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BEIJING 2008 OLYMPIC GAMES - AN ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
Significant strides are being made to ‘green’ the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. The report says that environmental measures are being introduced covering waste management, cleaner transport systems and water treatment, as well as new urban green belts including a 580-hectare Olympic Forest Park.
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World Conference on Sport and Environment
25 to 27 October 2007
Beijing, China
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i. Table of Contents
ii. Contributors
iii. About the Report
iv. About UNEP
iv. Foreword
PART 1: Greening the Olympics
1. The Bidding phase, the Beijing 2008 Environmental commitments and the 'Green Olympics' concept
 
2. Organizational Structure and Involved Parties
3. The city of Beijing and the Olympic System
 
4. Greening the Games
PART 2: Greening Beijing
5. Air Quality
6. Transport
7. Energy and Transport
8. Water
9. Solid Waste
10. Green Coverage and Protected Areas in Beijing
 
PART 3: The NGO Perspective
11. The Environmental NGO Perspective
 
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