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- This report addresses the tradeoffs involved in controlling local pollutants such as particles from fossil fuel combustion in India. The report analyses the effects of reducing pollution on economic development and GDP and finds that the health benefits outweigh the loss of GDP. This report was published by The World Bank in 2013.
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- The World Bank Group
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- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/16028
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- This report attempts to estimate the social and financial costs of environmental damage in India from three pollution damage categories: urban air pollution, inadequate water supply and indoor air pollution as well as four natural resource damage categories: agricultural damage, rangeland degradation, deforestation and natural disasters. The report goes on to estimate the likely effects of policies to reduce environmental damage on the country's GDP. This report was published by The World Bank in 2013.
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- The World Bank Group
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- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/16029
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- This report explores the methods and analysis of a scoping exercise to identify a preliminary list of indicators related to agriculture and the environment and proposes next steps for developing indicators that measure the environmental sustainability of agriculture.
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- Katie Reytar; Craig Hanson; Norbert Henninger
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- World Resources Institute (WRI)
- http://www.wri.org/sites/default/files/wrr_installment_6_sustainable_agruiculture_indicators.pdf
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- This is the final report of a study which sought to provide an analysis of industrial wastewater management in industrial estates and craft villages in Vietnam. The study comprised: a detailed inventory of industries and industrial activities responsible for the pollution of the Nhue-Day River Basin; an institutional and regulatory analysis in the Nhue-Day and Dong Nai River Basin provinces; and identification and determination of appropriate interventions for industrial estates and craft villages. This report, no.57863 v.1, was published in January 2010 by The World Bank.
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- LBCD Consultants inc; Experco International Ltd
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- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/2925
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- This report is a synthesis of the final report of a study which sought to provide an analysis of industrial wastewater management in industrial estates and craft villages in Vietnam. The study comprised: a detailed inventory of industries and industrial activities responsible for the pollution of the Nhue-Day River Basin; an institutional and regulatory analysis in the Nhue-Day and Dong Nai River Basin provinces; and identification and determination of appropriate interventions for industrial estates and craft villages. This report, no.57863 v.3, was published in August 2010 by The World Bank.
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- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/2929
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- This craft village inventory was compiled as part of a study which sought to provide an analysis of industrial wastewater management in industrial estates and craft villages in Vietnam. The study comprised: a detailed inventory of industries and industrial activities responsible for the pollution of the Nhue-Day River Basin; an institutional and regulatory analysis in the Nhue-Day and Dong Nai River Basin provinces; and identification and determination of appropriate interventions for industrial estates and craft villages. This report, no.57863 v.1, was published in January 2010 by The World Bank.
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- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/2932
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- This inventory of industries within industrial estates was compiled as part of a study which sought to provide an analysis of industrial wastewater management in industrial estates and craft villages in Vietnam. The study comprised: a detailed inventory of industries and industrial activities responsible for the pollution of the Nhue-Day River Basin; an institutional and regulatory analysis in the Nhue-Day and Dong Nai River Basin provinces; and identification and determination of appropriate interventions for industrial estates and craft villages. This report, no.57863 v.1, was published in January 2010 by The World Bank.
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- LBCD Consultants inc; Experco International Ltd
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- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/2930
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- This inventory of stand alone industries was compiled as part of a study which sought to provide an analysis of industrial wastewater management in industrial estates and craft villages in Vietnam. The study comprised: a detailed inventory of industries and industrial activities responsible for the pollution of the Nhue-Day River Basin; an institutional and regulatory analysis in the Nhue-Day and Dong Nai River Basin provinces; and identification and determination of appropriate interventions for industrial estates and craft villages. This report, no.57863 v.1, was published in January 2010 by The World Bank.
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- LBCD Consultants inc; Experco International Ltd
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- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/2931
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- This report presents a framework for investors and analysts to assess the risk of impacts from water-related issues, including growing water scarcity and declining water quality, on thermal and hydroelectric power generation plants, focusing particularly on publicly listed power generation companies in India, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.
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- Amanda Sauer; Piet Klop; Sumeet Agrawal
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- World Resources Institute (WRI)
- http://www.wri.org/publication/over-heating
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- This report reviews the global marine research that has been carried out which assesses the pollution of the open oceans by shipping and through the atmosphere. The pollutants assessed include atmospheric inputs, ship-based contamination, noise, marine debris, ballast water, off-shore exploration and production and dumping from vessels. This report was published in 2009.
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- GESAMP (IMO/FAO/UNESCO-IOC/UNIDO/WMO/IAEA/UN/UNEP Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection)
- http://www.gesamp.org/data/gesamp/files/media/Publications/Reports_and_studies_79/gallery_1060/object_1060_large.pdf
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- This report examines the land-based sources and activities that affect the quality and uses of the marine, coastal and associated freshwater environment including the most serious problems of alteration and destruction of habitats and ecosystems, effects of sewage on human health, widespread and increased eutrophication, declines of fish stocks and other renewable resources and changes in sediment flows due to hydrological changes. It was published in 2001.
