WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  WT/CTE/EDB/4/Corr.11 
13 June 2007 
 (07-2469) 
Committee on Trade and Environment  
  
 
ENVIRONMENTAL DATABASE FOR 2004 
 
Note by the Secretariat
 
 
Corrigendum  
 
 
 Please note that on page 30, G/SPS/N/TPKM/4 should read G/SPS/N/TPKM/81;  on page 34, the second last column should be placed under G/SCM/N/95/HUN (page 43);  on pages 56 and 57, "non-renewable" should read "renewable";  and on page 65, "acrylic" should read "acyclic".  
Furthermore, Table 6 (pages 48-56) should be  replaced with the attached.        
 
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1In English only  WT/CTE/EDB/4/Corr.1 
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  Table 6: Environment-related Agriculture Notifications (2004
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Symbol Member Measure Or Programme Objective 
Research To determine sub soil water levels and quality. G/AG/N/ARM/2 
 Armenia 
(2003) 
Green Box 
Measure 
General 
services Extension and advisory 
services To put in place hydro-meteorological 
measures to implement environmental and 
other programs. 
Red Meat Research and Development To further the sustainable use and management 
of natural resources.  
Rural Industries Research 
and Development To provide support for management of 
research and development programmes for the 
rural sector focussing on generic programmes 
such as agribusiness, extension, rural 
education and climate change. 
National Weeds Program To reduce the detrimental impact of nationally 
significant weeds on th e sustainability of 
Australia's natural ecosystem and production 
capacity. 
Natural Resources 
Management Program  To minimize land degradation, identify 
impacts on crops, predict movements through 
the environment  and develop ways of 
understanding, recognizing and achieving 
long-term viability. 
Tasmania To develop a nd improve efficient and 
sustainable practices in agriculture 
Rabbit Management To  minimize the economic, environmental and 
social impacts caused by rabbits by encouraging farmers to implement integrated 
rabbit control programmes. 
Pest Animal Management To provide advisory services to minimise the 
economic, environmental and social impact on 
all lands in Victoria of actual and potential 
animal pests. 
Western Australia To provide training support for sustainable 
rural management, trade and market 
development. 
QDPI: - Natural Resources 
Management Program To help increase awareness about the 
sustainable management of natural resources. 
South Australia To provide ex tension advice to enhance 
sustainable economic development. 
Western Australia To enhan ce production practices, promote 
ecologically sustainable development and pest 
and disease control. 
Tasmania To ensure the continued development of 
efficient and sustainable agriculture. G/AG/N/AUS/52 Australia  
(2002 - 2003) 
Green Box 
Measure 
Environmental 
programmes To support natural resource management.  WT/CTE/EDB/4/Corr.1 
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  Symbol Member Measure Or Programme Objective 
NHT - National Rivercare 
Program 
 
 To assist community groups to contribute 
towards the sustai nable mana gement, 
rehabilitation and conserva tion of rivers and to 
improve the health of these river systems. 
NHT - Murray-Darling 
200114 To promote and coordinate effective planning 
and management for the equitable, efficient 
and sustainable use of the water, land and 
other environmental resources of the Murray-
Darling Basin. 
NHT - Farm Forestry 
Program To encourage the incorporation of commercial 
tree growing and management into farming 
systems. 
Australian Capital 
Territory To assist the community groups for sustainable 
production and conservation of biodiversity 
and natural resource management. 
Rural Conservation Fund 
 To provide financial a ssistance for projects 
that address conservation criteria such as the management of protecte d species and habitats 
and aquatic ecosystems. 
New South Wales 
 
 To provide funding for programmes for 
preventing and mitigating degradation of land 
and water resources associated with 
agricultural production. 
Northern Territory - Land 
Resource Conservation 
 
 To identify land resources and  evaluate their 
opportunities and constraints in order to 
facilitate sustainable development; develop 
and promote land manage ment practices which 
conserve, enhance, and rehabilitate land 
resources including the pastoral estate. 
South Australia - 
Revegetation To help communities initiate revegetation 
projects. 
Tasmania To limit environmental damage and encourage 
sound practices to minimise soil erosion and 
water damage.   
Western Australia To provide en vironmental services for all 
agricultural industries. 
Technical and financial 
assistance under paragraph 
3 (iii) of the Decision on 
 To reduce poverty and achieve sustainable 
development in developing countries not just 
by improving agriculture and rural 
development, but also by directing its efforts 
across a variety of sectors. G/AG/N/AUS/57 
 Australia  
(2003 -2004) 
Article 16.2 of 
the Agreement  
Bilateral and regional 
programmes To support programmes in forestry and 
fisheries, environm ental management, 
management of water resources. WT/CTE/EDB/4/Corr.1 
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  Symbol Member Measure Or Programme Objective 
Scotland District 
Development and 
Protection To provide for activities for the continuing 
programme of soil stabilisation and 
maintenance activities.     G/AG/N/BRB/16 
 Barbados 
(2000 -2002) 
Green Box 
Measure 
 
