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One of the most striking features of this collection of case studies is the diversity of environmental problems which have been targetted by these policy instruments, including...

Due to the success of this programme and the high demands expressed by network participants, it was agreed by the GEMS/WATER Steering Committee to develop a comprehensive guide...

The purpose of this report is both to inform and advise. It assesses the current and likely future groundwater quality problems, both natural and anthropogenic, in the region...

This report provides an overview of the current state of the environment in the occupied Palestinian territory. Building on earlier work by the United Nations Environment...

The Lake Chad Conventional Basin: A Diagnostic Study of Environmental Degradation summarizes the symptoms of environmental "ill health" in the basin, such as erosion of formerly...

A team of consultants and National experts was commissioned by UNEP-ROWA to prepare a National Plan of Action to Combat Desertification (NPACD) for the State of Bahrain.

This technical report comprises an integral part of the broader United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) post-conflict environmental assessment (PCEA) of the DRC. The UNEP...

The central aim for all three initial use cases is the integration of in-situ measurements, remote sensing based Earth Observation and water quality modelling data to derive the...

The State of the Convention Area (SOCAR)is the fi rst such region-wide assessment undertaken by the Secretariat, and is a baseline assessment of the state of the Wider Caribbean...

Against a background of rapid population growth, industrialization, urbanization and environmental degradation, UNEP is participating in the ongoing global initiatives and...

This annexes include: Annex 4.3-1 Recent reviews of pesticide concentrations in surface water bodies and their risks to aquatic life (Included are reviews published between 2010...

This chapter deals with site-specific land contamination issues where the focus was on soil and groundwater contamination. Sites were assessed on a case-by case basis, where it...

This Diagnostic Report reflects the combined efforts of many dedicated individuals working on the numerous problems associated with the current changes in the Aral Sea and its...

Through a total of 40 graphics, together with accompanying texts arid maps, Vital Water Graphics highlights how the quantity, quality and availability of fresh and marine waters...

The purpose of this book is to provide a compilation of methodologies that are currently in use, or have been used, in laboratories that provide water quality data and...

This document is part of a series of guidebooks that address various aspects of monitoring and assessment of freshwater. It describes the main features of groundwater that...

The tiny fraction of freshwater not bound up in ice sheets and glaciers comprises only a very small fraction of total global water volume (about 0.79 %) (1). Global use of that...

This document sets out guidance on sites contaminated by mercury or mercury compounds, as adopted by the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury at its...

Water pollution control is clearly one of the most critical of those challenges. Without urgent and properly directed action, developing countries face mounting problems of...

This fact sheet is part of a series prepared as part of the Environmental Assessment of Ogoniland by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). It provides the...