Its aim is to guide the country's environmental policies and future laws to protect natural resources and ensure safe economic development.

VOA: special.2010.04.21

"China has reached this stage of development where traditional environmental risks are overlapping with environmental risks that are modern."

VOA: standard.2010.04.07

Mr.Obama said he has enacted other reforms, including re-examining the environmental procedures for oil and gas exploration and development.

VOA: standard.2010.05.14

Eco-towns, intended to tackle the twin problems of housing shortages and climate change, have to be carbon zero as a whole, be an "exemplar" in one area of environmental development and have at least 30% affordable housing.

BBC: Assessment over eco-town project

Participants were provided with training materials in Urdu, as well as editorial tips and information about social, environmental and development issues.

UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

Its goals are to overcome the isolation of small islands by providing their citizens, particularly young people, with opportunities to voice their opinions on environmental and development issues in a variety of ways: radio, television, print and Internet-based debate.

UNESCO: The Commonwealth of the Bahamas