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Laos is a country in transition to a market economy, and specific features concerning the forestry sector there include (1) the development of mechanisms to implement a new legal system governing forestry, and (2) recent actions and trends in efforts to transfer the responsibility of forest management to the local people. The promotion of...

The National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES) and the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) in Japan have jointly initiated a research project to propose a comprehensive framework for global climate regime beyond the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol. It is a three-year project from April 2003 to March 2006 and...

This paper aims to identify differences and similarities between Japanese and Korean corporate managements in terms of environmental conservation practices and their institutional frameworks. Similar efforts have been made in the countries regarding the introduction of ISO14001 etc. However, there seems to be much difference between their...