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24-Aug-2005
Every year, OECD countries transfer at least USD 400 billion to different economic sectors. Much of this support is potentially environmentally harmful.
Reforming environmentally harmful subsidies is a significant policy challenge facing OECD countries. However, untangling and assessing the effects of subsidies on the environment is a complex task. A systematic approach is required to ensure that appropriate policies are developed and the benefits of reform fully realised.
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15-Nov-2004
This report provides a concise summary of the main lessons learned from a decade (1993-2003) of work on agriculture and environmental policy issues in the OECD, and identifies the main emerging issues and challenges in order to assist policy makers...
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11-Oct-2004
Agricultural policies affect agricultural production with consequences for the environment. What are the impacts and how might they be affected by further agricultural policy reform? What are governments doing to improve the environmental ...
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06-Sep-2004
Proceedings from an OECD workshop, Vienna, Austria, 10-13 June, 2003. The workshop papers analyse the socio-economic, environmental and policy impacts of biomass from agriculture, focusing on bioenergy/materials.
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30-Jul-2004
Trade liberalisation affects the pattern and structure of agricultural production, with consequences for the environment. But what are these impacts? And do agri-environmental policies affect international competitiveness? This study takes an...
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16-Jun-2004
(pdf, 168Kb) The objective of this paper is to highlight developments in the use of agri-environmental policy measures in OECD countries, including both similarities and differences in the approaches adopted.
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23-Oct-2003
Proceedings from an OECD Workshop, Washington DC, United States, September 2002. Many countries have introduced policy measures to encourage and promote organic farming. But what exactly is the contribution of organic agriculture to sustainable development?
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