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OECD environmental indicators for agriculture - volume 4 (restricted access)

15-Apr-2008

This report will be published by OECD in May 2008, and will mainly cover OECD agri-environmental trends over the past 10 years in terms of environmental themes and the performance for each OECD country.

Inventory of policy measures addressing environmental issues in agriculture

15-Apr-2008

For a selected country you have direct access to the following documents:
- Contextual information,
- Inventory: WORD document with the description of all the measures included in the inventory,
- Tables: Information on payments and other information linked with the policies included in the inventory.
Access to the inventory is also available through a search database (search by country, by type of measure and by environmental objective).

Workshop on Incentives to Capture the Biodiversity and Carbon Benefits for Reducing Deforestation, 26 March 2008

01-Apr-2008

On March 26 2008, a Workshop on “Incentives to Capture the Biodiversity and Carbon Benefits for Reducing Deforestation: Linkages, Synergies and Limitations” was held in Paris...

Cohérence des politiques en matière de développement dans le secteur des pêches en Afrique de l'Ouest

21-Mar-2008

Cette publication fournit un cadre analytique adapté au contexte local, basé sur des faits et des réalités du terrain, dans le but d'améliorer la cohérence des politiques des pêches à la fois sur le plan national et régional.

Fishing for coherence in West Africa: Policy coherence in the Fisheries Sector in Seven West African Countries

20-Mar-2008

This publication provides an analytical framework adapted to the West African context, as well as an action framework based on the facts and realities in the field in order to improve the coherence of fisheries policies in West Africa.

The Co-operative Research Programme 2009 Campaign is now OPEN !

20-Mar-2008

The Co-operative Research Programme Campaign for 2009 is now OPEN! For more information, see www.oecd.org/agr/prog.

Environmentally Harmful Subsidies in the Transport Sector

13-Mar-2008

This report discusses environmentally harmful subsidies in the transport sector, with the aim of helping policy-makers better understand the broad literature available on this issue.

2008 OECD Environmental Outlook - How much will it cost to address today's key environmental problems?

05-Mar-2008

"Solutions to the key environmental challenges are available, achievable and affordable, especially when compared to the expected economic growth and the costs and consequences of inaction", OECD Secretary General Angel Gurria said at the worldwide launch of the 2008 OECD Environmental Outlook in Oslo, hosted by Norway's Prime Minister, Jens Stoltenberg.


Events

Expert Meeting on the Human Side of Fisheries Adjustment

on 19-Oct-2006

The Committee for Fisheries has hosted an expert meeting on the social issues and policy challenges that arise as a result of fisheries adjustment policies, and how OECD member countries are meeting those challenges.

OECD Work on G8 Priorities for 2006 Summit

from 15-Jul-2006 to 17-Jul-2006

This year's G8 Summit took place in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The top priorities laid down by President Vladimir Putin were global energy security, education and fighting infectious diseases. Go here for OECD work on these and other issues discussed at the 2006 Summit.

8th Annual Meeting of the EECCA Regulatory Environmental Programme Implementation Network

from 12-Jun-2006 to 13-Jun-2006

The eighth annual meeting of the Regulatory Environmental Programme Implementation Network (REPIN) in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (EECCA) was held in Tbilisi on 12-13th June 2006. The meeting was hosted by the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Georgia, and organised by the OECD/EAP Task Force Secretariat. The meeting gathered about 60 participants.

The Regional Meeting on Progress in Achieving the Objectives of the Environment Strategy for countries of Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (EECCA), 18-19 May 2006, Kiev

from 18-May-2006 to 19-May-2006

Representatives from EECCA Environment Ministries, donor countries, international and non-governmental organisations met in Kiev (Ukraine) on the 18th-19th May to discuss progress in achieving the objectives of the Environment Strategy for EECCA countries.

7th Annual REPIN Meeting, October 2005, Moscow, Russian Federation

from 17-Oct-2005 to 18-Oct-2005

The seventh annual meeting of the EECCA Regulatory Environmental Programme Implementation Network (REPIN) took place on 17-18 October 2005 in Moscow, Russian Federation. The meeting discussed a draft report Review of Environmental Compliance Assurance system in Armenia; reviewed options for financing environmental compliance assurance systems in EECCA, considered draft Guiding Principles of Effective Environmental Permitting Systems, and assessed progress made since the previous REPIN meeting in September 2004 on implementing other projects of the REPIN work programme.

Workshop on Policy Coherence for Development in Fisheries

from 24-Apr-2006 to 25-Apr-2006

The Committee for Fisheries (COFI) and the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) have jointly hosted a Workshop on Policy Coherence for Development in Fisheries which took place in Paris.

Third Joint Meeting of the EAP Task Force and the Project Preparation Committee, November 2005, Yerevan (Armenia)

from 16-Nov-2005 to 17-Nov-2005

The Task Force for the Implementation of the Environmental Action Programme for Central and Eastern Europe (EAP Task Force) and the Project Preparation Committee (PPC) met in Yerevan (Armenia) on 16-17 November 2005.

International Conference “Strategies for Improving Environmental Compliance Assurance in Russia: Policy and Practical Issues”, October 2005, Moscow, Russian Federation

from 19-Oct-2005 to 20-Oct-2005

The objective of this event was to discuss latest developments of environmental management in Russia and take stock of opportunities and obstacles to improving this system within the framework of the administrative reform and in light of good international practice. The seminar was a further step in identifying priority actions to improve environmental policy implementation, and promote its integration in economic and sectoral policies.

Financing Water Supply and Sanitation in EECCA - Conference of EECCA Ministers of Economy/Finance, Environment and Water and their partners from the OECD, 17-18th of November 2005, Yerevan, Armenia

from 17-Nov-2005 to 18-Nov-2005

On the 17-18th of November 2005, the Government of Armenia hosted a conference of Ministers of Economy/Finance, Environment and Water. Ministers met to discuss how to address the critical situation of the water sector in EECCA countries...



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