subsidized price of fossil fuels, combined with a high dependency on oil, burden Indonesia’s national budget. In 2006, the government enacted a Mix Energy...
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“Sustainable” is among the most sought after of all seafood product adjectives. Ironically it is also one of the most poorly defined and understood. The Global Aquaculture Performance Index (GAPI) is the first tool to assess environmental performance of global marine aquaculture production,...
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Smallholders in the global South are confronted with new opportunities and risks emanating from globalized markets of agricultural goods. In Kenya, large-scale export-oriented horticulture farms, cultivating fruits, flowers and vegetables, were by and large established in the 1980s. In Laikipia...
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Increasingly, sustainability is conceived as a crisis of the human mind and the key challenge for pro-sustainability education is developing sufficient motivation in learners. The spiritual aspirations of religious communities contain sufficient motivational force, which may be deployed for...
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, creative lending strategies, NGO partnerships and shifting energy-distribution responsibilities. These changes will stimulate …
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This paper highlights the role of a national Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) in Indonesia as “pioneer” actor in the … of previous activities of the NGO positions their jatropha project as one period in a sequence of donor …-funded appropriate technology programs. On the island of Flores in Eastern Indonesia the NGO aimed to establish community based jatropha …
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, some products sold as organic products in supermarkets do not carry the certification mark. This study investigated organic … market, however, some “quasi-organic farming” products, which had not been given the organic farming certification, were sold … national certification, to address misunderstandings and confusion about the definitions of organic farming and national …
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standards and certification, to advance environmental sustainability and social justice. Using a case study of an ecological … shrimp project in Indonesia that became certified organic, this paper raises concerns regarding the impacts of certification … voluntary standards and certification. Specifically, efficiency, calculability, predictability, and control became key …
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in viticulture worldwide. Certification and engagement processes for membership uptake; benefits; motives; inhibiting …
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organic and Fairtrade certification for enhancing environmentally and socially responsible trade of cocoa from Costa Rica … throughout the production chain would be more helpful than certification for small companies in the cocoa supply chain. These …
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