Water and agriculture are interlinked： water is indispensable for agricultural production and agricultural production results in emissions of nutrients and other substances to surfacewater and groundwater. However, n...Water and agriculture are interlinked： water is indispensable for agricultural production and agricultural production results in emissions of nutrients and other substances to surfacewater and groundwater. However, not only in physical terms are water and agriculture interlinked, there are also strong links between water and agricultural policies. This paper focuses on European National Policies on water and agriculture. Agricultural practices are primarily regulated by European Agricultural Policies, such as the Nitrate Directive, Directive 2009/128/EC on sustainable use of pesticides and the Common Agricultural Policies. The achievement of the objectives for nutrients and pesticides of European water related policies, such as the Drinking Water Directive and the Water Framework Directive, depends on agricultural practices. Therefore, for an effective and efficient implementation of sustainable policies on both agriculture and water, it is necessary to make sure that the targets and instruments of the two policy areas are properly aligned. Current practices show that this is not yet the case; so, there is room for improvement. This paper highlights steps needed to improve cooperation between these two policy domains and discusses first steps already taken at the European level. In addition, some examples of Dutch National Initiatives resulting from a dialogue between farmers and water managers with the aim of combining the objectives of water and agricultural policies and interests are presented.展开更多
Energy policy is an essential part of the economy and the society. In some countries, there is a lack of a regulatory framework, which must be clear and practicable to allow new technologies to compete with the conven...Energy policy is an essential part of the economy and the society. In some countries, there is a lack of a regulatory framework, which must be clear and practicable to allow new technologies to compete with the conventional way of generation. This is the problem in Argentine, the lack of a regulatory framework that can regulate the insertion of wind energy into the Argentine power system （SADI）. In this paper, a review of typical incentives for the installation of wind farms in the world, and a review of some laws and policies in Argentine are presented. Also financial and economic issues that are related to the installation of wind farms are analyzed, and some recommendations related to the topics are presented in this paper.展开更多
1 Introduction The output of scientific research in China ranks second in the world according to the Nature Index of 2015(www.nature.com/nature/journal/v522/n7556_supp/full/522S34a.html)and the ISI Web of Science(http...1 Introduction The output of scientific research in China ranks second in the world according to the Nature Index of 2015(www.nature.com/nature/journal/v522/n7556_supp/full/522S34a.html)and the ISI Web of Science(http://thomsonreuters.com).Although important advances have been made,it should be noted that China has the展开更多
文摘Water and agriculture are interlinked： water is indispensable for agricultural production and agricultural production results in emissions of nutrients and other substances to surfacewater and groundwater. However, not only in physical terms are water and agriculture interlinked, there are also strong links between water and agricultural policies. This paper focuses on European National Policies on water and agriculture. Agricultural practices are primarily regulated by European Agricultural Policies, such as the Nitrate Directive, Directive 2009/128/EC on sustainable use of pesticides and the Common Agricultural Policies. The achievement of the objectives for nutrients and pesticides of European water related policies, such as the Drinking Water Directive and the Water Framework Directive, depends on agricultural practices. Therefore, for an effective and efficient implementation of sustainable policies on both agriculture and water, it is necessary to make sure that the targets and instruments of the two policy areas are properly aligned. Current practices show that this is not yet the case; so, there is room for improvement. This paper highlights steps needed to improve cooperation between these two policy domains and discusses first steps already taken at the European level. In addition, some examples of Dutch National Initiatives resulting from a dialogue between farmers and water managers with the aim of combining the objectives of water and agricultural policies and interests are presented.
文摘Energy policy is an essential part of the economy and the society. In some countries, there is a lack of a regulatory framework, which must be clear and practicable to allow new technologies to compete with the conventional way of generation. This is the problem in Argentine, the lack of a regulatory framework that can regulate the insertion of wind energy into the Argentine power system （SADI）. In this paper, a review of typical incentives for the installation of wind farms in the world, and a review of some laws and policies in Argentine are presented. Also financial and economic issues that are related to the installation of wind farms are analyzed, and some recommendations related to the topics are presented in this paper.
文摘1 Introduction The output of scientific research in China ranks second in the world according to the Nature Index of 2015(www.nature.com/nature/journal/v522/n7556_supp/full/522S34a.html)and the ISI Web of Science(http://thomsonreuters.com).Although important advances have been made,it should be noted that China has the
