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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 - 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 - Four Major River Restoration Project of Republic of KOREA
(Ministry of Environment - Korea Environment Institute - Republic of Korea, 2009)
One of the greatest environmental threats to the entire world is water shortage, water quality degradation, and ecological disturbance. Last year, Republic of Korea proclaimed a national vision, Low Carbon Green Growth , ...
Korea Environmental Policy Bulletin - Development of Experts in the Water Sector through the Integrated Operation of the Local Water Supply and Sanitation System
(Ministry of Environment - Korea Environment Institute - Republic of Korea, 2011)
The Korean government finalized the water industry development plan (Feb. 2006) focusing on restructuring and building up the competitiveness of the water and sanitation sector and developing the water industry to transform ...
Korea Environmental Policy Bulletin - Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)
(Ministry of Environment - Korea Environment Institute - Republic of Korea, 2010)
The Korean government introduced its Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) system in 2000 that strengthened producers responsibility from the production stage up to collection and recycling. EPR system is applied to four ...
Korea Environmental Policy Bulletin - Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biological Resources
(Ministry of Environment - Korea Environment Institute - Republic of Korea, 2010)
After the recognition of national ownership of biological resources pursuant to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), competition between nations has been intensifying to acquire biological resources. The Korean ...
Korea Environmental Policy Bulletin - Environmental Impact Assessment in Korea
(Ministry of Environment - Korea Environment Institute - Republic of Korea, 2004)
In the latter half of the 20th century, rapid industrialization and population growth aggravated environmental problems such as the depletion of resources, global warming, and destruction of the natural environment, giving ...
Korea Environmental Policy Bulletin - Environmental Technology Development and Distribution Policies
(Ministry of Environment - Korea Environment Institute - Republic of Korea, 2005)
In the Korean Act on Environmental Technology Development and Support in Korea, environmental technology is defined as \"technology necessary for preserving and managing the environment including the enhancement of ...
Environmental Health Plan - 2006-2015
(Ministry of Environment - Korea Environment Institute - Republic of Korea, 2006)
It is reportedly known that the quality of life has been improving in recent years, but a public health crisis due to environmental pollution increases as well every year. Since the arrival of new millenium in 2000, ...
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 ...