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CRITERIA IN ENVIRONMENTAL LABELLIN

Criteria in Environmental Labelling

A Comparative Analysis of Environmental Criteria in Selected Labelling Schemes

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Environment and Trade
18 Aug 2000
This publication provides information on the environmental characteristics of three products: paper, laundry detergents, and textiles. It gives an overview of environmental criteria in each of the three product categories in up to thirteen eco-label schemes. Criteria in Environmental Labelling al...
TRADE RELATED ENVIRONMENTAL MEASUR

Trade Related Environmental Measures in the Field of Safety in Biotechnology

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Environment and Trade
18 Aug 2000
This publication illustrates how safety requirements in the field of biotechnology can sometimes take the form of trade measures when they create a restriction on trade to protect the environment and/or human health from the potential adverse effects of biotechnology products. The publication hig...
GLOBAL PRODUCT CHAINS: NORTHERN CO

Global Product Chains

Northern Consumers, Southern Producers, and Sustainability

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Environment and Trade
18 Aug 2000
Growing international trade has made the economies of nations inter-dependent and this has had, among other things, implications for environmental policy. Global Product Chains is a helpful instrument for policy makers to better understand the environmentally relevant actors in the economy and ho...
FISHERIES SUBSIDIES OVERFISHING AN

Fisheries Subsidies Overfishing and Trade

Series:
Environment and Trade
18 Aug 2000
This publication provides an analytical framework for international consideration of the issue on fisheries subsidies, trade and the environment. It views natural resource subsidies in economic theory and examines the mechanisms by which they contribute to environmental degradation. The publicati...
POLICY EFFECTIVENESS AND MULTILATE

Policy Effectiveness and Multilateral Environmental Agreements

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Environment and Trade
25 May 2001
This study examines the issue of how to measure the effectiveness of Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) within the context of recent trade and environment discussions. The three MEAs discussed in this book are the Basel Convention on the Control of the Transboundary Movements of Hazardo...
INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS SUPPORTIN

Institutional Mechanisms Supporting Trade in Genetic Materials

Issues Under the Bio-diversity Convention and GATT/TRIPs

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Environment and Trade
25 Aug 1995
One of the complexities of discussing and working with genetic materials is their multiple forms each of which requires a different approach. This publication discusses the issues of biodiversity conservation and use from the perspectives of technology trade or technology transfer, both as busine...
ROLE SCIENCE IN URUGUAY ROUND

Role of Science in the Uruguay Round and NAFTA Trade Disciplines, The

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Environment and Trade
25 Aug 1995
The author, David A. Wirth, examines the increasingly important role of science in the structure and operation of international trade agreements. This paper analyzes and summarizes the relevant texts, including the original 1947 GATT, the Uruguay Round and the NAFTA texts on standards. It conside...
TRANSBOUNDARY MOVEMENTS OF HAZARDO

Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes at the Interface of Environment and Trade

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Environment and Trade
11 Aug 1995
In 1989, environmental concerns led to the adoption of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal. This publication outlines some of the facts about the international hazardous waste trade, addresses the issue in the context of sustainabl...
PROTECTING THE OZONE LAYER THROUGH

Protecting the Ozone Layer Through Trade Measures

Reconciling the Trade Provisions of the Montreal Protocol and the Rules of the GATT

Series:
Environment and Trade
11 Aug 1995
This paper provides an overview of the history of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, examines the necessity and effectiveness of the Protocol's trade measures and evaluates the measures for consistency with the trade rules of the General Agreement on Trade and Tarif...
SCIENCE RISK ANALYSIS & ENVIRO

Science, Risk Analysis and Environmental Policy Decisions

Series:
Environment and Trade
11 Aug 1995