Support for Environmental Technology and Environmental Industry Act. Country/Territory Korea, Republic of Document type Legislation Date 2000 (2011) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen. Keyword Pollution control Institution Sustainable development Environmental planning Environmental standards Ecofriendly products/ecofriendly processes Policy/planning Standards Protection of environment Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, East Asian Seas, Eastern Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific Abstract The purpose of this Act is to promote the development, support, and dissemination of environmental technologies and foster the environmental industry, thereby contributing to environmental conservation, green growth and the sustainable development of the national economy. The text – consisting of 37 articles deals, inter alia, with the following aspects: purpose, definitions; formulation of plans for promotion of environmental technologies and environmental industry; promotion of environmental technology development projects; Korea Environmental Industry and Technology Institute; commercialization of environmental technologies; new technology certifications and technology verifications. Full text English Website www.klri.re.kr