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Date	Content type	Title
18 Dec 2008	Book English	PDF READ Climate Change Mitigation: What Do We Do? OECD, Pages: 35 Climate change is a fact of life. We need to act urgently if we are to avoid an irreversible build-up of greenhouse gases (GHGs) and global warming at a potentially huge cost to the economy and society worldwide. OECD analysis suggests that if we ...
16 Dec 2008	Book English	PDF READ OECD Environmental Performance Reviews: Turkey 2008 OECD, Pages: 240 This review of Turkeys environmental programme systematically looks at air, water, nature and biodiversity, the environmental-economic interface, the environmental-social interface, and international co-operation, making 45 specific recommendations.
02 Dec 2008	Book English	PDF EPUB READ Sustainable Development: Linking Economy, Society, Environment Tracey Strange, Anne Bayley, Pages: 142 A succinct examination of the concept of sustainable development: what it means; how it is impacted by globalisation, production and consumption; how it can be measured; and what can be done to promote it.
13 Nov 2008	Book English	PDF READ Space Technologies and Climate Change: Implications for Water Management, Marine Resources and Maritime Transport OECD, Pages: 188 This book examines the contributions that space technologies can make in tackling some of the serious problems posed by climate change, focusing on examples of water management, marine resources and maritime transport.
23 Oct 2008	Book English	PDF READ Environmental Policy, Technological Innovation and Patents OECD, Pages: 180 This report presents three case studies to illustrate the relationship between environmental policy and technological innovation.
16 Oct 2008	Book English	PDF READ Test No. 228: Determination of Developmental Toxicity of a Test Chemical to Dipteran Dung Flies(Scathophaga stercoraria L. (Scathophagidae), Musca autumnalis De Geer (Muscidae)) OECD, Pages: 16 This Test Guideline describes a method to estimate the developmental toxicity of a test chemical to the dung dwelling life stages of dung-dependent dipteran species. Two test species can be used. The test chemical is mixed with bovine faeces, to ...
16 Oct 2008	Book English	PDF READ Test No. 425: Acute Oral Toxicity: Up-and-Down Procedure OECD, Pages: 27 The method permits estimation of an LD50 with a confidence interval and the results allow a substance to be classified for acute toxicity according to the Globally Harmonised System of classification and labelling of chemicals. It is easiest to ...
16 Oct 2008	Book English	PDF READ Test No. 508: Magnitude of the Pesticide Residues in Processed Commodities OECD, Pages: 15 This Test Guideline describes how to plan and carry out processing studies, i.e. determine residue levels in primary processed commodities following pesticide application on raw agriculture commodities (RAC) under conditions likely to lead to ...
16 Oct 2008	Book English	PDF READ Test No. 407: Repeated Dose 28-day Oral Toxicity Study in Rodents OECD, Pages: 13 This method provides information on health hazard likely to arise from exposure to test substance via oral administration. The method is based on the repeated oral administration of the substance of interest during one limited period (one dose level ...
16 Oct 2008	Book English	PDF READ Test No. 316: Phototransformation of Chemicals in Water – Direct Photolysis OECD, Pages: 53 This Test guideline describes studies on phototransformation in water to determine the potential effects of solar irradiation on chemicals in surface water, considering direct photolysis only. It is designed as a tiered approach. The Tier 1 is based ...
16 Oct 2008	Book English	PDF READ Test No. 314: Simulation Tests to Assess the Biodegradability of Chemicals Discharged in Wastewater OECD, Pages: 51 This Test Guideline describes a method to assess the extent and kinetics of primary and ultimate biodegradation of organic chemicals whose route of entry into the environment begins with their discharge to wastewater. It consists of five simulation ...
16 Oct 2008	Book English	PDF READ Test No. 226: Predatory mite (Hypoaspis (Geolaelaps) aculeifer) reproduction test in soil OECD, Pages: 24 This Test Guideline describes a method to assess the effects of chemical substances in soil on the reproductive output of the soil mite species Hypoaspis (Geolaelaps) aculeifer Canestrini (Acari: Laelapidae). It can be used for water soluble or ...
16 Oct 2008	Book English	PDF READ Test No. 315: Bioaccumulation in Sediment-dwelling Benthic Oligochaetes OECD, Pages: 33 This Test Guideline describes a method to assess bioaccumulation of sediment-associated chemicals in endobenthic oligochaetes worms. It applies to stable, neutral organic chemicals having log Kow values between 3.0 and 6.0, superlipophilic ...
16 Oct 2008	Book English	Test No. 211: Daphnia magna Reproduction Test OECD, Pages: 23 The test method described in this Test Guideline assesses the effect of chemicals on the reproductive output of Daphnia magna Straus. To this end, young female Daphnia are exposed to the test substance added to water at a range of concentrations (at ...
02 Oct 2008	Book English	PDF READ OECD Environmental Performance Reviews: Hungary 2008 OECD, Pages: 228 OECD's comprehensive review of Hungary's environmental programs and policies, covering air and water management, nature and biodiversity, sustainable development, the environment-economy interface, the environment-social interface, and international...
23 Sep 2008	Book English	PDF READ Reconciling Development and Environmental Goals: Measuring the Impact of Policies OECD, Pages: 122 This book presents scenarios showing numerical results of changes to individual environment/development policies as well as policy packages implemented simultaneously by OECD and developing countries, confirming the need for policy coherence.
19 Sep 2008	Book English	PDF READ Costs of Inaction on Key Environmental Challenges OECD, Pages: 214 This report provides introductory perspectives on the costs of inaction on key environmental challenges and discusses some of the future problems likely to be encountered in this very complex area.
25 Aug 2008	Book English	PDF READ Biofuel Support Policies: An Economic Assessment OECD, Pages: 146 This report shows that the high level of policy support contributes little to reduced greenhouse-gas emissions and other policy objectives, while it adds to a range of factors that raise international prices for food commodities.
22 Aug 2008	Book English	PDF READ Eco-Efficiency OECD, Pages: 88 This report evaluates strategies to improve the efficiency with which environmental resources are used to meet human needs. Many firms in OECD countries have developed strategies that involve: - developing goals to reduce resource use and pollutant ...
07 July 2008	Book English	PDF READ Gender and Sustainable Development: Maximising the Economic, Social and Environmental Role of Women OECD, Pages: 82 Sustainable development depends on maintaining long-term economic, social, and environmental capital. In failing to make the best use of their female populations, most countries are underinvesting in the human capital needed to assure ...

Climate change is a fact of life. We need to act urgently if we are to avoid an irreversible build-up of greenhouse gases (GHGs) and global warming at a potentially huge cost to the economy and society worldwide. OECD analysis suggests that if we ...

This review of Turkeys environmental programme systematically looks at air, water, nature and biodiversity, the environmental-economic interface, the environmental-social interface, and international co-operation, making 45 specific recommendations.

A succinct examination of the concept of sustainable development: what it means; how it is impacted by globalisation, production and consumption; how it can be measured; and what can be done to promote it.

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