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Regional Environmental Issues ____________________________________________________________________ Action Plan for the Protection, Management and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the North-West Pacific Region September 1994   The NOWPAP is an important sub-regional environmental agreement. The Northwest Pacific was one of the last of the 16 regions now covered by such plans (the first was the […]

Tourism in the APEC Region and its Promotion in an Ecologically Sound Way Through Regional Co-operation Clem Tisdell Department of Economics The University of Queensland Brisbane 4072 Australia Fax: + 61 7 365 7299 September, 1994   The tourism sector is more dependent on suitable environments for its economic prosperity than most industries. While different […]

Japanese Official Development Assistance and Industrial Environmental Management in Asia Workshop on Trade and Environment in Asia-Pacific : Prospects for Regional Cooperation September, 1994 Wataru Yamamoto Japan Development Institute (JDI) Engineering Consulting Firms Association, Japan (ECFA) 3-2-5 Kasumigaseki Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100, Japan Tel: 81-3-3593-1171 Fax: 81-3-3595-2489 _________________________________________________________________   Table of Contents   Introduction   1. […]

  Trade and the Environment ____________________________________________________________________ TRADE, ENVIRONMENT and SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT : Is it possible to realize a harmony among trade, environment and sustainable development ? Koyu FURUSAWA September, 1994 (1) Doubts over free trade After World War II, under GATT and IMF, trade and money order have been liberalized; and the world economy has […]

Trade and the Environment ____________________________________________________________________ Case Study on the Relationship Among Trade, Food/Agriculture and Environment September 1994 Koyu FURUSAWA In today’s world, all kinds of natural resources are being exploited, while a variety of commodities are sold on a global scale. In food and agriculture as well, the world is becoming incorporated into a single […]

Nautilus Institute Workshop on Trade and Environment in Asia-Pacific: Prospects for Regional Cooperation The Entwining of Trade and Policy in Environmental Issues: Implications for APEC* Jane Drake-Brockman and Kym Anderson** Centre for International Economic Studies University of Adelaide Adelaide, SA 5005 Australia 23-25 September 1994 East-West Center, Honolulu * Paper submitted to a Workshop on […]

Region-Building and the Environment: The Role of the PECC Linda Low Department of Business Policy National University of Singapore and Tay Boon Nga Department of Economics and Statistics National University of Singapore Draft August 1994 Paper for Workshop on Trade and Environment in Asia-Pacific: Prospects for Regional Cooperation, organised by Nautilus Institute, co-sponsored by the […]

Region-Building and the Environment: The Role of the PECC Linda Low Department of Business Policy National University of Singapore and Tay Boon Nga Department of Economics and Statistics National University of Singapore Draft August 1994     Paper for Workshop on Trade and Environment in Asia-Pacific: Prospects for Regional Cooperation, organised by Nautilus Institute, co-sponsored […]

Regional Environmental Issues ____________________________________________________________________ REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL COOPERATION IN NORTHEAST ASIA Report to Regional Bureau For Asia and the Pacific United Nations Development Programme Lyuba Zarsky Peter Hayes Keith Openshaw August 1994 Acknowledgments Lyuba Zarsky acted as Team Leader and took lead responsibility for Sections One, Two and Four and for integrating the report as a […]

Tumen River Area Development Issues ____________________________________________________________________ REPORT I TRADP Tourism Study Prepared by: The Tumen River Area Development Programme Tourism Sub-Group United Nations Development Programme New York Consultant: Esuko Oy Pasilan Puistotie 4B FIN-00240 Helsinki, Finland INTRODUCTION Development and promotion of tourism, if carried out properly, can be particularly beneficial to developing countries. Tourism stimulates […]