Issues related to the cost-effectiveness of biodiversity conservation policies have not yet been prominent in European conservation research and policy-making. Nevertheless, there is a small but growing literature which analyses such cost-effectiveness issues on both a conceptual and an applied...

Minimum harmonization in European environmental law essentially means that the Member States have the power to lay down more stringent standards in this area of regulation than those laid down by European legislation. However, there are indications which seem to suggest that Member States make...

The paper presents a brief overview on the most important developments in European clean air policy. Special consideration is given to the activities in the European Community using, among other things, the results of an international conference on clean air policies in large European cities. In...