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GMOs and Europe (Translation of the Interview of Dr. Yves Bertheau, Coordinator of Co-Extra - GM and Non-GM Supply Chains : Their Co-Existence and Traceability)
Bertheau, Yves - 2012
Imagine if Europe decided to fling open its doors to genetically modified organisms. Could it guarantee that consumers could still choose between products with and without GMOs? How? A panel of more than 200 researchers worked for four years on these questions. According to their conclusions,...
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Urban agenda and urban sustainability strategies : taking stock of policy implementation and policy discussion
Barnebeck, Stephanie; Kalff, Yannick - 2015
Socio-ecological transitions are a main project, current EU policies, national environmental politics, and regional as … are interpreted as an indicator on how the general perception of EU urban policies differs from actor to actor. Such an …
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Sustainable Development Goals in Europe and Their Intersection with the Business & Human Rights Framework
Farah, Paolo Davide - 2020
The state of implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the European Union (EU) in the context of … the EU framework governing business and human rights (B&HR) is worthy of consideration. This chapter follows the top …-down approach: it explores the relevant EU legal and policy framework, takes into account the overarching European Commission's 2030 …
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On the environmental effectiveness of the EU marine strategy framework directive
Bertram, Christine; Rehdanz, Katrin - 2012
competing usages. For this reason, the European Union (EU) adopted the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD), which is to … guide future maritime policy in the EU and aims at achieving or maintaining a good environmental status (GES) of the …
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On the Environmental Effectiveness of the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive
Bertram, Christine; Rehdanz, Katrin - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2012
competing usages. For this reason, the European Union (EU) adopted the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD), which is to … guide future maritime policy in the EU and aims at achieving or maintaining a good environmental status (GES) of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009654310
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A hybrid approach to the valuation of climate change effects on ecosystem services: evidence from the European forests
Ding, Helen; Silvestri, Silvia; Chiabai, Aline; Nunes, … - 2010
In this paper we present a systematic attempt to assess economic value of climate change impact on forest ecosystems and human welfare. In the present study, climate change impacts are downscaled to the different European countries, which in turn constitute the elements of our analysis. First,...
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Macro-Economic Impact Assessment of Future Changes in European Marine Ecosystem Services
Bosello, Francesco - 2015
The present research has been developed within the EU FP7 VECTORS project. The main scope of the project (2011 … the EU marine ecosystem in the medium term (2030). We focus on those changes potentially affecting the fishing and the … marine ecosystem quality.Impacts on EU coastal countries Gross Domestic Product are negative and larger when the tourism …
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A Hybrid Approach to the Valuation of Climate Change Effects on Ecosystem Services : Evidence from the European Forests
Ding, Helen; Silvestri, Silvia; Chiabai, Aline; Nunes, … - 2013
In this paper we present a systematic attempt to assess economic value of climate change impact on forest ecosystems and human welfare. In the present study, climate change impacts are downscaled to the different European countries, which in turn constitute the elements of our analysis. First,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014195359
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The impact of the Russian-Ukrainian war on Europe's forest-based bioeconomy
Lööf, Hans; Stephan, Andreas - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 91 (2022) 3, pp. 63-82
increases the European Union's (EU's) dependency on its own forest resources. This exacerbates the challenge to achieve a … study provides insights into this trade-off with regard to climate goals, where EU's forest-based bioeconomy plays a major …. Der Krieg erhöht die Abhängigkeit der Europäischen Union (EU) von den eigenen Waldressourcen. Dies erhöht die …
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The chainsaw supply chain in cameroon: the northern trail
Langbour, Patrick; Roda, Jean-Marc; Koffi, Yeboah Alexis - Centre de coopération internationale en recherche …
Cameroon has the largest forest area in africa. industrial logging operations export timber products to Europe, america and asia, and informal chainsaw milling (Csm) operations supply the domestic market and many other african countries. The Ònorthern trailÓ is an informal supply chain that...
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