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ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Specious measures for environmental protection

Specious measures for environmental protection

  • Trade protection disguised as consumer protection

Nature

Increasingly in international trade, it is recognized that national standards and technical regulations which ostensibly are designed to protect the consumer and the environment turn out to be of a protectionist character.

Broader

Non-tariff barriers to international trade
Presentable
Fragmented social structures for environmental protection
Presentable

Aggravates

Misrepresentation of information to consumers
Presentable
Protectionism in the consumer products industries
Unpresentable
Inadequate legislation against environmental pollution
Yet to rate

Related

Consumer vulnerability
Presentable
Inadequate integration of environmental and economic issues
Yet to rate

Strategy

Promoting public participation in environmental decision-making
Excellent
Campaigning about biodiversity issues
Unpresentable
Protecting trade
Yet to rate
Protecting consumers
Yet to rate

Value

Protection
Yet to rate
Overprotectiveness
Yet to rate
Disguised
Yet to rate

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #12: Responsible Consumption and ProductionSustainable Development Goal #15: Life on Land

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(D) Detailed problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Amenities » Consumers
  • Commerce » Trade
  • Environment » Environment
  • Societal problems » Protection
    • Content quality
    Unpresentable
     Unpresentable
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    C4382
    DOCID
    11343820
    D7NID
    147567
    Last update
    Oct 4, 2020