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Millennium development goals – all world countries input in solving universal problems and assuring living conditions for every country's citizens, also considering environment and sustainable development aspects. The aim of this work is to analyse and evaluate the implementation of environmental Millennium development goals in Lithuania during 1990-2008. In order to evaluate people attitudes in regard to Millennium development goals, population survey was conducted, with the help of questionnaire. Implementation level of foreseen indicators indicates every country's progress in implementing Millennium development goals. In Lithuania, pursuing to assure sustainable environment protection, such indicators are observed: parts of forested and protected territories, protection of biological diversity and species, which are at risk of extinction, emission of carbon dioxide and ozone prosecutors and general water consumption in the country. Year 1990 is a starting point. According to Millennium declaration, the intended aims must be reached up to 2015. Survey reveals that the majority – 74 % of respondents have not heard about Millennium development goals. 26 % of respondents, who are aware of those global aims, hold a university degree (67 %). In citizens' opinion, most important Millennium development goals are elimination of poverty and hunger in the world, reducing of children's death-rate and assurance of friendly environment. These aims were named as very important by more than 50 % of respondents. Regarding environmental goals, frequently named as very important were an emission of carbon dioxide and protection of biodiversity. Qualitative analysis of Lithuania's environmental indicators, a conclusion was made that the progress made is satisfactory to reach the environmental of Millennium goals till the indicated time. However, more attention must be paid only for protection of biodiversity as the progress in this area is not satisfactory.

Millennium development goals – all world countries input in solving universal problems and assuring living conditions for every country's citizens, also considering environment and sustainable development aspects. The aim of this work is to analyse and evaluate the implementation of environmental Millennium development goals in Lithuania during 1990-2008. In order to evaluate people attitudes in regard to Millennium development goals, population survey was conducted, with the help of questionnaire. Implementation level of foreseen indicators indicates every country's progress in implementing Millennium development goals. In Lithuania, pursuing to assure sustainable environment protection, such indicators are observed: parts of forested and protected territories, protection of biological diversity and species, which are at risk of extinction, emission of carbon dioxide and ozone prosecutors and general water consumption in the country. Year 1990 is a starting point. According to Millennium declaration, the intended aims must be reached up to 2015. Survey reveals that the majority – 74 % of respondents have not heard about Millennium development goals. 26 % of respondents, who are aware of those global aims, hold a university degree (67 %). In citizens' opinion, most important Millennium development goals are elimination of poverty and hunger in the world, reducing of children's death-rate and assurance of friendly environment. These aims were named as very important by more than 50 % of respondents. Regarding environmental goals, frequently named as very important were an emission of carbon dioxide and protection of biodiversity. Qualitative analysis of Lithuania's environmental indicators, a conclusion was made that the progress made is satisfactory to reach the environmental of Millennium goals till the indicated time. However, more attention must be paid only for protection of biodiversity as the progress in this area is not satisfactory.

ABSTRACT:In order to protect the environment from the adverse impact of a business and irresponsible consumption, more and more local leading and multinational companies in Indonesia come up with a so called environmental friendly product. However, the market share of an environmental friendly product is normally that below the market shares of conventional products due to various factors. This research was aimed to analyze factors influencing consumption consciousness of environmental friendly product in Karawang, one of the most polluted cities (regencies) according to some sources. Several identified factors were Environmental Knowledge, Religiosity, Economic Factors, and Government Role that were hypothesized to influence Environmental Friendly Product Consumption Consciousness. The researchers collected 250 respondents as samples using both online and offline questionnaires. Structural Equation Modelling was utilized in this research to test the hypotheses. The findings suggested that Environmental Knowledge and Economic Factors were significantly influencing Environmental Friendly Product Consumption Consciousness. Keywords: Environmental Knowledge, Religiosity, Economic Factors, Government Role, Environmental Friendly Product Consumption Consciousness, Structural Equation Modelling.ABSTRAK:Untuk melindungi lingkungan dari dampak buruk suatu proses bisnis dan konsumsi yang tidak bertanggung jawab, semakin banyak perusahaan terkemuka dan multinasional lokal di Indonesia menghasilkan produk ramah lingkungan. Namun, pangsa pasar produk ramah lingkungan biasanya berada di bawah pangsa pasar produk konvensional karena berbagai faktor. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi kesadaran konsumsi produk ramah lingkungan di Karawang, salah satu kabupaten paling berpolusi menurut beberapa sumber. Beberapa faktor yang diidentifikasi adalah Pengetahuan Lingkungan, Religiusitas, Faktor Ekonomi, dan Peran Pemerintah yang dihipotesiskan mempengaruhi Kesadaran Konsumsi Produk Ramah ...

