The risk evaluation of difficult substances in USES 2.0 and EUSES. A decision tree for data gap filling of Kow, Koc and BCF
This report presents a decision tree for the risk evaluation of the so-called "difficult" substances with the Uniform System for the Evaluation of Substances (USES). The decision tree gives practical…
Biodiversity indicators for the OECD Environmental Outlook and Strategy
This study addresses the question whether it is feasable to measure the development of biodiversity at the OECD level. The answer can be summarized as: yes, if certain recommendations are followed. In…
Insights for the third Global Environment Outlook from related global scenario analyses. Working paper for GEO-3
This report relates to the ongoing development of scenarios for the third Global Environment Outlook (GEO-3) of UNEP. It illustrates the scale and type of environmental impacts that GEO-3 needs to…
Multi-scale land use modelling with the CLUE Modelling Framework
For global change policies it is highly relevant to include information of Land Use and Land Cover Change (LULCC), as LULCC contributes to global change but also offers possibilities for mitigation…
Urbanisation, Industrialisation and Sustainable development
This paper describes two important transformations of the past century: industrialisation and urbanisation. These transformations will continue in the new century and create policy challenges because…
The integrated nitrous oxide and methane grassland project
The integrated nitrous oxide (N 2 O) and methane (CH 4 ) grassland project aims to estimate and explain emissions of these greenhouse gases from two ecosystems, namely drained agricultural peat soil…
The PEARL model is used to evaluate the leaching of pesticide to the groundwater in support to the Dutch and European pesticide registration procedures. PEARL is an acronym for Pesticide Emission…
Selection of substances, deserving policy attention
In the current report an inventory is made of chemicals that may require extra policy attention. The focus is on chemicals that are of relevance for the Netherlands, and that have not been the subject…
Monitoring of Greenhouse Gases in the Netherlands: uncertainty and priorities for improvement ; Proceedings of a national workshop held in Bilthoven, 1 September 1999
A workshop was organised in the Netherlands on 1 September 1999 to improve the National System for Monitoring Greenhouse Gas Emissions. These are the proceedings, including discussion papers…
Economic modelling approaches to land use and cover change
This report explores and developes approaches to spatially explicit modelling of land use/cover change and the potential impact on land use related emissions of greenhouse gases. The approaches are…
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