The effectiveness of eco-compensation in environmental protection -A hybrid of the government and market

2021 ◽  
Vol 280 ◽  
pp. 111840
Author(s):  
Yue Chen ◽  
Shiquan Dou ◽  
Deyi Xu
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Government And Market ◽  
The Government

Pollution Control – Regulation and Legal Provisions in India

1988 ◽  
Vol 20 (10) ◽  
pp. 57-62
Author(s):  
A. N. Aggarwal ◽  
V. K. Karia
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Protection ◽  
State Government ◽  
Pollution Control ◽  
Regulatory Agencies ◽  
Legal Provisions ◽  
Fiscal Incentives ◽  
Control Regulation ◽  
Regulatory Approach ◽  
Tax Benefits ◽  
The Government

Immediately after independence in 1946, the Government of India resorted to rapid industrialization to minimize outside dependence and to improve the standard of living. This, while helping the country to grow, also created problems of environmental management. Rapid deterioration of natural resources forced the Government to enact a number of legislative measures and create regulatory agencies both at central and state government levels. These agencies were given powers to effectively implement various Acts. Severe penalties, including fines and imprisonment, were envisaged for offenders of environmental Acts. Responsibilities were defined, to avoid a scapegoat approach. On the other hand, to reward industries showing a positive approach to environmental protection, a number of fiscal incentives and tax benefits were also offered. Recently, to provide more comprehensive legislation for the protection of all the components of the environment under a single agency, a new bill entitled the ‘Environmental Protection Bill, 1986' has been introduced in Parliament. This regulatory approach has started to show results, and more and more industries have started to provide pollution control facilities.

scholarly journals Corporate Environmental Performance in China: The Moderating Effects of the Media versus the Approach of Local Governments

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 150
Author(s):  
Zhiru Guo ◽  
Chao Lu
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Environmental Performance ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Random Effect ◽  
Random Effect Model ◽  
Corporate Environmental Performance ◽  
Media Attention ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact

This article selects the listed companies in China’s A-share heavy pollution industry from 2014 to 2018 as samples, uses a random effect model to empirically test the relationship between media attention and corporate environmental performance and examines the impacts of local government environmental protection and property nature on that relationship. Results are as follow: (1) Media attention can significantly affect a company’s environmental performance. The higher the media attention, the greater the company’s supervision and the better its environmental performance. (2) In areas where the government pays less attention to environmental protection, the impact of media on corporate environmental performance is more obvious, but in other areas, the impact of media on environmental performance cannot be reflected; (3) The media attention is very significant for the environmental performance improvement of state-owned enterprises, and it is not obvious in non-state-owned enterprises. (4) A further breakdown of the study found that the role of media attention in corporate environmental performance is only significant in the sample of local governments that have low environmental protection and are state-owned enterprises. This research incorporates the local government’s emphasis on environmental protection into the research field of vision, expands the research scope of media and corporate environmental performance, and also provides new clues and evidence for promoting the active fulfillment of environmental protection responsibilities by companies and local governments.

scholarly journals The Convergence of Sulphur Dioxide (SO2) Emissions Per Capita in China

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 1781
Author(s):  
Yu-Chen Zhang ◽  
Deng-Kui Si ◽  
Bing Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Sulfur Dioxide ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Unit Root ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Unit Root Test ◽  
External Pressure ◽  
So2 Emissions ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
The Government ◽  
Environmental Protection Policies

As the third-largest SO2 emitter in the world, China is facing mounting domestic and external pressure to tackle the increasingly serious SO2 pollution. Figuring out the convergence and persistence of sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions matters much for environmental policymakers in China. This study mainly utilizes the Fourier quantile unit root test to survey the convergence of the SO2 emissions per capita in 74 cities of China during the period of December 2014 to June 2019, by conducting five traditional unit root tests and a quantile root unit test as a comparative analysis. The empirical results indicate that the SO2 emissions per capita in 72 out of 74 cities in China are convergent in the sample period. The results also suggest that the unit root behavior of the SO2 emissions per capita in these cities is asymmetrically persistent at different quantiles. For the cities with the convergent SO2 emissions, the government should consider the asymmetric mean-reverting pattern of SO2 emissions when implementing environmental protection policies at different stages. For Hefei and Nanjing, the local governments need to enact stricter environmental protection policies to control the emission of sulfur dioxide.