General 
Services Regulatory programme To provide  the regulatory basis for the 
protection of the environment from the 
potentially dangerous side-effects of the 
production of agriculture crops using modern 
technology. 
G/AG/N/CHL/14 
 Chile 
(2001 -2002) 
Green Box 
Measure 
General 
Services Agricultural research To generate, adapt and disseminate scientific 
and technological knowledge and products that 
contribute to the sustai nable (social, economic 
and environmental) development of the 
competitiveness of the various actors involved 
in the agricultural sector. 
Research services To provide support for research including 
general research, research in connection with 
environmental programmes, and research 
programmes relating to particular products. 
Training services To provide agricultural training services. 
Infrastructural services To assist in the development of livestock areas 
and zones and other infrastructural works for 
livestock (including works for environmental 
protection such as treatment of waste, etc.). G/AG/N/CYP/14 
 Cyprus (2002) 
Green Box 
Measure 
General 
services 
Subsidies for soil 
conservation woks To provide financial assistance for the 
construction of soil conservation works for 
agricultural development. 
G/AG/N/CZE/52 Czech 
Republic 
(2002) 
Green Box 
Measure  Environmental 
programmes To support ecological st ability and ecological 
Agriculture. 
 
G/AG/N/DOM/9 Dominican 
Republic  
(2003) 
Green Box 
Measure  Environmental 
Programmes Natural resource development.  
G/AG/N/EEC/49 
 European 
Communities (2000 – 2001) 
Green Box 
Measure 
General 
Services Environmental 
Programmes To protect the environment and preserve the 
countryside, control soil erosion and extensification and aid environmentally 
sensitive areas;  to support and protect organic 
production by creating conditions of fair 
competition;  to aid forestry measures in 
agriculture;  to conserve genetic resources in 
agriculture.  WT/CTE/EDB/4/Corr.1 
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  Symbol Member Measure Or Programme Objective 
Development projects with 
other countries:  Bhutan 
 To provide extension support in Renewable 
Natural Resources (1997 – 2003). 
To assist in the Wang Watershed Management 
(1997 – 2005).  
Development projects with 
other countries:  Egypt  To provide support for the Kafr El Sheik soil 
improvement. 
Development projects with 
other countries:  Honduras To provide support for Programme for 
Agricultural Development and Land 
Conservation.  
Development projects with 
other countries:  Laos To provide support for the Phong Sali Forest 
Conservation and Rural Development. G/AG/N/EEC/50 
 European 
Communities 
(2001 – 2002) 
 
