scholarly journals A Natural Capital Lens for a Sustainable Bioeconomy: Determining the Unrealised and Unrecognised Services from Nature

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (19) ◽  
pp. 8033
Author(s):  
Andrew M. Neill ◽  
Cathal O’Donoghue ◽  
Jane C. Stout
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Natural Capital ◽  
Natural Sciences ◽  
Cascade Model ◽  
Environmental Services ◽  
Related Literature ◽  
Environmentally Sound ◽  
Different Levels ◽  
The Eu

Human activity has led to degradation of the natural environment, with far-reaching impacts for society and the economy, sparking new conceptual framings for how people interact with, and depend upon, the environment. The bioeconomy and natural capital concepts both blend economics and natural sciences and propose new interdisciplinary, environmental sustainability framings. Despite this similarity, the two concepts are rarely applied together. This paper applies a natural capital lens to the bioeconomy at three different levels: environmental sustainability framings; experts’ principles for a sustainable bioeconomy; and a case study of EU policy. We first construct an integrated cascade model that combines the unrealised potential of bioresources alongside unrecognised environmental services that tend to be systematically undervalued or ignored. Subsequently, we present five cornerstones identified from the sustainable bioeconomy-related literature from a natural capital perspective and highlight avenues of complementarity. The paper concludes with a policy case study of the EU Bioeconomy Strategy through a natural capital lens. There is evidence that the EU strategy has become increasingly aligned with the natural capital concept, but there is scope for further integration. The natural capital concept and related toolbox is an asset for the future bioeconomy to ensure it meets its environmentally sound and ecologically conscious objectives.

scholarly journals GIS-Based Spatial and Multi-Criteria Assessment of Riverine Flood Potential: A Case Study of the Nitra River Basin, Slovakia

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 578
Author(s):  
Matej Vojtek ◽  
Jana Vojteková ◽  
Quoc Bao Pham
Keyword(s):  
River Basin ◽  
Flood Events ◽  
Parameter Sensitivity Analysis ◽  
Analytical Hierarchical Process ◽  
Conditioning Factors ◽  
Multi Criteria Evaluation ◽  
Very High ◽  
Different Levels ◽  
The Eu

The aim of this study was to identify the areas with different levels of riverine flood potential (RFP) in the Nitra river basin, Slovakia, using multi-criteria evaluation (MCE)-analytical hierarchical process (AHP), geographic information systems (GIS), and seven flood conditioning factors. The RFP in the Nitra river basin had not yet been assessed through MCE-AHP. Therefore, the methodology used can be useful, especially in terms of the preliminary flood risk assessment required by the EU Floods Directive. The results showed that classification techniques of natural breaks (Jenks), equal interval, quantile, and geometric interval classified 32.03%, 29.90%, 41.84%, and 53.52% of the basin, respectively, into high and very high RFP while 87.38%, 87.38%, 96.21%, and 98.73% of flood validation events, respectively, corresponded to high and very high RFP. A single-parameter sensitivity analysis of factor weights was performed in order to derive the effective weights, which were used to calculate the revised riverine flood potential (RRFP). In general, the differences between the RFP and RRFP can be interpreted as an underestimation of the share of high and very high RFP as well as the share of flood events in these classes within the RFP assessment. Therefore, the RRFP is recommended for the assessment of riverine flood potential in the Nitra river basin.

scholarly journals Purchasing Green Transport and Logistics Services

2013 ◽  
pp. 86-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pietro Evangelista ◽  
Maria Huge-Brodin ◽  
Karin Isaksson ◽  
Edward Sweeney
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Third Party Logistics ◽  
Environmental Attitude ◽  
Critical Position ◽  
Case Study Analysis ◽  
Design And Implementation ◽  
Logistics Services ◽  
Different Levels

Environmental sustainability is an area of increasing importance for third party logistics (3PL) companies. As the design and implementation of services requires interaction between buyer and 3PL, the 3PLs are in a critical position to support the efforts towards greening operations of different supply chain participants. However the literature in this field reflects a gap between the perspectives of buyers and 3PLs. This chapter attempts to fill this void through an explorative case study analysis on the environmental attitude of 3PLs in order to derive implications for buyers’ behavior. The results indicate that the buyer’s role is critical in different ways in the development of green initiatives among 3PLs. An increased orientation towards longer-term contracts and joint development would likely enhance the level of green initiatives. Indirectly, the buyer has the opportunity to influence its 3PLs through interaction with employees on different levels in the company, including top management.

