Vol. 5, No. 3 (2017): Regular Issue

Green environment need green practices, so for that the researchers conduct this study to investigate the Green Human Resources Management (GHRM) practices on Sustainable Corporate Performance (SCP) through mediating role of Organization Citizenship Behavior for Environment (OCBE). The finding of this study reveals that GHRM has a positive impact on SCP through the mediator OCBE in the “Manaseer Group” in Jordan. Moreover, this study has its theoretical contribution by applying this study in Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and enriches literature by new evidences that GHRM could enhance SCP. Using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) approach for analysis purpose with 318 questionnaires collected from responder of the study disrupted among “Manaseer Group”.

Green environment need green practices, so for that the researchers conduct this study to investigate the Green Human Resources Management (GHRM) practices on Sustainable Corporate Performance (SCP) through mediating role of Organization Citizenship Behavior for Environment (OCBE). The finding of this study reveals that GHRM has a positive impact on SCP through the mediator OCBE in the “Manaseer Group” in Jordan. Moreover, this study has its theoretical contribution by applying this study in Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and enriches literature by new evidences that GHRM could enhance SCP. Using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) approach for analysis purpose with 318 questionnaires collected from responder of the study disrupted among “Manaseer Group”.

Researching the relationship between China's rare earth mining industry and other sectors of the national economy may help to identify the role of the rare earth mining industry to promote the development of other key industries and enable the country to be more targeted in policy making for driving healthy development of the rare earth mining industry chain. This paper studies the relationship between the mining of rare earth and other sectors of the national economy, employing the method of inputoutput analysis based on the 2010 extended input-output table of China. The results demonstrate that the rare earth mining industry has a relatively small demand driving force for most industry sectors of China because the rare earth mining industry is an upstream raw material industry. The rare earth mining industry has a relatively high radiation effect for most industry sectors of China because the rare earth mining and dressing industry has a wide application in downstream industries. The rare earth mining and dressing industry belongs to the low demand driving force and low supply driving force types of industries, which means it has a low emissive power and low binding power. China should change the current export-oriented situation of the rare earth mining industry and focus input more on sectors such as metal mine mining, energy processing, equipment manufacturing, transportation and fuel power supply

Researching the relationship between China's rare earth mining industry and other sectors of the national economy may help to identify the role of the rare earth mining industry to promote the development of other key industries and enable the country to be more targeted in policy making for driving healthy development of the rare earth mining industry chain. This paper studies the relationship between the mining of rare earth and other sectors of the national economy, employing the method of inputoutput analysis based on the 2010 extended input-output table of China. The results demonstrate that the rare earth mining industry has a relatively small demand driving force for most industry sectors of China because the rare earth mining industry is an upstream raw material industry. The rare earth mining industry has a relatively high radiation effect for most industry sectors of China because the rare earth mining and dressing industry has a wide application in downstream industries. The rare earth mining and dressing industry belongs to the low demand driving force and low supply driving force types of industries, which means it has a low emissive power and low binding power. China should change the current export-oriented situation of the rare earth mining industry and focus input more on sectors such as metal mine mining, energy processing, equipment manufacturing, transportation and fuel power supply

Based on the theory of planned behavior, a framework including social demographic factors and individual satisfaction on the environment was constructed. The authors carried out an empirical study on the factors affecting the public’s environment protection behavior using the multiple regression analysis method based on China public environmental protection index survey data in 2008. The results show that: social demographic variables such as age, gender, education level, occupation etc. however the individual's environmental protection awareness and environmental satisfaction actually have significant influence. The environmental protection awareness has positive effect on individual’s environmental protection behavior, while the environmental satisfaction has negative effect on it. According to above results the paper put forward to strengthening the public participation in environmental protection activities.

Based on the theory of planned behavior, a framework including social demographic factors and individual satisfaction on the environment was constructed. The authors carried out an empirical study on the factors affecting the public’s environment protection behavior using the multiple regression analysis method based on China public environmental protection index survey data in 2008. The results show that: social demographic variables such as age, gender, education level, occupation etc. however the individual's environmental protection awareness and environmental satisfaction actually have significant influence. The environmental protection awareness has positive effect on individual’s environmental protection behavior, while the environmental satisfaction has negative effect on it. According to above results the paper put forward to strengthening the public participation in environmental protection activities.