Notification 
under Article 
16:2 
 
Development projects with 
other countries:  Tunisia To provide support for the Integrated Rural 
Development and Mana gement of Natural 
Resources. 
Infrastructural Services  To s upport arterial drainage; collective 
irrigation schemes; pr ovide electricity and 
water supply; farm roads; construction of 
reservoirs; flood protection. 
Resource Retirement Programmes 
 To set-aside at least 20 per cent cultivated land 
to be left fallow, wooded or used for non-
agricultural purposes. G/AG/N/EEC/51 European 
Communities 
(2003) 
Green Box 
Measure  
Environmental 
Programmes 
 To protect environment and preserve the 
countryside; control soil erosion; give aid for 
environmentally sensitive areas; support and 
protect organic production by providing aid; 
forestry measures in agriculture;  and 
conservation of genetic resources in 
agriculture. 
G/AG/N/GEO/5 Georgia 
(2002-2003) 
Green Box 
Measure Infrastructural services   To promote reforestation  
Tri-national sustainable 
development programme 
for the upper lempa river 
basin  To provide assistance to raise the living 
standards of the inhabi tants of the upper lempa 
river basin by way of measures encouraging 
the sustainable development of the 
intervention area, with a view to breaking the 
poverty-degradation of natural resources cycle. 
Land-use planning and 
protection of watersheds 
and protected areas To ensure, in conjunction with the 
communities in the departments of 
Ocotepeque, Intibucá and Colón, the conservation, delimitati on and legalization of 
small watersheds and water sources. G/AG/N/HND/16 
 Honduras 
(2002 – 2003) 
Green Box 
Measure  
Forest policy support 
project (PROFOR) AFE, 
COHDEFOR To promote reforestation. WT/CTE/EDB/4/Corr.1 
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  Symbol Member Measure Or Programme Objective 
  Mangrove Management 
and Conservation Project To provide training in environmental 
protection and conservation for communities 
in the coastal maritime zone in the Gulf of 
Fonseca and the departments of Valle and 
Choluteca, which border the mangrove forest. 
Honduras 
(2001 – 2002) 
Development 
Programme Launch and development 
of PRONADERS 
Programme DINADERS, 
SAG  To raise the living standards of the population 
and maximizing the pot ential of natural 
resources through human, social, 
environmental and production-oriented 
development. 
Tri-National Sustainable 
Development Programme for the Upper Lempa River 
Basin  To raise the living standards of the inhabitants 
of the upper Lempa River basin by way of 
measures encouraging the sustainable 
development of the intervention area, with a 
view to breaking the poverty-degradation of 
natural resources cycle. G/AG/N/HND/16/ Rev.1 
   Honduras 
(2002 – 2003) 
Green Box 
Measure  
Land-use planning and 
protection of watersheds 
and protected areas To ensure the conservation, delimitation and 
legalization of small watersheds and water 
sources. 
Mangrove Management and Conservation Project 
(PROMANGLE).  AFE, 
COHDEFOR To train environmental protection and 
conservation for communities in the coastal 
maritime zone in the Gulf of Fonseca and the 
departments of Valle and Choluteca, which 
border the mangrove forest. 
Tri-National Sustainable 
Development Programme for the Upper Lempa River 
Basin (SAG)  
 To raise the living standards of the inhabitants 
of the upper Lempa River basin by way of measures encouraging the sustainable 
development of the intervention area, with a 
view to breaking the poverty-degradation of 
natural resources cycle.   
Forest Policy Support 
Project (PROFOR). AFE, 
COHDEFOR To apply elements of a forest policy based on 
the conceptualization of social forestry as an 
essential part of Honduran development plans 
and on the implementation of social forestry 
concepts in specific areas of the country as a 
strategy to alleviate poverty and reduce 
ecological vulnerability. G/AG/N/HND/17 
 Honduras  
Article 18.3 of 
the Agreement  
Land-use planning and 
protection of watersheds 
and protected areas (Land 
programme).  AFE, 
COHDEFOR To promote conservation, delimitation and 
legalization of small watersheds and water 
sources. 
G/AG/N/HND/17/ 
Rev.1 
 Honduras  
Article 18.3 of 
the Agreement  Land-use planning and 
protection of watersheds 
and protected areas (Land 
programme). AFE, 
COHDEFOR. 
 To promote Conservation, delimitation and 
legalization of small watersheds and water 
sources.  WT/CTE/EDB/4/Corr.1 
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  Symbol Member Measure Or Programme Objective 
  Tri-National Sustainable 
Development Programme 
for the Upper Lempa River 
Basin (SAG) 
 To raise the living standards of the inhabitants 
of the upper Lempa River basin by way of 
measures encouraging the sustainable 
development of the intervention area, with a 
view to breaking the poverty-degradation of 
natural resources cycle . 
G/AG/N/HUN/33 
 Hungary 
(1999 - 2000) 
Green Box 
Measure  Environmental programmes  To provide assistance to the protection of 
arable land. 
Structural adjustment 
assistance provided 
through investment aids To provide assistance to soil melioration and 
irrigation investment. 
Environmental programmes  To provide assistance to the protection of 
arable land. 
To provide assistance to the implementation of 
the National Agricultural Environment 
Protection Programme. G/AG/N/HUN/37 Hungary 
(2001 - 2002) 
Green Box 
Measure  
Other  To provide assistance to  mending, cultivating 
and preserving the quality of forests. 
G/AG/N/ISR/33 Israel  
(2002) 
Green Box  
Measure   Services for farmers To provide assistance to plant protection 
services and soil conservation.  
Environmental 
programmes To support programme for reduction of 
environmental burden due  to dairy farming:  
payments to dairy farmers who practice 
appropriate management to tackle 
environmental problems. G/AG/N/JPN/98 
  Japan (2000) 
Green Box 
General 
Services 
 Research programmes 
 