The Global Reach of EU Law

2019 ◽  
pp. 21-63
Author(s):  
Joanne Scott
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Law ◽  
Environmental Problems ◽  
Eu Law ◽  
Eu Regulation ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Different Levels ◽  
The Eu ◽  
Global Reach ◽  
At Home

This chapter explores the mechanisms that enable the EU to extend the global reach of its laws. These include extraterritoriality, territorial extension and the ‘Brussels Effect’. It offers multiple examples of territorial extension operating at different levels and considers the relationship between territorial extension and the Brussels Effect. The second part of the chapter includes a case study on territorial extension in EU environmental law. While it is increasingly accepted that the ‘effects’ doctrine may be invoked to regulate foreign conduct that entails significant effects at home, this chapter considers whether the concept of complicity may help to justify EU regulation that seeks to address environmental problems that are manifested outside the EU.

Parliamentary Representation in Europe's System of Multi-Layer Constitutions: A Case Study of Germany

2003 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Herwig C.H. Hofmann
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Policy Process ◽  
Policy Formulation ◽  
European Policy ◽  
National Parliaments ◽  
European Governance ◽  
Close Cooperation ◽  
Different Levels ◽  
The Eu

This article uses a case study of Germany to analyse conditions for the participation of national and sub-national parliaments in the EU system of multi-layered parliamentarism. The analysis illustrates that national and sub-national parliaments can enhance their roles in policy formulation and implementation in EU affairs by creating structures of close cooperation and networking – vertically, between parliaments of different levels (European, national, subnational), and horizontally, between the national and sub-national parliaments. Even without a direct representation of national parliamentarians in European decision making on the EU level, national and sub-national parliaments have ways of influencing and controlling the European policy process and thereby adding to the legitimacy of European governance.

scholarly journals The coastal communities and the alternative income (Case study in Tomini Bay)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lis M Yapanto
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation Model ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Coastal Communities ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Environmental Services

Abstract This study aims to assess the household diversification of coastal fishing on the welfare of coastal communities in the District of Kabila Bone, Bolango District, for 5 months, from August 2019 - November 2019. Samples of the coastal community of 200 people, making do with a survey method. The data collected are primary data and secondary data were done by using observation, interview techniques, documentation techniques. Based on the model developed from the relevant theory, then tested on a model using the Structural Equation Model (SEM) based on SMART PLUS. The results of the analysis of business diversification models suggest that the utilization of environmental services does not affect the welfare of coastal communities. Keywords: diversification; SEM-PLS; welfare; environmental sustainability.

scholarly journals Purchasing Green Transport and Logistics Services

2013 ◽  
pp. 449-465 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pietro Evangelista ◽  
Maria Huge-Brodin ◽  
Karin Isaksson ◽  
Edward Sweeney
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Third Party Logistics ◽  
Environmental Attitude ◽  
Critical Position ◽  
Case Study Analysis ◽  
Design And Implementation ◽  
Logistics Services ◽  
Different Levels

Environmental sustainability is an area of increasing importance for third party logistics (3PL) companies. As the design and implementation of services requires interaction between buyer and 3PL, the 3PLs are in a critical position to support the efforts towards greening operations of different supply chain participants. However the literature in this field reflects a gap between the perspectives of buyers and 3PLs. This chapter attempts to fill this void through an explorative case study analysis on the environmental attitude of 3PLs in order to derive implications for buyers’ behavior. The results indicate that the buyer’s role is critical in different ways in the development of green initiatives among 3PLs. An increased orientation towards longer-term contracts and joint development would likely enhance the level of green initiatives. Indirectly, the buyer has the opportunity to influence its 3PLs through interaction with employees on different levels in the company, including top management.

scholarly journals Livelihood and Environmental Impacts of Payments for Forest Environmental Services: A Case Study in Vietnam

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (15) ◽  
pp. 4165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dang Do ◽  
NaRanong
Keyword(s):  
Forest Cover ◽  
Natural Capital ◽  
Environmental Services ◽  
Buffer Zones ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Local Livelihoods ◽  
Poor Households ◽  
Central Vietnam ◽  
The Difference

