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Profiting from Green Consumerism in Germany, Opportunities for Developing Countries in Three Sectors

Leather and Footwear, Textiles and Clothing, and Furniture

Series: Analytical Studies on Trade, Environment and Development
( Print: October 1999 )

Green consumerism has been on the rise in Germany and is increasingly bearing upon markets of key export interest to developing countries. This publication reviews the consequences of this phenomenon...

Green consumerism has been on the rise in Germany and is increasingly bearing upon markets of key export interest to developing countries. This publication reviews the consequences of this phenomenon...


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Economic Aspects of Development of Agricultural Alternatives to Tobacco Production and Export...

Series: Analytical Studies on Trade, Environment and Development
( Print: September 2002 )

This report assesses a number of potential agricultural alternatives to production and export marketing of tobacco from Malawi. It provides analysis and findings on current profitability of...

This report assesses a number of potential agricultural alternatives to production and export marketing of tobacco from Malawi. It provides analysis and findings on current profitability of...


Ordos Plateau of China, The

An Endangered Environment

Series: UNU Studies on Critical Environmental Regions
( Print: January 2000 )

The Ordos Plateau of China is an account of the regional human-environmental history of the Ordos Plateau, a dryland region inhabited by Chinese farmers and Mongolian shepherds. It surveys...

The Ordos Plateau of China is an account of the regional human-environmental history of the Ordos Plateau, a dryland region inhabited by Chinese farmers and Mongolian shepherds. It surveys...


Rubber and the Environment

Proceedings of the Joint Workshop of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the...

Series: Analytical Studies on Trade, Environment and Development
( Print: August 2000 )

This publication reviews two specific aspects of the cycle of rubber products. The first one, is the use of international instruments for making scrap tyre management as environmentally sound as...

This publication reviews two specific aspects of the cycle of rubber products. The first one, is the use of international instruments for making scrap tyre management as environmentally sound as...


Effets et Maitrise de la Pollution Atmospherique Transfrontiere et a Longue Distance

Series: Etudes sur la Pollution Atmosphérique
( Print: October 1995 )

L'Etat de la Pollution Atmospherique Transfrontiere

Series: Etudes sur la Pollution Atmosphérique
( Print: March 1994 )

L'Evaluation de la Pollution Atmospherique Transfortiere a Longue Distance

Series: Etudes sur la Pollution Atmosphérique
( Print: February 1992 )

Impacts de la Pollution Atmospherique Transfrontiere a Longue Distance

Series: Etudes sur la Pollution Atmosphérique
( Print: March 1993 )

L'Etat de la Pollution Atmospherique Transfrontiere

Series: Etudes sur la Pollution Atmosphérique
( Print: August 1990 )

L'Etat de la Pollution Atmoshperique Transfrontiere

Series: Etudes sur la Pollution Atmosphérique
( Print: August 1991 )

Effets et Maitrise de la Pollution Atmospherique Transfrontiere a Longue Distance

Series: Etudes sur la Pollution Atmosphérique
( Print: June 1996 )

Regions at Risk

Comparisons of Threatened Environments

Series: UNU Studies on Critical Environmental Regions
( Print: February 1996 )

Nine critical environmental regions are examined through formal definitions and a detailed look into the concepts of environmental criticality and endangerment. This innovative study provides an up-to...

Nine critical environmental regions are examined through formal definitions and a detailed look into the concepts of environmental criticality and endangerment. This innovative study provides an up-to...


Amazonia

Resiliency and Dynamism of the Land and its People

Series: UNU Studies on Critical Environmental Regions
( Print: December 1997 )

The Amazon basin, site of the world's largest remaining tropical rain forest, is experiencing rapid ecological and socio-economic changes. This book examines the driving forces behind these changes...

The Amazon basin, site of the world's largest remaining tropical rain forest, is experiencing rapid ecological and socio-economic changes. This book examines the driving forces behind these changes...


L'état de la Pollution Atmosphérique Transfrontière

Series: Etudes sur la Pollution Atmosphérique
( Print: May 1997 )

Effets de la Pollution Atmosphérique Transfrontière à Longue Distance

Series: Etudes sur la Pollution Atmosphérique
( Print: August 1997 )

Après un bref bilan de l'état des forêts en Europe, ce rapport traite les thèmes suivants : effets de la pollution atmosphérique sur les écosystèmes; réseaux neuronaux artificiels; acidification des...

Après un bref bilan de l'état des forêts en Europe, ce rapport traite les thèmes suivants : effets de la pollution atmosphérique sur les écosystèmes; réseaux neuronaux artificiels; acidification des...


In Place of the Forest

Environmental and Socio-Economic Transformation in Borneo and the Eastern Malay Peninsula

Series: UNU Studies on Critical Environmental Regions
( Print: January 1998 )

This book describes the course of the modern transformation of Borneo and the eastern side of the Malay Peninsula, an area considered to be 'environmentally critical' because of the massive...

This book describes the course of the modern transformation of Borneo and the eastern side of the Malay Peninsula, an area considered to be 'environmentally critical' because of the massive...