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There is a pressing need for sustainable development in Asia to realize more efficient use of resources and materials and to reduce the environmental impact of consumption and production activities. Promotion of 3R (Reduce, Reuse and Recycle) thorugh theintegration of policies on waste management and resource management, is one of the keys to...

Strategy: Development of environmentally sustainable transport systems in urban areas Environmental areas: Climate change, Air pollution, Urban environment Critical instruments: Design, planning and management, Economic instruments, Organisational arrangements, Technologies Participants: city government; research and urban planning institute (IPPUC...

Strategy: Development of environmentally sustainable transport systems in urban areas Environmental areas: Climate change, air pollution, urban environment Critical instruments: Economic instruments, organisational arrangements, partnerships, technologies Country: Japan Location: Fukuoka Participants: West Japan Ecology Network (NGO), Kyushu...

In order to achieve sustainable society, it is necessary to transform industrial structure to the one that does not reduce the Earth's resources. Under this circumstance, a business model of "not selling goods, but selling services" has been expected as a measure of co-existence of business and the environment. This idea, which is called as...

IGES attended an international workshop on Trade in Wood Products in South-East Asia in Kuala Lumpur from 24-25 May. The workshop was organised within the Trans-Regional EU-ASEAN Trade Initiative (TREATI) framework, designed to enhance trade relations between ASEAN and the EU. On behalf of the Directorate General Trade of the European Commission...

On 19 and 20 January 2006, an Illegal Logging Update and Stakeholder Consultation Meeting took place at Chatham House, Royal Institute of International Affairs in London. As the seventh in a regular series of biannual consultations, this meeting provided a valuable opportunity to gather up-to-date information on the illegal logging and timber trade...

While waste generation is still on the rise in many countries, some of them have succeeded in reversing the increase in waste generation and raising the recycling ratio by identifying the convergence of economic and environmental benefits. Wastes range widely from country to country and span the entire spectrum from containers and pakages...

Access to environmental information is vital for promoting policies and measures conducive to sustainable development. It influences people's behaviour and promotes environmental responsibility and ensures that public decision-making is more environmentally sound. In Asia, however, the disclosure of infomration on the environment is limited...

In Asia, private sector has been the engine of much of recent economic growth, while its regional growth has kept the entire world growing. However, this expansion also came with a cost of environmental sustainability　that starts shaking the development process itself. Increasing awareness and growing public concerns about the negative...