Payments for ecosystem services (PES) is widely employed in various settings; however, whether, and in what contexts, PES programs achieve their objectives by improving local livelihoods and conservation goals is still being debated. This paper aims to evaluate the impacts of payments for forest environmental services (PFES) policies on livelihoods and the environment using propensity score matching of data on 725 systematic randomly selected households in the buffer zones of seven protected areas (PAs) of Quang Nam and Thua Thien Hue provinces in Central Vietnam and data from the General Statistics Office and Landsat. The findings indicate that the PFES policy has some positive effects on economic and environmental issues for different groups. In terms of financial capital, the study found that poor households with PFES have slightly higher income than what they would have had they not participated in PFES. The difference in total income between poor households with and without PFES, however, was statistically insignificant, while the income of non-poor households with PFES was significantly higher than those without PFES. In addition, PFES households are likely to have more consumption expenditure for their daily living and better access to loans from various microfinance sources compared to those without PFES. The PFES policy has provided slight changes in the forest and forest cover and reduced natural forest loss between the pre-PFES and PFES periods. The findings of this study contribute to designing future PFES policies that can better distribute benefits to all household groups as well as harmonize social and natural capital.

Levels taxation countries the EU and Ukraine’s

2019 ◽  
pp. 131-160
Author(s):  
Helena Borzenko ◽  
Tamara Panfilova ◽  
Mikhail Litvin
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Uniform Distribution ◽  
Tax Burden ◽  
Tax System ◽  
Tax Legislation ◽  
Improvement Process ◽  
Tax Systems ◽  
Historical Comparative ◽  
Different Levels ◽  
The Eu

Purpose articles rassm and experience and benefits systems taxation countries European Union, manifestation iti the main limitations domestic taxlegislation and wired STI their comparisons. In general iti ways the provisiontax reporting countries Eurozone in the appropriate organs, dove STI need theintroduction Ukraine electronic methods receiving and processing such reports.define iti key directions reforming domestic tax legislation. Methodology research is to use aggregate methods: dialectical, statistical, historical, comparative. Scientific novelty is to are provided recommendations for improvement ofefficiency systems taxation of our states in international ratings characterizingtax institutions country. Therefore, despite some problems in legislation heldcomparative study systems taxation EU and Ukraine. Conclucions Coming fromof this, the main directions reforming tax systems Ukraine, in our opinion,today should become: improvement process administration, reduce scales evasiontaxes, provision more uniform distribution tax burden between taxpayers, themaximum cooperation tax bodies different levels as well adjustment systemselectronic interactions tax authorities and payers, tax system must contain ascan less unfounded benefits, consistent with the general by politics pricing.

Modernisation of Higher Education – Willful Action or Wishful Thinking? The Case of Bulgaria

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 3-17
Author(s):  
Elena Blagoeva
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
National Level ◽  
Sustainable Growth ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Case Study Methodology ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Eu

The impact of the last global economic crisis (2008) on the European economy put a strain on higher education (HE), yet it also pushed the sector towards intensive reforms and improvements. This paper focuses on the “Strategy for the Development of Higher Education in the Republic of Bulgaria 2014-2020”. With a case study methodology, we explore the strategic endeavours of the Bulgarian government to comply with the European directions and to secure sustainable growth for the HE sector. Our research question is ‘How capable is the Bulgarian HE Strategy to overcome the economic and systemic restraints of Bulgarian higher education?’. Because the development of strategies for HE within the EU is highly contextual, a single qualitative case study was chosen as the research approach. HE institutions are not ivory towers, but subjects to a variety of external and internal forces. Within the EU, this is obviated by the fact that Universities obtain their funds from institutions such as governments, students and their families, donors, as well as EU-level programmes. Therefore, to explore how these pressures interact to affect strategic action on national level, the case method is well suited as it enabled us to study the phenomena thoroughly and deeply. The paper suggests the actions proposed within the Strategy have the potential to overcome the delay, the regional isolation and the negative impact of the economic crisis on the country. Nevertheless, the key elements on which the success or failure of this Strategy hinges are the control mechanisms and the approach to implementation. Shortcomings in these two aspects of strategic actions in HE seem to mark the difference between gaining long-term benefits and merely saving face in front of international institutions.

scholarly journals Improving the Environmental Sustainability of Flash Geothermal Power Plants—A Case Study

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (11) ◽  
pp. 15262-15283 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorenzo Bruscoli ◽  
Daniele Fiaschi ◽  
Giampaolo Manfrida ◽  
Duccio Tempesti
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Geothermal Power
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