scholarly journals Analysis The Impact Of Buyers’ Demographics To Green Consumption In Hochiminh City

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. first
Author(s):  
Tô Thị Kim Hồng ◽  
Trần Thị Diễm Thúy
Keyword(s):  
Consumer Behavior ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Ho Chi Minh City ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Green Consumption ◽  
Consumption Behavior ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact

Nowadays, environmental protection is an urgent problem which raises top concerns. Besides, green consumption is a trend encouraged to be widely implemented in many countries in the world, including Vietnam. However, in the reality of Vietnam, changing green consumer behavior in choosing products has been negligible and insignificant. With a diversified and varied population structure, Ho Chi Minh City is selected to analyze the impacts of demography and other related factors on green consumption behavior in the market. The quantitative research method is mainly used with the analysis of multiple correlation and linear regression. The results retrieved from 312 survey samples show that regarding demography, educational level, and marital status influence green consumption behavior. Besides, the results also show and measure the impacts of other factors, namely attitudes, subjective standards, environmental concerns, unavailability of green products on the green consumption behavior of consumers in Ho Chi Minh city. With the aim at promoting green consumer behavior in Ho Chi Minh City, there is a need for a change requiring the cooperation of all the Government, Enterprises, and consumers in stepping up propaganda, raising public awareness; simultaneously, orienting economic development activities associated with sustainable environmental protection.

Analysis of Sustainable Development Path for Green Finance

2019 ◽  
pp. 62-83
Author(s):  
Hsu Chao Feng ◽  
Lee Bi Ru
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
National Development ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Market Society ◽  
Rapid Economic Growth ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Green Finance ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Government

The development of green finance is a global trend in the current era. At present, developing the green finance has been included as an important national development project by the Chinese government. With the rapid economic growth, the priorities or trade-offs between the economic development and the natural environment have also aroused different contradictions and problems. With the improvement of people's quality of life, they start to pay more attention to the pollution of the surrounding environment. Therefore, the government should properly intervene and propose effective measures, and green finance is an excellent tool to reconcile social economy and environmental protection and transform the physical investment, thus guiding the social resources towards the environmental protection industry and reaching an optimal interests allocation among the market, society, and government. Consequently, in the face of such a situation, it is necessary to propose a series of models and paths that suit the needs of the Chinese society and promote sustainable development.

Incorporate Environmental Protection into the Olympic Games

2015 ◽  
pp. 289-308
Author(s):  
Liyan Jin ◽  
James J. Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Olympic Games ◽  
Water Environment ◽  
Beijing Olympics ◽  
Speed Up ◽  
Local Residents ◽  
The Government ◽  
Energy Transportation ◽  
Environmental Agencies ◽  
The Olympic Games

The objective of this chapter is to illustrate how Beijing has addressed its environmental issues to fulfill its “Green Olympics” promise. A general overview is first provided on how environmental protection has become an important part of the Olympic Games. Then, the chapter presents the extensive environmental efforts associated with hosting the Beijing Olympic Games, mainly focusing on such areas as air quality, energy, transportation, water environment, green coverage, solid waste, and environmental education. Finally, the chapter touches on the environmental impact of the Beijing Olympics from local residents' perspectives, illustrating that the Beijing Olympics provided a unique opportunity for the city to speed up its urban environmental reform. With a mandatory environmental policy and collective efforts involving the government, environmental agencies, and community groups, hosting a mega sport event can create a positive environmental legacy to the host city and its country.

