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This panel will discuss the research being conducted, and the models being used in three current coastal EPA studies being conducted on ecosystem services in Tampa Bay, the Chesapeake Bay and the Coastal Carolinas. These studies are intended to provide a broader and more comprehensive approach...
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Ecological functions of wetlands and streams provide valuable services to humansocieties, but conflicting societal objectives at times place greater value on conversionor destruction than on preservation of wetlands. Therefore, it is imperative thatregulatory structures provide a system for...
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Environmental benchmarking has, since 1997, been the basis of many ecodesign‐related activities at both Delft University of Technology and Philips Consumer Electronics in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. Cooperative efforts have led to a robust, reproducible and practical environmental benchmark...
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It is becoming more commonly accepted that “green” business practices can have a positive impact on companies. Organizations that prosper in the new century are likely to be those that, where necessary, address environmental issues rather than merely paying grudging lip service to them.
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Organizations face formidable obstacles to the institutionalization of environmental management programmes. Longitudinal studies show that companies face two major types of barriers to change: industry‐specific barriers, which affect all organizations in a line of business; and organizational...
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recreate itself so that a healthy ecology is possible.  …
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The modern economy of North America has been built on nearly five centuries of natural resource exploitation. Wetlands have been part of that pattern, with drainage and filling used to convert them to higher economic values. Ecological research and social value changes have been accumulating in...
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