Vietnamese Updates: Strengthening the legal regulation on responding to oil spills at sea (20 Mar 2013)

Strengthening the legal regulation on responding to oil spills at sea Thứ tư, ngày 20 tháng 03 năm 2013 cập nhật lúc 02:17 Vietnam’s waters are an open sea connecting the Pacific and Indian Oceans. It is among the maritime routes with an enormous amount of traffic, of which 70% is oil tanker. As a result, Vietnam is facing the risk of pollution caused by oil spills. Implementing the regulation on responding to oil spills of the Government...

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South Korean Updates: Jury system for environmental R&D project to be introduced (27 Mar 2013)

Jury system for environmental R&D project to be introduced webmaster 2013.03.27 Korea Environmental Industry & Technology Institute (KEITI) under the Ministry of Environment announced to introduce the ‘Environmental R&D Project Jury,’ composed of environmental experts, housewives, university students and teachers. The jury system is of significance in that the public will directly participate in the process of planning,...

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Publication: Charting New Waters State of Watershed Payments 2012 by Genevieve Bennett, Nathaniel Carroll, and Katherine Hamilton (29 Mar 2013)

Charting New Waters State of Watershed Payments 2012 Authors: Genevieve Bennett, Nathaniel Carroll, and Katherine Hamilton Contributors: Michael Bennett, Marta Echavarria, Karol Fierro, and Heidi Huber-Stearns January 2013 The latest report released by Forest Trends on incentive-based water protection. One is that investments in watershed protection are fast approaching a tipping point - rising 25% from the previous year and with 25% of...

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Call for Proposals: 2013 Pacific Rim Energy & Sustainability Conference (Deadline: 30 Apr 2013)

Call-for-Proposals For more information:  http://www.presdafoundation.org/pacific-rim-energy-sustainability-conference/proposals The 2013 Pacific Rim Energy & Sustainability Conference invites scholarly interactions among academics, researchers, doctoral students, and representatives from industry, as well as think tanks, non-profit / non-governmental organization professionals to submit research abstracts and research papers. As...

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Call for Papers: 2013 3rd International Conference on Biotechnology and Environment Management (Deadline: 1 May 2013)

ICBEM 2013 Call for Papers  For more information: http://www.icbem.org/cfp.htm New Delhi, India The 2013 3rd International Conference on Biotechnology and Environment Management (ICBEM 2013) is the premier forum for the presentation of new advances and research results in the fields of Biotechnology and Environment Management. The conference will bring together leading researchers, engineers and scientists in the domain of interest...

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Call For Papers: The Asian Conference on Sustainability, Energy and the Environment (Deadline: 15 Apr 2013)

Call For Papers deadline extended - April 15 2013 Special Theme: "Sustainability, Society and the Environment: Searching for Synergies" The conference theme is "Sustainability, Society and the Environment: Searching for Synergies" and the organizers encourage submissions that approach this question from a variety of perspectives. However, the submission of other topics for consideration is welcome and we also encourage sessions...

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Call for papers: 2013 3rd International Conference on Environmental, Biomedical and Biotechnology (ICEBB 2013) (Deadline: 10 Apr 2013)

A About the Conference 2013 3rd International Conference on Environmental, Biomedical and Biotechnology (ICEBB 2013) will be held in Singapore during 24-25 August, 2013. ICEBB 2013 is sponsored by the Asia-Pacific Chemical, Biological & Environmental Engineering Society (APCBEES). It is one of the leading international conferences for presenting novel and fundamental advances in the fields of Environmental, Biomedical and Biotechnology....

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Call for abstract: International Conference on Regional Climate – CORDEX 2013 A partnership between WCRP, the European Commission and IPCC in Brussels, Belgium (Deadline: 15 Apr 2013)

International Conference on Regional Climate – CORDEX 2013 A partnership between WCRP, the European Commission and IPCC in Brussels, Belgium 29/03/2013 International Conference on Regional Climate – CORDEX 2013 A partnership between WCRP, the European Commission and IPCC 4-7 November 2013, Brussels, Belgium The International Conference on Regional Climate – CORDEX 2013 brings together the international community of regional climate scientists...

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HK's Updates: Clean factory fund applications to open (27 Mar 2013)

Clean factory fund applications to open March 27, 2013 The Environmental Protection Department will launch the next phase of the Cleaner Production Partnership Programme on April 1. It will run until March 31, 2015. Hong Kong enterprises operating factories locally or in Guangdong can apply for fund support to conduct environmental projects, such as on-site improvement assessments to identify cleaner production solutions for their...

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Taiwanese Updates: 行政院環境保護署【讓專業為公眾對話】新書發表 (27 Mar 2013)

行政院環境保護署【讓專業為公眾對話】新書發表 提供單位：行政院環境保護署綜計處 發布日期：2013.03.27 環保署近年處理重大環境爭議議題，建立「專家會議」的決策參與機制，並在中油三輕、永揚掩埋場、國光石化、中科三、四期等重大開發案的環境影響評估過程中，取得顯著成效，並獲得愈來愈多的參與者贊同此項做法，環保署特編撰「讓專業為公眾對話」一書，以供社會大眾及公共政策決策者閱讀後參考採用，本次新書發表會訂於102年3月27日（星期三）下午2時假臺北光圈1樓舉辦。 民主開放的先進國家，強調任何公共政策的決定，必須建基於事實與科學知識的基礎上，而在確認事實與應用科學知識的決策過程，非常強調「科學的政治」。在科學的政治中，重要的定律是：「事實發現的過程，如果沒有顧及政治的參與面，事實永遠不會成為公認的事實。」因此，公共政策的決策過程應該分成兩個階段，第一階段是科學的程序，也就是確認推動者所陳述的政策背景事實及所帶來的成效或影響的科學推論，在確定與不確定性上「是不是」有合理可採...

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Chinese Updates: Green Tax Mulled to Help Fight Pollution (25 Mar 2013)

Green Tax Mulled to Help Fight Pollution 2013-03-25 China is considering levying a consumption tax on some products that make heavy use of resources and cause pollution, in a major effort to promote resource and environmental protection awareness, according to a report. The plan was mentioned in a document compiled by the Ministry of Finance and the Budget Committee of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, the country's...

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Chinese Updates: China Releases First National Water Report (26 Mar 2013)

China Releases First National Water Report 2013-03-26 The first national report on China's water conditions was released Tuesday by the Ministry of Water Resources (MWR) and the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The nationwide survey covered river conditions, water conservancy projects, water consumption, river development and management, and water and soil conservation in 2011. China has 45,203 rivers each covering an area of at least...

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Publications: Aqueduct Metadata Document --- Yellow River Basin Study and Yangtze River Basin Study by Francis Gassert, Tien Shiao, Tianyi Luo, Matt Luck (Feb 2013)

Aqueduct Metadata Document: Yellow River Basin StudyFrancis Gassert, Tien Shiao, Tianyi Luo, Matt Luck Working Paper: February, 2013 The Yellow River Basin (YRB) Study provides details of the data, sources, methodology, and maps for 14 water-related indicators across the Yellow River Basin in China. The YRB Study is primarily designed for research organizations for analysis and research purposes.WRI working papers contain preliminary research,...

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