Climate change holds stern environmental implications. The devastating consequences includes, severe floods, droughts, acid rain, heat waves, ozone depletion high temperature are disrupting the economic stability of Pakistan. To minimize stern environmental deterioration, government has spent a huge investment on "clean green Pakistan" Project but the results are still unsatisfactory and acquires researchers' dire intention to study Pakistani consumers preference for environment friendly products. Thus, the objective of the study is to investigate the critical factors influencing consumer preferences to buy green products. A quantitatively designed survey approach was considered to examining the theoretically grounded hypotheses of the study. The five point Likert scale questionnaire, consisted upon 30-item was deployed by focusing on convenience sampling method. The data were gathered from 203 targeted respondents in Abbottabad, Pakistan. To statistically examining the collected data we deployed correlation and one to one simple regression method in SPSS. The findings of the study witne­­ssed that consumer's holds information about green product, quality, price and also intention for environment protection from degradation. Results indicated a weakly significant positive relationship among consumer preference and green price. Consumers are well exposed to green products but resisting to purchase due to higher prices in Pakistan. Thus, study recommends that, concerned authorities including; Government and multinational corporations should try to take proper initiatives by providing subsidy in prices. So customers can conveniently buy/use green products to bring sustainability in environmental degradation.

Cyprus has a small isolated energy system, almost totally dependent on imported fuels to meet its energy demand. The abundance of solar radiation, together with a good technological base, created favourable conditions for the exploitation of solar energy in the island. The contribution of solar energy to the total energy consumption is 4.5%. This energy is used mainly in the domestic sector (93.5%) for hot water production. Cyprus began manufacturing solar water heaters in the early sixties. The number of units in operation today corresponds to one heater for every 3.7 people in the island, which is a world record. Simulation studies and economic analysis of domestic systems show that 80% of the annual hot water needs of a house of four are covered while the life cycle savings of such system for the current rate of electricity are £740 (€1260) and the pay back time is 4 years. Additionally, such a system, saves 80% of the greenhouse gasses emissions compared to a conventional system. The prospects of the solar water heating industry are good. A sector that may be improved is that of the hotel industry. Additionally the use of solar energy for space heating and cooling and for process heat in industry is a further challenge for the Cyprus water heating industry. The use of other forms of renewable energy systems like PV and wind is very limited. This however is expected to change in the near future due to the incentives given by the Government with the new subsidisation scheme, which is in action since last year.

Today, extensive research is devoted to assess the effects of demersal trawling on the marine ecosystem, but only few of such studies considered the Danish seine. Danish seines and bottom trawls are grouped together in the legislation. Trawling is more common and responsible for the major part of the total landings where the seine fleet and catches are decreasing. The Danish seine is a specific type of encircling net to catch demersal fish. It is characterized by moderate fuel consumption and no use of heavy weights or doors, probably resulting in a relatively gentle bottom-contact and low interactions with the seabed compared to e.g. traditional trawling. However, the assumptions on the more environmental friendliness in seining are not sufficiently addressed. The present study aims at increasing the knowledge on Danish seining including its effect on the benthic ecosystem. The study starts with a comparison of existing catch data for Danish seines and trawls and continues with several substudies: Detailed description of all stages of the seining process to get a basis for the following investigations. Selectivity trials to support existing data, whereby both economically valuable and economically non-valuable species will be regarded Estimation of potential interactions of the gear with the sea bottom Assessment of survival chance of discarded animals Observation of fish behavior during capture process Combination of all single parts to provide an overall picture of effects of the Danish seine fishery on the marine environment This study may contribute to increase understanding the catching process in the seine fishery and the gears interaction with seabed during the different stages of the fishing process. The outcome of such studies will be highly relevant in future discussions on the impacts Danish seining may has on the marine environment and the faunal diversity and to maintain viable fisheries in the future

Coagulation-flocculation is an important step for the treatment of drinking water obtained from surface water sources. Various types of flocculants are available in the drinking water treatment market but only some of them are friendly for the environment due to their specific structure, which includes natural compounds. Starch-based flocculants are included in this category and some types of them were tested in our research work, in similar conditions with ordinary polyelectrolytes, in order to prove their efficiencies for turbidity and organic load (COD-Mn) removal. Five types of flocculants based on starch and acrylamide were tested during the classic treatment flow coagulation-flocculation-settling with aluminum sulfate as coagulant (1-10 mg Al/L) and 0.5-10 mL/L flocculant dose (0.2% active substance). Better removal efficiencies of turbidity and organic load (COD-Mn) in case of flocculants based on starch and acrylamide copolymers: over 99% for turbidity and ~90% for COD-Mn in case of 300-400 NTU initial surface water turbidity were registered.

The Global Environment Facility (GEF) exists to fund global environmental benefits through international development projects. As an interim financial mechanism to UN conventions on climate change & biodiversity, it is also hoped that it will "green" its parent, the World Bank, & help reform the UN. Some nongovernmental organizations (NGO) commentators castigate GEF as "greenwash" for a sick system; others -- part of the tacit coalition that created it -- prefer to render the facility more transparent, participatory, &, thereby, effective. The environmental movement's responses to GEF's need for legitimation in civil society may begin to transcend a quandary faced in many movements for social change: whether to enter, adjust, & utilize the institutional structures in which problems arise, or to avoid co-option by challenging the system from outside. 2 Appendixes, 64 References. Adapted from the source document.