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Ensuring Environmental Compliance: Trends and Good PracticesEnglish | View long abstract 19-May-2009 Despite progress in recent years, there is growing evidence that OECD countries are not on track to reach some of their key environmental goals. This report examines the strategies and instruments that governments use to ensure compliance with pollution prevention and control regulations. Also available: |
Environmental performance of agriculture in OECD countries since 1990: Netherlandspdf,277Kb,English | View long abstract 16-Jun-2008 This country section is an extract from chapter 3 of the OECD publication (2008) Environmental Performance of Agriculture in OECD Countries since 1990 . Also available:Related documents: |
Meeting of the OECD Council at Ministerial Level, 2005: Enabling GlobalisationEnglish | View long abstract 02-May-2005 This year’s OECD Ministerial Council Meeting will be held at OECD Headquarters on 3-4 May 2005 under the chairmanship of Göran Persson, Prime Minister of Sweden, with the overarching theme of “Enabling ... Also available:Related documents: |
Manure Policy and MINAS: Regulating Nitrogen and Phosphorus Surpluses in Agriculture of The NetherlandsEnglish | View long abstract 24-Jan-2005 This document, prepared by Prof. Oene Oenema and Paul B.M. Berentsen, assesses the political economy of the implementation of the ‘minerals accounting system’ MINAS in the Netherlands. While the system contributed to some environmental improvements, the costs of its implementation were rather high. Related documents: |
Economic Survey - Netherlands 2004: Sustainable development in the NetherlandsEnglish | View long abstract 26-May-2004 The OECD Economic Survey of The Netherlands 2004 concludes that there is scope for improvement in reaching sustainable development objectives in a cost-effective way, notably in the areas of energy taxation ... |
Managing Societal Transitions, Dilemnas and Uncertainties: The Dutch Energy Case Studypdf,261Kb,English | View long abstract 12-Dec-2002 Jan Rotmans and René Kemp ENV/EPOC/GSP(2003)15/FINAL |
Market Creation: Organic Agriculture In The NetherlandsEnglish | View long abstract 21-Mar-2002 Organic agriculture showed a strong growth in recent years (annual growth up to 25%) and it is expected that its economic significance will increase sharply. There is a steady increase in the number of ... |
OECD Finds that Biotechnology Contributes to Industrial SustainabilityEnglish | View long abstract 19-Nov-2001 Biotechnology has long held out the promise of providing alternative methods of industrial production that are both environmentally friendly and economically efficient, thus breaking the seemingly inevitable ... Also available: |
Annex Volume to the Report on Phase II of the OECD Environmentally Sustainable Transport Projectpdf,3Mb,English | View long abstract 17-Nov-1999 This includes case studies of phase 2 of the EST project. Teams from nine countries undertook six case studies to determine how EST might be achieved. They concerned respectively the countries of Sweden, ... Related documents: |
Case Studies for the Handbook of Incentive Measures for Biodiversity: Design and ImplementationEnglish | View long abstract 02-Mar-1999 These country case studies are background information for the Handbook of Incentive Measures for Biodiversity. Related documents: |
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