Environmental policy-Indonesia -- Environmental policy-United States

Indeks : p. 285-290 ; p. 265-280 ; This book illustrated by a detailed comparative examination of mining regulations and environmental impact assessment (EIA) in the USA (the second largest producer of coal in the world) and Indonesia (the eighth largest and most rapidly growing), this book argues that the degree of policy integration often determines the success or failure in controlling environmentaleffects of mining operations. The book provides significant new insights into international relations and comparative environmental policy, particularly as they affect rainforests and biodiversity. it also suggests that if mining environmental policy were to be effectively implemented, the environmental degradation caused need not be permanent. This study is based on a wide assortment of document and press reports, numerous interviews with high-ranking officials of government and mining operations, and direct observation conducted by the author during seven field visits to indonesia spanning more than a decade.