Owing to a combination of factors like improved genotypes, closeness to consuming markets, good infrastructure to production outlets and a rainy period that occurs during the off-season, maize production in the Eastern part of the semiarid tropics (SAT) in Brazil is undergoing a shift towards a farming systems with intensive use of chemical inputs, tillage and high yielding genetically-modified (GMO) hybrids. However, the region is highly prone to desertification, and the intensive tillage accelerates the soil degradation process. Although conservation tillage has been reported to improve soil protection and quality and, consequently, sustainability of cereal production in many environments, farmers are still reluctant to adopt it, fearing yield declines as documented in early studies in SAT. Recent findings however, have shown that no-till can be instrumental for improving soil fertility and crop yields also in semiarid environments. The goals of this study are to assess the environmental and economic performances of conservation tillage in SAT and to compare the environmental performance of maize production in SAT and in more favorable environments for agricultural production in South America. Emergy accounting was used for assessing the environmental performance, and classical economic indicators for assessing the economic performances. Indicators for both environmental and economic aspects showed that no-till improves environmental performance, while it reduces costs and increases profits when compared to reduced and conventional tillage systems for maize production in SAT. Although some emergy indicators are slightly poorer in SAT than in the Atlantic Rainforest, the transformity of maize grains allow us to infer that maize production in SAT makes use of environmental resources more efficiently than in the South of Brazil or in the Argentinean Pampas. Further analysis shows that the higher prices obtained for maize grains in the region seem to pay off for the higher climate risks of Brazilian SAT.

Owing to a combination of factors like improved genotypes, closeness to consuming markets, good infrastructure to production outlets and a rainy period that occurs during the off-season, maize production in the Eastern part of the semiarid tropics (SAT) in Brazil is undergoing a shift towards a farming systems with intensive use of chemical inputs, tillage and high yielding genetically-modified (GMO) hybrids. However, the region is highly prone to desertification, and the intensive tillage accelerates the soil degradation process. Although conservation tillage has been reported to improve soil protection and quality and, consequently, sustainability of cereal production in many environments, farmers are still reluctant to adopt it, fearing yield declines as documented in early studies in SAT. Recent findings however, have shown that no-till can be instrumental for improving soil fertility and crop yields also in semiarid environments. The goals of this study are to assess the environmental and economic performances of conservation tillage in SAT and to compare the environmental performance of maize production in SAT and in more favorable environments for agricultural production in South America. Emergy accounting was used for assessing the environmental performance, and classical economic indicators for assessing the economic performances. Indicators for both environmental and economic aspects showed that no-till improves environmental performance, while it reduces costs and increases profits when compared to reduced and conventional tillage systems for maize production in SAT. Although some emergy indicators are slightly poorer in SAT than in the Atlantic Rainforest, the transformity of maize grains allow us to infer that maize production in SAT makes use of environmental resources more efficiently than in the South of Brazil or in the Argentinean Pampas. Further analysis shows that the higher prices obtained for maize grains in the region seem to pay off for the higher climate risks of Brazilian SAT.

Measured flow and water quality data play important roles in the application of watershed models, and scarcity data become a key barrier for modeling studies, especially for non-point source pollution simulations. This study focused on the impacts of missing measured data on flow and non-point source pollution simulations by using the Soil and Water Assessment Tool. Both the missing rate and missing location of measured flow and total phosphorus were analyzed and discussed. And the extrapolation of parameters to ungauged catchment was discussed in a typical watershed in the Three Gorges Reservoir Area, China. The results showed that an increasing missing rate would cause worse model performance especially in wet periods. Moreover, the calibrated watershed model could be used in ungauged catchment within an extrapolation idea, but the extrapolation of nonpoint source predictions showed poor perfor-mance. This study also indicated that watershed model could be used for ungauged catchment simulation if similar environments and other hu-man disturbance do not exist. This paper provides new guides for water quality monitoring and the usage of watershed models during ungauged periods.

