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Book Review "Local Control of Land and Forests: Cultural Dimensions of Resource Management in Northern Thailand" by Anan Ganjanapan, Faculty of Social Science, Chiang Mai University, Thailand Publisher information: Chiang Mai: Regional Center for Social Science and Sustainable Development (RCSD), 2000. ISBN: 974-657-355-1, 235 pp. (pbk). Reviewer...

Book Review "Environmental Laws of Mongolia" edited by the Ministry for the Environment, Mongolia. Publisher information: "Orbis" Co., Ltd., 1997 (in Mongolian), 2,600 copies. Reviewers: Batjargal Zamba, Embassy of Mongolia, Japan and Nachin Dashnyam, Visiting Researcher, Economic Research Institute for Northeast Asia, Japan An unfettered market...

Book Review "User's Guide to Forest Education-Not Just for Foresters" edited by the Bavarian Ministry for Food, Agriculture and Forests, German title: Waldpädagogischer Leitfaden. Nicht Nur Für Förster. Publisher information: Munich: Bavarian Ministry for Food, Agriculture and Forests, Fifth Edition 2001 (in German) . ISBN: 3-00-001292-3, 24 EUR...

Book Review "Acquittal for CO2" by Wolfgang Thüne, Official, State Ministry of Environment Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, German title: Freispruch für CO2. Publisher information: Wiesbaden: Edition steinherz, 2002 (in German). ISBN: 3-9807378-1-0, 236 pp., 19.95 EUR. Reviewer: Axel Michaelowa, Head of Programme "International Climate Policy,"...

This section aims to introduce research developments in Asia. These well-written papers, published in languages other than English and therefore difficult for researchers from other countries to access, are selected and summarized by qualified experts. This issue introduces papers from Korea and Japan. - Research developments in Korea KIM, Bong-Koo...

A decade after the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (Earth Summit) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the landscape of domestic and international finance for sustainable development displays a mixed picture in the Asia and Pacific region. In a large number of countries, domestic resources have not been able to meet the...

As the World Summit on Sustainable Development approaches, it is timely to assess our actions on behalf of a more ecologically viable world and the barriers that remain to our realization of this goal. Globalization and sustainable development have emerged as key discourses to evaluate our social and environmental prospects. On the critical issue...

On 10 April 2002, the International Review for Environmental Strategies (IRES) had the opportunity to hold a dialogue with Lester R. Brown in Tokyo and to gain some insights into his views on sustainable development. Brown reinforced the importance of a paradigm shift from the fossil fuel-based economy to the solar-hydrogen-based economy-the eco...

This paper examines the political feasibility of an ecological tax reform (ETR). To this end, a positive taxation approach is developed from which the politico-economic determinants of a successfully implemented, ecologically-oriented tax policy may be derived. Public acceptance of the ETR introduced in Germany is then evaluated on the basis of...

The coastal areas of Bangladesh are vulnerable to natural disasters, especially from cyclones and tidal surges. Since 1958 most of the coast has been protected by the construction of embankments and sluice gates. No impact study was conducted before doing this construction. Today, however, ecological, social, economic, and cultural impacts can be...