For this study the results of the meeting of the Ad Hoc Working Group on access and benefit sharing of genetic resources, held in Bonn in October 2001, were analysed. The study was compiled in order to prepare the German negotiating position for the Sixth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity. The recommendations made in this study are based on an assessment of Germany's interests in access and benefit sharing of genetic resources.

The looming perspective of growing mountains of packaging waste in Europe led several Member States to implement packaging and packaging waste policies and induced the EU to formulate the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive. The Directive, established in 1994, has contributed to the reduction of environmental problems resulting from that waste. But has it been really successful? Has it achieved its goals? What are the reasons for the mixed results?

Kraemer, R. Andreas; Anneke Klasing 2001: Integrating Environmental Concerns into the General Affairs Council – Best Practice in Integrating Environment into Foreign Affairs. Ecologic, Berlin.

The aim of this study is to examine the transposition and implementation of Article 12 of the Seveso II Directive, also known as COMAH (96/82/EC), in six EU Member States. Article 12 addresses the land-use planning issues associated with controlling major accident hazards involving dangerous substances. As the Directive should have been transposed by February 1999, the appropriate legislation should have been in place in order to enable this study to be undertaken. However, this proved not to be the case for every country. Experience in relation to both the transposition and implementation of Article 12 of the Seveso II Directive in the six case study countries has been variable. In three countries – Spain, Italy and England – Article 12 has been transposed virtually word for word into national legislation. In the other three countries, transposition has been undertaken differently: only a relatively minor amendment was made to existing German legislation, whereas in Denmark only the first paragraph of Article 12 has been transposed. Meanwhile, in the Netherlands the Article has not yet been transposed.

Documenting the results of a NATO Advanced Research Workshop held in Budapest on 21 to 23 January 1999, the book "Responding to Environmental Conflicts: Implications for Theory and Practice" provides an overview of environment and security challenges, addresses methods for assessing environmental security and their application in case studies, and presents views on the role of international and environmental institutions in preventing and dealing with environmental conflicts.

Kraemer, R. Andreas: Results of the "Cardiff-Processes" - Assessing the State of Development And Charting the Way Ahead. Ecologic, Berlin.

Tarasofsky, Richard G.; Stefanie Pfahl 2001: Trading Away the Last Ancient Forests. The threats to forests from trade liberalisation under the WTO. Hamburg.

Bär, Stefani; Ingmar von Homeyer and R. Andreas Kraemer 2001: "Amsterdam Flexibility: Green Cooperation for Europe's Environment." Review of European Community & International Environmental Law, 9: 307–314. doi: 10.1111/1467-9388.t01-1-00279

Bär, Stefani; Darla Nickel und Sarah Reichel 2001: ISPA – Lessons Learned: A Comprehensive Checklist for Successful ISPA Proposals. Ecologic Institute, Berlin.

Kraemer, R. Andreas; Keya Choudhury; Eleftheria Kampa 2001: Protecting Water Resources: Pollution Prevention – Thematic Background Paper for the International Conference on Freshwater – Bonn, 3-7 December 2001. Ecologic, Institute for International and European Environmental Policy, Berlin.

Stilwell, Matthew; Richard Tarasofsky 2001: Towards Coherent Environmental and Economic Governance. Legal and Practical Approaches to MEA-WTO Linkages.

The privatisation of water supply and distribution in Germany, in the context of the general discussion concerning the enhancement of competition and efficiency with regard to the liberalisation of public services, is increasingly finding a place on the agenda of policy-makers and interest groups. This report of the conference proceedings summarises the presentations given as well as the most important outcomes of the discussion at the International Symposium held on 20-21 November 2000 in Berlin.

Palinkas, Peter (Ed.) 2001: Effluent Charging Systems in the EU Member States – Working Paper. Luxembourg.

Homeyer, Ingmar von; Axel Klaphake, Hans-Dieter Sohn 2001: EU Accession: Negotiating "Environmental Dumping"? Intereconomics, Vol. 36, No. 2, 87-97.

Bär, Stefani; Ingmar von Homeyer and Anneke Klasing 2001: "Fit for Enlargement? Environmental Policy After Nice". European Energy and Environmental Law Review, Vol. 10, No. 7, 212–220.