Measured flow and water quality data play important roles in the application of watershed models, and scarcity data become a key barrier for modeling studies, especially for non-point source pollution simulations. This study focused on the impacts of missing measured data on flow and non-point source pollution simulations by using the Soil and Water Assessment Tool. Both the missing rate and missing location of measured flow and total phosphorus were analyzed and discussed. And the extrapolation of parameters to ungauged catchment was discussed in a typical watershed in the Three Gorges Reservoir Area, China. The results showed that an increasing missing rate would cause worse model performance especially in wet periods. Moreover, the calibrated watershed model could be used in ungauged catchment within an extrapolation idea, but the extrapolation of nonpoint source predictions showed poor perfor-mance. This study also indicated that watershed model could be used for ungauged catchment simulation if similar environments and other hu-man disturbance do not exist. This paper provides new guides for water quality monitoring and the usage of watershed models during ungauged periods.

The article examines aspects of the legal characterization and regulation of natural resources’ treatment that are jointly owned or geographically located in two or more states. It is shown that political, social, sociological and economic prerequisites impose on the principles of such cooperation. Until now, the problem of joint management and use of natural resources and products of their processing remains unresolved. The work clearly shows how the regulation of transboundary natural resources takes place, and what should be included in this concept. The novelty of the work is in an aspect that shapes the notion of the availability of natural resources in globalization and cross-border trade. As a legal nature, it is proposed to create interstate commissions, as well as concessions, as the basis for the development of natural resources’ joint use. In this work, the notion of natural resources has been expanded – to those authors include not only minerals in the traditional understanding of natural resources, but also general ecosystems. The leading direction in the development of the situation is interstate cooperation on the biosphere’s conservation.

The article examines aspects of the legal characterization and regulation of natural resources’ treatment that are jointly owned or geographically located in two or more states. It is shown that political, social, sociological and economic prerequisites impose on the principles of such cooperation. Until now, the problem of joint management and use of natural resources and products of their processing remains unresolved. The work clearly shows how the regulation of transboundary natural resources takes place, and what should be included in this concept. The novelty of the work is in an aspect that shapes the notion of the availability of natural resources in globalization and cross-border trade. As a legal nature, it is proposed to create interstate commissions, as well as concessions, as the basis for the development of natural resources’ joint use. In this work, the notion of natural resources has been expanded – to those authors include not only minerals in the traditional understanding of natural resources, but also general ecosystems. The leading direction in the development of the situation is interstate cooperation on the biosphere’s conservation.

Ecological Network Analysis (ENA) is introduced in this paper as a promising approach to study water use systems. A virtual node termed as environment and its virtual pathway flows are constructed to revise water use network model for involving environmental flow in sustainability measure using network structure indicators. To examine revised network model, the results of ENA based on the revised and the unrevised water use network models are compared. Network structure indicators from ENA involving ascendency and Finn Cycling Index (FCI) are calculated here. The Huaihe River Basin in China during 2010 to 2014, which is divided into four sub-basins, is chosen as the case study . In addition, the variation of ascendency due to network model modification is discussed through scenario analysis. Furthermore, the implications of ascendency and FCI in evaluating the importance of environmental flow function from the perspectives of network organization are discussed.

Ecological Network Analysis (ENA) is introduced in this paper as a promising approach to study water use systems. A virtual node termed as environment and its virtual pathway flows are constructed to revise water use network model for involving environmental flow in sustainability measure using network structure indicators. To examine revised network model, the results of ENA based on the revised and the unrevised water use network models are compared. Network structure indicators from ENA involving ascendency and Finn Cycling Index (FCI) are calculated here. The Huaihe River Basin in China during 2010 to 2014, which is divided into four sub-basins, is chosen as the case study . In addition, the variation of ascendency due to network model modification is discussed through scenario analysis. Furthermore, the implications of ascendency and FCI in evaluating the importance of environmental flow function from the perspectives of network organization are discussed.