Some 15 years since the concessions were established, the deforestation rate in the managed areas is close to zero, according to a March study led by the Rainforest Alliance.
A Project Company (Shanghai Zhuyuan Youlian No.1 Wastewater Treatment Ltd. CO). was established and awarded a 20-year concession agreement by Shanghai Water Authority.
Almost 75% of the gas concession, created in 2000 and called Lot 88, overlaps the reserve, which was established 10 years earlier.
In 2003, the Autocesta Zagreb Macelj company was established by the Croatian government and was awarded a concession contract to operate the motorway.
Helping the concession areas thrive costs money; the United States Agency for International Development has contributed an estimated $50 million since the biosphere reserve was established 25 years ago.
They also argued that more demanding requirements should be established for route concessions because routes sometimes are awarded to companies or individual bus owners that do not possess the administrative and financial means to guarantee the proper operation of buses.
But the concession was heavily qualified.
The concession was, however, a slight one.
So concession was foreseeable.
The concession is rarely necessary.