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- GESAMP (IMO/FAO/UNESCO-IOC/UNIDO/WMO/IAEA/UN/UNEP Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection)
- http://www.gesamp.org/publications/publicationdisplaypages/rs71
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- This report explores the fundamentals of e-waste recycling (including the significance, structure and main steps in the recycling chain, objectives and main considerations for innovation), analyzes the potential markets for e-waste recycling, examines the application of a technology transfer framework for selected recycling technologies and identifies innovation hubs and knowledge centers of excellence in emerging economies relevant for e-waste recycling technologies.
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- Mathias Schluep; Christian Hageleuken; Ruediger Kuehr; Federico Magalini; Claudia Maurer; Christina Meskers; Esther Mueller; Feng Wang
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- United Nations Environment Programme
- http://www.unep.org/publications/contents/pub_details_search.asp?ID=4136
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- About 24 percent of all calories currently produced for human consumption are lost or wasted. This report examines the implications of this amount of loss and waste, profiles a number of approaches for reducing it and presents five recommendations for how to move forward on this issue.
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- Brian Lipinski; Craig Hanson; James Lomax; Lisa Kitinoja; Richard Waite; Tim Searchinger
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- World Resources Institute (WRI)
- http://www.wri.org/publication/reducing-food-loss-and-waste
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- This report analyses the threats to coral reefs around the world, focusing particularly on the countries of the Coral Triangle - including Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines. It examines present pressures on coral reefs, including overfishing and destructive fishing, coastal development, and pollution from land and sea, as well as projected threats from climate-related ocean warming and acidification. It also studies the social and economic vulnerability of countries to reef loss and examines existing management efforts.
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- Lauretta Burke; Kathleen Reytar; Mark Spalding; Allison Perry
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- World Resources Institute (WRI)
- http://www.wri.org/publication/reefs-risk-revisited-coral-triangle
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- This study examined the rural environment in Vietnam particularly the institutions and policies of governments through an overview of the last 40 years of rural development in Vietnam focusing on environmental policies, socio-economic development strategies and programs, environmental protection programs and the make-up and inter-relationships of national and provincial institutions.
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- Pham Thi Ngoc Linh; Trinh Van Tien
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- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- http://www.fao.org/docrep/008/af333e/af333e00.htm
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- This study examines the economics and environmental impact of the Ship Breaking and Recycling Industry (SBRI) in Bangladesh and Pakistan. It considers the potential of the industry in these countries to achieve compliance with the Hong Kong Convention (HKC) on safe and environmentally sound recycling of ships. This report, no.58275, was published by The World Bank in December 2010.
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- Maria Sarraf; Frank Stuer-Lauridsen; Milen Dyoulgerov; Robin Bloch; Susan Wingfield; Roy Watkinson
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- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/2968
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- This report presents a framework to assess risks associated with energy security, water scarcity and climate change for the real estate sector in Southeast Asia. The analysis considers current and planned commercial office buildings in India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam, with a particular focus on the Indian market given the large size of its real estate market and data availability. It also discusses financial opportunities in the region's growing green building market.
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- Shally Venugopal; Dana Krechowicz; Deepa Shinde; Charanjit Singh; Roshan Padamadan
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- World Resources Institute (WRI)
- http://www.wri.org/publication/surveying-risk-building-opportunity
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- This report evaluates private sector provision of piped water services and on-site sanitation services in rural areas and small towns as an alternative to the limited capacity of public resources to meet the needs of the poor in access to water and sanitation services. It includes a detailed discussion of water and sanitation services including an overview of each of these sectors, problems surrounding access, market potential for private investment, what affects demand and how each service is supplied as well as recommendations for implementation. Case studies of example services in Bangladesh, Benin, Cambodia, Indonesia, Peru and Tanzania are included. This report was published by The World Bank in 2014.
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- Jemima Sy; Robert Warner; Jane Jamieson
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- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/16538
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- This document presents guidance on conducting surveys of beach litter, benthic litter, floating litter and rapid beach litter including site selection and characterization, sampling units, sampling frequency, layout of a typical survey, data sheets, data management and equipment needs. This document was published in 2009.
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- Anthony Cheshire; Ellik Adler
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- United Nations Environment Programme
- http://www.unep.org/regionalseas/marinelitter/publications/docs/Marine_Litter_Survey_and_Monitoring_Guidelines.pdf
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- This report analyzes the current status of wastewater generation, its uses and livelihood benefits especially in agriculture, based on national data and case studies from Ahmedabad, New Dehli, Hyderabad, Kanpur and Kolkata in India. This report was published by IWMI in 2013.
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- Priyanie Amerasinghe; Rajendra Mohan Bhardwaj; Christopher Scott; Kiran Jella; Fiona Marshall
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- International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
- http://dx.doi.org/10.5337/2013.200
