The Malaysian palm oil is an important source of social development and economic growth in the country. Nevertheless, it has been accused conducting unsustainable practices that may affect sustainability this industry. Thus, study aims to identify level crude (CPO) production. Environmental impacts were assessed using International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standardized life cycle ...

South Asian regional cooperation with the International Nitrogen Initiative and India-led UN Resolution on Sustainable Management (UNEP/EA.4/L.16) brought Asia into global focus. Here, we reflect upon its proactive scientific community, growing capacity, international collaborations, which have enabled emergence of UKRI-GCRF Hub, has great potential both regionally globally. Reactive nitrogen (...

The Project "Strategies and mechanisms for promoting investments in cleaner production in developing countries", implemented by UNEP/DTIE 1 has amid its objectives to build capacity of industry and financiers in assessing cleaner production (CP) based investment proposals, in selected pilot countries . The project has generated training programmes, mainly targeted at industrialists, government ...

As the debate over global warming rages, actuaries may be able to play a greater role in evaluating the merits of the opposing views and contributing to climate research itself. Since hurricanes Hugo and Andrew, insurance companies have had to fundamentally rethink pricing, underwriting and financing for catastrophic weather-related coverage. Insurers also have had to consider whether these eve...

The dramatic events of recent weeks, which have seen governments mobilise huge sums of money in support of the global banking system, have got many researchers thinking about how they might be mobilised to tackle environmental problems more effectively, particularly as a recession may be an ideal opportunity to kick-start 'green' jobs. And this was the key element of last month's Green Economy ...

INTRODUCTION The Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission (GLIFWC) is an organization exercising delegated authority from 11 federally recognized Ojibwe tribes in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan. These tribes retain hunting, fishing, and gathering rights in the territories ceded to the United States through various treaties. The degradation of native ecosystems by invasive species pos...

Investing around $8 billion a year in rebuilding and 'greening' the world's fisheries could raise catches to 112 million tonnes annually, while triggering benefits to industry, consumers and the global economy totalling $1.7 trillion over the next 40 years. These are among the findings of a new report being compiled by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and economists entitled the ...

The aim of the study is to present concept green economy and other notions concepts related it assess their significance for formation development policy practical solution problems socio-economic development. In part focusing on information definitions, premises emergence issue greening economic processes as a new phenomenon contemporary have been presented, well various definitions economy, g...