scholarly journals Land Tenure and Conservation in Chure

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bijay Kumar Singh
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Land Tenure ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Region I ◽  
The Status ◽  
Environmental Protection Area ◽  
Protection Area ◽  
The Government ◽  
Over Exploitation ◽  
High Level

  Covering about 13 per cent of the total land area of Nepal, Chure is an environmentally vulnerable, fragile and sensitive zone. Recognizing this, the Government of Nepal has declared it as “Chure Environmental Protection Area” and has formulated a high level board called “President Chure- Terai-Madhesh Conservation Board” to oversee the conservation activities in the region. Based on a review of literature and a decade long engagement of the author in the conservation in Chure, in this paper, I explore the status and issues related to the management of and land tenure in the Chure region. I find that land tenure is one of the most contested and challenging issues of conservation in Chure. With the presence of significant human settlements near to Chure Environmental Protection Area, the boundary is contested, particularly after the unilateral designation by the government; issues also remain around the rights to utilize forest resources. In fact, these factors have resulted in over exploitation of the resources, mainly by the upstream communities. I conclude the paper arguing for a broader, holistic approach that integrates upstream and downstream ecosystems in such a way that strengthens the historical socio-ecological links between the Chure region and the Terai so as to bring positive impacts for both.

Study on the Industry of Making Biodiesel from Hogwash Oil

2012 ◽  
Vol 524-527 ◽  
pp. 1767-1772
Author(s):  
Jia Dong Zhang ◽  
Zi Wei Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Living Standard ◽  
General Definition ◽  
Potential Hazard ◽  
City Image ◽  
Water Separation ◽  
Used Cooking Oil ◽  
Catering Industry ◽  
The Government

Hogwash oil mainly refers to the greasy floater recycled from oil-water separation system or drainage of the catering industry, it is a general definition of various wasted greases. With the improvement of living standard, people have stronger sense of environmental protection, and gradually realize the potential hazard of poorly disposed kitchen garbage, the government and environmental protection departments are paying more attention on treatment of hogwash oil. Biodiesel is a renewable source of energy, a liquid fuel made from rapeseed, soybean, oil palm, pistachio nut, microalgae and the like oil crops, nuts and aquatic plants as well as animal greases and used cooking oil, and it is a high-quality petroleum diesel substitute. Given China’s reality, the implementation of the hogwash oil-for-biodiesel project could not only bring more economic benefits to the society, but also have significant influence on city image, citizens’ health and environmental quality. The popularization of such project will have great significance in protecting China’s energy security and relieving current fuel shortage.

scholarly journals Determinants of People’s Participation in Forest Protection and Management: A Study in Kaski, Nepal

2016 ◽  
pp. 175-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yogesh Ranjit
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Forest Protection ◽  
The People ◽  
The Government ◽  
Indigenous Forest ◽  
Forest Plans ◽  
Indigenous Forest Management

Forests are easily available renewable natural resources in the world that directly and indirectly provide socio-economic benefits to the people living in and around the forests and also environmental protection and ecological balance to the global people. In Nepal, traditionally people’s participation in forest protection and sustainable management was very popular through many informal traditional and indigenous forest management committees. But, unfortunately, there was a huge lost of forests in quantity, quality and density due to some unfavorable socio-economic and political situations. So, the government has formally, legally and gradually shifted from centralized to decentralized protection and management of forests since mid of 1970’s through various forest plans, policies, acts, regulation and guidelines. The major aims of people’s participation are to get basic forest products, socio-economic development, and overall improvement of forest resources. Moreover, the role of I/NGOs and other stakeholders should be as partner, advisor, facilitator and more technical supporter for effective participation of people. However, the major challenges of people’s participation is how to make meaningful involvement of local people in better forest protection, management and sustainable development so that they will get sustainable economic benefits for livelihood, environmental protection and ecological balance.Economic Journal of Development Issues Vol. 17 & 18 No. 1-2 (2014) Combined Issue; Page: 175-186

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