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Programme on Trade and Environment — Seminar
organised by Ministry of Environment and Forests,
Government of India and Madras School of
Economics, Chennai, October 26-27, 2010. Click
here for Details
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The
National Seminar organised jointly by the Ministry
of Environment and Forests and Madras School of
Economics during 26-27, October 2010 was aimed at
discussing the issues related to various
approaches for defining Environmental Goods and
Services, along with discussion on the
interlinkages between trade and climate change.
The seminar was attended by Sri R.S. Ahlawat, Mr
Agrim Kaushal and Ms. Prema Mohan, MoEF; Dr.
Aparna Sawhney, JUN; Dr. Murali Kallummal and Dr.
Bipin Kumar, IIFT; Mr. Pritam Banerjee, CII; Ms.
S. Jayalakshmi, CSO; Sri G. Thirumurthy, CPCB;Dr.
G. Parthasarathy, Department of Commerce; Prof. U.
Sankar, Prof. N.S. Siddardhan, Dr. K.S. Kavi
Kumar, Dr. Sukanay Das, Dr. Zareena Begum, and Mr.
C.P. Jomit of MSE. The panel discussion evaluated
the merits and demerits of various approaches for
defining Environmental Goods and Services. The
approaches included, (a) List Approach; (b)
Environmental Project Approach; (c) Request and
Offer Approach; and, (d) Various other approaches
such as, integrated approach, living list
approach, convergence list etc.
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