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In mitigating climate change, the Kyoto Protocol requires Annex I countries to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. In achieving their targets, the Kyoto Protocol allows the countries to use the Kyoto Mechanisms (KM), including emissions trading (ET), which is recognized as one of the most cost-effective ways. Prior to the official start of...

Currently, many researchers argue in favor of decentralization, as it facilitates more locally based and innovative forest policy. However, many local government administrations, especially those of municipalities, lack sufficient resources to function efficiently under a decentralized regime. There is an urgent need to reassess administrative...

The guidelines and recommendations for promoting local participation in forest management for Indonesia, Lao P.D.R. and Far East Russia, as the outcome of the second phase research (FY2001-FY2003) of the IGES Forest Conservation Project. This guidelines and recommendations consist of (i) village action guidelines (VAG) for villagers and other...

本報告書はアジア・太平洋地域の4カ国、中国、インド、インドネシア、韓国の環境産業に焦点を当てたものである。これら諸国はそれぞれ異なった環境産業の発展段階にあり、調査対象国として選択した。報告書はこれら4カ国の環境破壊の現状、環境産業の現状、政府の主な環境産業育成策、2国間および国際機関による援助、多国籍企業の活動がもたらした環境産業発展への貢献、等を概観、評価する。 報告書は3章から構成される。第1章は、プロジェクトの目的と紹介、主要な研究成果と提言である。第2章は、中国、インド、インドネシア、韓国の環境産業、調査対象4カ国の環境産業に対する2国間援助（日本を除く）、国際機関、多国籍企業の貢献、中小企業の環境産業発展への貢献等によって構成される。第 3章は...

The aim of this interim country report is to disseminate the results of the activities from the second fiscal year of the second phase, on the Russian Far East, and to provide the basis for discussions on developing guidelines and recommendations for participatory forest management. Under the former USSR, local people were separated from forest...

This book is a compilation of the results of strategic policy research carried out by the Forest Conservation Project of the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), between 1998 and 2002. The project's main purpose is to shed light on measures to conserve biodiversity and use forests sustainably, particularly in the Asia-Pacific...

Remarks: 5 March 2004 at International Conference Center Kobe, Kobe, Japan

The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) monitors and collects information on environmental issues and policies in the Asia-Pacific region to report on the region's progress in these areas and on the development of a sustainable society. Since 1998, IGES has published an annual summary of major environmental news for the Asia...