Financing of wasteland afforestation in India

India has vast tracts of wastelands, which have been lying barren for ages. Most such lands are physically suitable for growing trees and thus could be put to socially productive uses. However, although usually economically viable, afforestation requires massive initial investment, generally beyond the means of the landowners. Also, government budgetary allocations do not cover current needs. In this situation, institutional credit is required. The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) of India has recognized this need and has devised a number of different schemes to provide refinance facilities to individuals and organisations. Although the number of forestry schemes refinanced by NABARD has increased rapidly in the past, they currently constitute only about 1% of the total number of loans sanctioned, and only about 2% of NABARD's cumulative loan disbursement to date. In fact, since 1992, the share of afforestation schemes has declined. A number of factors have been identified as major constraints, including time-consuming and complicated procedures for accessing land; restrictions on harvesting and selling trees; delays in sanctioning and disbursement of bank credit; non-remunerative prices for tree products; and flawed public policies and programmes. This article argues that unless these constraints are overcome, NABARD will not be able to play an effective role in speeding up development programmes in the forestry sector. It further argues that most of the current constraints on institutional credit for wasteland afforestation can be removed or relaxed. Practical strategies are suggested to mobilize more funds and channel more institutional credit for wasteland afforestation in India.     

天津市乡镇工业企业大气污染健康损失估算

或然值评估法（Contingent Valuation Method)是一种广泛应用于环境物品，公共物品非使用价值或损害估算的具有代表性的非市场评价方法，而支付意愿（Willingness To Pay)是指在某种虚拟市场下，人们对环境物品，公共物品或某种服务愿意支付的货币量，其中，支付的最大货币量具有意义，根据支付的最大货币量，可以间接得到环境物品，公共物品或其损害的经济价值，从而可以获得导致损害的污染的经济估算值，本采用或然值评估法，通过调查当地居居的支付意愿，估算了天津市郊区乡镇工业企业大气污染导致的人体健康损失，结果显示，在1999年，天津市郊区（县）乡镇工业企业大气污染导致的人体健康损失值在9645万元和55772万元之间，人均为31．2元到180．4元之间（1999年），分析结果还表明，被调查的年收入，年龄与其支付意愿呈极显性相关。     

中小企业群的成长与吉林省的经济发展

积极培育中小企业群是对吉林省老工业基地进行改造的一条重要途径.在密切结合吉林省企业组织结构与社会经济发展情况的基础上,客观分析了吉林省中小企业群成长的必要性,进一步分析了吉林省中小企业群发展的现状特征及存在问题,从吉林省企业组织结构优化与区域经济整体发展的视角,提出了吉林省中小企业群的发展目标,确定了中小企业群的产业发展战略重点,构筑了中小企业群发展的地域空间体系.     

乡镇企业环境问题的经济学分析及环境保护手段的选择

乡镇企业的发展一方面给我国农村劳动力提供了大量的就业机会,加快了我国的城市化进程,为我国的经济做出了重要的贡献;另一方面,由于生产要素、利益驱动等众多因素的影响,乡镇企业给资源和环境造成了巨大的耗竭和破坏。本文主要从经济学的角度来探究乡镇企业发展带来的环境问题的根源,进而选择一套适合我国乡镇企业特点的环境保护手段。     

Private micro-hydro power and associated investments in Nepal: the Barpak village case and broader issues

This article examines a number of issues connected with the development of small-scale hydroelectric power and related investments in Nepal. The micro-hydro investment scheme in Barpak village serves as a case study, and the article also presents a number of related issues discussed against the background of the evolution of micro-hydro power in Nepal. The article outlines the success of micro-hydro development, modest in relation to its enormous potential, the realization of which depends on whether a number of challenges and constraints can be overcome. The article closes with suggestions on implementing sustainable micro-hydro development in rural areas, based on the Barpak experience and the authors' other recent studies of rural energy issues in Nepal.     

The contribution of computer‐based information systems to partnership between public agencies and voluntary environmental groups

This paper considers the contribution of computing to the implementation of a policy of partnership between public environmental agencies and local voluntary groups. The present policy commitment to partnerships of this kind is reviewed. Particular information needs arise when public agencies seek to give co‐ordinated support to the environmental action undertaken by local groups. These stem from the disaggregated nature of the structure and functions of the voluntary sector. Computer‐based information systems are identified as a bridge between the regional organisation of public agencies and the local activities of voluntary groups. A computer system devised to aid the forward planning of public support for voluntary action is described. It is considered that this technique has value as part of a wider strategy of interaction between the public and voluntary sectors.     

我国南方某省1988～1992年工伤调查分析

通过对南方某省１９８８～１９９２年工伤发生情况的调查，五年间工伤事故数、工伤死亡率及重伤率有逐年增加的趋势，煤炭、交通、建筑三个行业的工伤死亡人数约占工伤死亡总数的５０％；县以下乡镇企业中的工伤事故数、死亡率及重伤率均居首位。工伤事故中造成死亡的原因主要集中在物体打击、触电、高空坠落；引起重伤的原因集中在机械伤害、物体打击、车辆伤害和高空坠落。因此在劳动安全卫生管理工作上，要采取一些强有力的干预措施，特别要加强对乡镇工业企业及那些易发生工伤事故企业的管理。     

Tourism impacts of Three Mile Island and other adverse events: Implications for Lincoln County and other rural counties bisected by radioactive wastes intended for Yucca Mountain

Whether the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository system will adversely impact tourism in southern Nevada is an open question of particular importance to visitor-oriented rural counties bisected by planned waste transportatin corridors (highway or rail). As part of one such county's repository impact assessment program, tourism implications of Three Mile Island (TMI) and other major hazard events have beem revisited to inform ongoing county-wide socioeconomic assessments and contingency planning efforts. This paper summarizes key research implications of such research as applied to Lincoln County, Nevada. Implications for other rural counties are discussed in light of the research findings.     

浅谈现阶段建筑施工企业农民工的安全教育

阐述了建筑施工企业通过科学的管理,提高农民工的安全素质,做好施工安全管理工作的关键是预防安全生产事故发生、农民工安全教育的内容和方法.     

浙江省资源再生产业的现状、问题及对策

浙江省的再生资源回收利用企业发展迅速，在造纸、建材和有色金属等领域已经涌现出一批典型企业。作者通过对浙江省资源再生利用较为成功的典型企业进行问卷调查和实地考察，剖析了浙江省资源再生产业的现状、存在的问题，并提出了相关的对策建议。