| Description |
1 online resource (481 pages) |
| Contents |
The United Nations Environment Programme; Contents; Foreword by Achim Steiner; List of Figures, Tables and Boxes; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1 Fisheries Governance, Subsidies and Sustainable Development; Chapter 2 Fisheries Subsidies and their Resource Impacts; Chapter 3 National Experiences with Subsidies, their Impacts and Reform Processes; Chapter 4 Emergence of an International Issue: History of Fisheries Subsidies in the WTO; Chapter 5 Four Key Issues at the WTO; Chapter 6 Conclusion and Way Forward; Annexes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
The fisheries sector is in crisis. Inappropriate subsidies to the fishing industry are a key factor responsible for worldwide fisheries depletion, overcapitalization and ecosystem degradation. There is an urgent need for an international mechanism to promote the appropriate restructuring of fisheries subsidies in order to create a more sustainable industry. In recent years the leading international forum charged with providing such a mechanism has been the World Trade Organization (WTO). This book explains why and how the reform of fisheries subsidies has become one of the most concrete and pot |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-437) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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World Trade Organization.
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World Trade Organization fast |
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Welthandelsorganisation (WTO) idszbz |
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Fisheries subsidies.
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Fishery management, International.
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Fishery policy.
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Sustainable fisheries.
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Gestion des pêches.
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Conservation des pêches.
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Subventions.
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Développement durable.
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Organisation mondiale du commerce.
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Fisheries subsidies
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Fishery management, International
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Fishery policy
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Sustainable fisheries
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Fischerei.
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Nachhaltigkeit.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781849776714 |
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1849776717 |
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