Given the increasing difficulty of ensuring the supply of crude oil and oil products, and the sharp increase in their prices, biofuels programmes in the developed countries-particularly the United States and the European Union-represent a series of opportunities, challenges and risks for the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. Thus, if biofuels production is to create economic growth without jeopardising our natural capital and social equity, it must be developed in the framework of well thought-out national policy.Biofuels public policy cannot ignore national objectives, which invol…
18 Jun 2008, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 18:15
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El presente estudio se elaboró a solicitud del Ministerio de Planificación del Desarrollo (MPD) de Bolivia formulada a la Secretaría Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL). Esta cooperación se realiza en el marco del apoyo a evaluaciones nacionales de desastres del Global Facility for Disaster Risk Reduction, GFDRR (Unidad global para la reducción de riesgos de desastres), del Banco Mundial. La evaluación no habría sido posible sin la colaboración muy valiosa de distintas entidades, viceministerios y ministerios, fondos de desarrollo y otras agencias…
1 Jun 2008, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 18:15
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CONTENTS I.Environmental functions of the envisaged river basin organization for the Nile discussed.II. North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Tribunal lacks jurisdiction to hear a transboundary water dispute.III.United States: historic Colorado River pact signedIV. Tanzania: victory in a dispute with water services company.V. International Joint Commission (IJC): draft new order and plan for regulation of water levels and flows. VI. Development of integrated water resources management performance indicators for African transboundary basins.VII. International Boundary and Water Commission…