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Korea Environmental Policy Bulletin - Korea's Adaptation Strategy to Climate Change
(Ministry of Environment - Korea Environment Institute - Republic of Korea, 2011)Climate change caused by global warming has a wide-ranging impact on the atmosphere, marine environment plants and animals, glaciers, land, and human system. It has come to the fore as an environmental problem that jeopardizes ... -
Korea Environmental Policy Bulletin - Korean Government Policy to Support the Domestic Environmental Industry and Technology Export
(Ministry of Environment - Korea Environment Institute - Republic of Korea, 2013)Small and medium-sized businesses play an important role in the environmental industry and technology development in Korea, occupying a 90% share of the entire industry. Of Korea’s environmental industries and technologies, ... -
Korea Environmental Policy Bulletin - Korea’s National Green Growth Strategy and Environmental Policy
(Ministry of Environment - Korea Environment Institute - Republic of Korea, 2009)On August 15, 2008, during a presidential address to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Republic of Korea, Low-carbon Green Growth was declared as a national vision for the next 60 years. The Low-carbon ... -
Korea Environmental Policy Bulletin - Korea’s Policies to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Daily Life
(Ministry of Environment - Korea Environment Institute - Republic of Korea, 2010)One of the representative environmental problems these days is climate change. The reduction of the greenhouse gases from the industrial sector is important, however, the non-industrial sectors, such as homes, businesses, ... -
Korea Environmental Policy Bulletin - Metal Waste Recycling Plans
(Ministry of Environment - Korea Environment Institute - Republic of Korea, 2011)It is expected that the amount of metal waste generation would be increased over time. Although precious metals and other nonferrous metals retrievable in metal wastes have huge economic value, such precious metals have ... -
Korea Environmental Policy Bulletin - Natural Gas Vehicles Promotion Program in Urban Areas
(Ministry of Environment - Korea Environment Institute - Republic of Korea, 2008)With the increase of motor vehicles on the road in Korea, transportation has become a significant source of air pollution. In particular, diesel vehicles emit large amounts of particulate matter (PM10) and nitrogen oxide ... -
Korea Environmental Policy Bulletin - Policies on Conservation of the DMZ District Ecosystem
(Ministry of Environment - Korea Environment Institute - Republic of Korea, 2007)The Korean Peninsula has been divided by the 248km-long Military Demarcation Line (MDL) from East to West across the areas of Ggeutseum Ganghwa-gun, and Myeongho-ri Goseong-gun since the end of the Korean War in 1953. Along ... -
Korea Environmental Policy Bulletin - Policies on Promoting Environmental Industries and International Cooperation
(Ministry of Environment - Korea Environment Institute - Republic of Korea, 2007)Due to the seriousness of environmental issues being raised as a result of the effects of rapid industrialization countries all over the world have been making significant investments in developing technologies related to ... -
Korea Environmental Policy Bulletin - Recyclable Resources Market in Korea
(Ministry of Environment - Korea Environment Institute - Republic of Korea, 2013)Lately, the optimized waste management system has moved into its stabilization phase, but the quantity of wastes continues to increase, thus accentuating the need to reinforce a policy for promoting the recycling of wastes. ... -
Korea Environmental Policy Bulletin - The Second Framework Plan for Hazardous Chemicals Management(2006~2010)
(Ministry of Environment - Korea Environment Institute - Republic of Korea, 2007)In accordance with Article 6 of the Toxic Chemicals Control Act Ministry of Environment established in 2001 a Framework Plan for Hazardous Chemicals Control which was drawn up to be updated every five years. The Framework ... -
Korea Environmental Policy Bulletin - Volume-Based Waste Fee System
(Ministry of Environment - Korea Environment Institute - Republic of Korea, 2003)In order to reduce waste generation at the source and maximize waste recycling, the Korean government introduced the Volume-Based Waste Fee (VBWF) system in 1995. In Korea, local municipalities have a responsibility to ... -
Korea Environmental Policy Bulletin - Water Environment Management Master Plan Outline (2006~2015) - Clean Water, Eco River 2015
(Ministry of Environment - Korea Environment Institute - Republic of Korea, 2006)The Water Environment Management Master Plan proposed by the Ministry of Environment (MOE) presents the government s policy directions for the next 10 years (2006~2015). It aims to promote ecologically healthy water ... -
Korea Environmental Policy Bulletin - Water Quality Forecasting System
(Ministry of Environment - Korea Environment Institute - Republic of Korea, 2013)The Ministry of Environment and the National Institute of Environmental Research has been running the Water Quality Forecasting System at 16 weirs of the four major rivers since 2012, after conducting test-operation over ... -
Korea Environmental Policy Bulletin - Water Quality Monitoring Using IT
(Ministry of Environment Korea Environment Institute - Republic of Korea, 2010)The water quality monitoring systems based on Water Quality Tele-Monitoring System (Water TMS) and Internet Protocol-Ubiquitous Sensor Network (IP-USN) are the representative IT based water management systems in Korea. ... -
Korea Environmental Policy Bulletin -Greenstart Movement
(Ministry of Environment - Korea Environment Institute - Republic of Korea, 2013)The Ministry of Environment has been developing a nationwide Greenstart movement since 2008 to realize low carbon green growth as a national vision and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions effectively. The Greenstart movement ... -
Kuwait Regional Convention for Co-operation on the Protection of the Marine Environment from Pollution: Protocol Concerning Regional Co-operation in Combating Pollution by Oil and other Harmful Substances in Cases of Emergency
(1983)This publication contains the texts of the two legal agreements that have been adopted for the protection and development of the marine environment and coastal areas of the Kuwait Action Plan Region. In considering the ... -
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Kyrgyzstan Action Plan In partnership with UNITAR
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Kyrgyzstan Action Plan In partnership with UNITAR
Kyrgyzstan Action Plan In partnership with UNITAR