OECD Environmental Performance Reviews
Subtitle: Iceland 2001
By: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Series: OECD environmental performance reviews; OECD Environmental Performance Reviews
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 148
ISBN-13: 9789264189454
Subjects: Ecology; Euthenics; Nature and nurture; Adaptation (Biology)
Description: This review of Iceland's environmental conditions and policies evaluates progress in reducing the pollution burden, improving natural resource management, integrating environmental and economic policies, and strengthening international co-operation. The analyses presented are supported by a broad range of economic and environmental data.
Table of contents: title: Conclusions and Recommendations; title: PART I. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; title: 1. Implementing Environmental Policies; title: 1. Evaluation of Performance; title: Institutional and Legal Framework; title: Regulatory Instruments; title: Economic Instruments; title: Other Instruments; title: 2. Focus on Selected Topics; title: Environmental Policy Objectives; title: Environmental Agencies; title: Use of Economic Instruments; title: 2. Water and Waste Management; title: 1 Evaluation of Performance; title: Water Quality; title: Waste Management; title: 2. Focus on Selected Topics; title: Cost Recovery on Sewerage and Waste Water Treatment Expenditure; title: Pricing Geothermal Water and Cold Water Use; title: Producer Responsibility; Hazardous Waste Charge; title: 3. Land Management and the Central Highlands; title: -1. Evaluation of Performance; title: Curbing Soil Erosion; title: Protecting Nature and Habitats; title: Conserving the Central Highlands; title: 2. Focus on Selected Topics; title: Economic Incentives for Land Reclamation; title: Legal Framework Regarding the Central Highlands; title: Pressures from Tourism; title: Master Plan on Hydro and Geothermal Energy; title: PART II. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; title: 4. Economy and the Environment; title: 1. Evaluation of Performance; title: Sustainable Development: Decoupling of Economic Growth from Environmental Pressure; title: Sustainable Consumption and Production; title: Sustainable Development: Institutional Integration; title: Sustainable Development: Market Integration; title: Environmental Expenditure; title: 2. Focus on Selected Topics; title: Major Economic Trends; title: Taxes and Subsidies; title: Environmental Expenditure and Financing; title: 5. Environmental/Social Interface; title: -1. Evaluation of Performance; title: Environmental Justice: Distributional Issues; title: Environmental Democracy: Information and Participation; title: Environmental Education and Awareness; title: 2. Focus on Selected Topics; title: Social Context; title: Regional Development; title: Local Agenda 21; title: 6. Sectoral Integration: Fisheries; title: 1. Evaluation of Performance; title: Setting Objectives; title: Setting Catch Rules; title: The Three Pillars of Sustainable Fisheries; title: International Issues; title: 2. Focus on Selected Topics; title: TAC Setting; title: Technical Regulations, Enforcement, and Surveillance; title: Concentration of the Fleet and Fleet Efficiency; title: Pollution; title: PART III. INTERNATIONAL COMMITMENTS; title: 7. International Cooperation; title: 1. Evaluation of Performance; title: Regional Issues; title: Marine Issues; title: Global Issues: Climate Change; title: Other Global Issues; title: 2. Focus on Selected Topics; title: Conservation and Sustainable Use of Whales; title: Climate Change; title: Wildlife and Nature Protection; title: Development Aid; title: Annex IA. Selected Environmental Data; title: Annex IB. Selected Economic Data; title: Annex IC. Selected Social Data; title: Annex IIA. Selected Multinational Agreements (Worldwide); title: Annex IIB. Selected Multinational Agreements (Regional); title: Annex III. Chronology of Selected Environmental Events (1990-2000)