 To research in connect ion with environmental 
programmes, and re search programmes 
relating to particular products. 
G/AG/N/NZL/39 
 New Zealand 
(2002 – 2003) 
Article 16.2 of 
the Agreement  Bilateral Programmes  on 
least-developed and net  
food-importing developing 
countries To provide technical and financial assistance 
to improve their agricultural productivity and 
sustainability, enhance food security, develop 
infrastructure and create greater revenue-
earning opportunities.   
G/AG/N/NZL/40 
 New Zealand 
(2003 -2004) 
Article 16.2 of 
the Agreement  Bilateral Programmes  on 
least-developed and net  
food-importing developing 
countries To provide technical and financial assistance 
to improve their agricultural productivity and 
sustainability, enhance food security, develop 
infrastructure and create greater revenue-
earning opportunities.   
Research To promote sustainable forestry and 
facilitation of access to forestry information. G/AG/N/NIC/16/Rev.1  Nicaragua 
(2002) 
Green Box 
Measure 
General 
services
 Training and advisory 
service To support rural development initiative 
through the promotion of production 
techniques to boost productivity and the 
reduction of costs and climatic and 
environmental vulnerability. WT/CTE/EDB/4/Corr.1 
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  Symbol Member Measure Or Programme Objective 
  Other services  To support green  municipalities with regard to 
the transformation and diversification of 
sustainable production, increasing 
productivity, rehabilitation, reduction of 
vulnerability and envir onmental education.   
G/AG/N/POL/60 
 Poland (2002) 
Green Box 
Measure  Other services: Structures 
and infrastructures To modernize rural infrastructure and 
environment protection. 
G/AG/N/SVK/42 
 Slovak 
Republic 
(2002) 
Green Box 
Measure Environmental 
programmes To promote ecological procedures and 
conservation of genetic resources 
 
G/AG/N/SVN/28 Slovenia  
(2003) 
Green Box 
Measure 
 Environmental 
programmes To support ecological production methods. 
G/AG/N/THA/50 
 Thailand 
(1999) 
Green Box 
Measure 
General 
Services Environmental Programme The programmes aim at encouraging 
producers to use soil and water resources 
appropriately in order to prevent soil and water 
problems which may affect the environment, 
promoting the easy-to-do techniques to solve 
the problems of soil and water deterioration 
and encouraging the use of non-chemical 
substances in farming. 
 
G/AG/N/TUN/30 
 Tunisia 
(2001) 
Green Box 
Measure 
General 
services Environnemental 
conservation  To promote land and afforestation works 
 
Agricultural Research 
Service (ARS)  
 To conduct research and advisory function on 
a wide variety of topics, including soil and 
water conservation, plant and animal sciences, 
human nutrition, and integrated agricultural 
systems. 
Tennessee Valley 
Authority (TVA) To conduct research and advisory function on 
problems related to agricultural development, 
environmental quality, a nd fertilizer material 
and practices.  
To  provide information about family farming 
and profitability using sustainable and 
environmentally friendly methods. G/AG/N/USA/51 
 United States 
(2000 - 2001) 
Green Box 
Measure 
General 
Services 
Waste management 
program 
 
 To conducts research on problems related to 
agricultural developm ent, environmental 
quality;  and to prevent pollution.  WT/CTE/EDB/4/Corr.1 
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  Symbol Member Measure Or Programme Objective 
Conservation Program 
Technical Assistance To research on development of efficient 
wetlands and of organic plant food and cattle 
feed from agricultural wastes (broiler litter), 
and other creative waste management 
methods. 
Natural Resource 
Conservation Service 
(NRCS) To help producers participate in environmental 
and conservation programs, such as the 
Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), 
Environmental Quality Incentives Program, 
and the Wetland Reserve Program. 
Conservation Reserve 
Program (revised) To promote conservation of soil and water, 
NRCS provides technical assistance, conducts 
soil surveys, and assesses erosion factors; 
assists individuals and localities to develop 
area-wide plans for resource conservation and 
development. 
Environmental payments  To  reduce soil erosion. 
Wildlife Habitat Incentives 
Program To assist farmers to use sound soil and water 
conservation practices; help landowners 
implement long term conservation measures; 
conserve wetlands. 
Wetland Reserve Program 
 To provide technical assistance and cost-share 
assistance to landowners to develop habitat for 
upland wildlife, wetlands wildlife, endangered 
species, fish  and other wildlife. 
Farmland Protection 
Program To conserve and restore wetlands through 
long-term agreements.   
Environmental Quality 
Incentives Program (EQIP) To protect top soil by limiting conversion to 
non-agricultural uses. 
 
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