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The timber trade from Russia to China is steadily increasing, and many scholars are convinced that this trend will continue. China's national statistics do not clearly illustrate timber flows, being limited to national trade figures. In this paper, the authors analyze recent trends in the Russia-China timber trade, based on official data sources...

The standing and competitiveness of a country is largely determined by how the development and growth of its cities are managed. This paper examines the existing environmental situation in Indian cities with the objective of focusing on the emerging urban environmental crisis, which is receiving far less attention than issues such as global warming...

The Internet Revolution is a global event that has reached Germany and Japan to similar extents. Many experts agree that this revolution may bring about new patterns of social and economic interactions with potentially far-reaching implications. Although these patterns will develop in virtual space, material input and therewith ecological impacts...

環境報告書を作成する日本企業は、ここ数年毎年倍増する勢いで増加している。「地球にやさしい企業行動調査」［環境省（2001a）］によれば、調査対象上場企業の中で、環境情報を開示している企業の比率は、35.7％（1998年度）→40.9％（1999年度）→51.0%(2000年度)と増加傾向にあり、その中で環境報告書を発行している企業に比率も、30.9%（1998年度）→37.3％（1999 年度）→45.9％（2000年度）と増加している。このような傾向は、2000年6月に国際的な民間組織GRI（Global Reporting Initiative）から「持続可能性報告のガイドライン」が公表されたことに加え、2001年２月には環境省から「環境報告書ガイドライン(2000 年度版)」が...

The number of Japanese corporations which publish environmental reports has been increasing very rapidly. According to the ''A Survey of Environmentally Corporate Behavior'' [Ministry of the Environment (2001a)], the proportion of listed corporations surveyed which disclosed environmental information showed a rising trend from 35.7 per cent (1998)...

Remarks: Inaugural Project of IGES Kansai Research Center. 26 Sep. 2001 at Shin Kobe Oriental Hotel, Kobe, Japan

Remarks: Inaugural Project of IGES Kansai Research Center. 26 Sep. 2001 at Shin Kobe Oriental Hotel, Kobe, Japan

Book Review: "Environment, Education and Society in the Asia-Pacific: Local Traditions and Global Discourses" David Yencken, John Fien, and Helen Sykes (ed.) Publisher information: London: Routledge, 2001, 360 pp ISBN: 0-415-20581-6 Reviewer: Bishnu B. Bhandari This book is the result of a comprehensive report of an empirical study on the knowledge...