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Land degradation is worldwide in geographic extent and global in its environmental and socio-economic impacts. Drylands that are particularly vulnerable to land degradation...

The ABC for Sustainable Cities aims to bring clarity on this. Rather than providing a single univocal definition of what is a “Sustainable City”, it brings together key elements...

This is the first of the annual state of the environment reports which, instead of covering a broad range of environmental issues, focuses on a limited number of environmental...

An International Workshop was held to consider land degradation in drylands and its management, particularly as it relates to carbon management as a means to combat global...

The objectives of this study are to: 1. Assess the extent and severity of land degradation in Asia; 2. Estimate the economic efficiency of measures for the target of LDN in...

As part of the broader United Nations Development Programme and United Nations Environment Programme (UNDP/UNEP) Poverty-Environment Initiative (PEI), Phase 1 Project, the...

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 side event sought to address the gendered dimensions of the triple planetary crisis with a particular focus on the gender differentiated impacts and inequalities perpetuated...

UNEP's mandate for desertification control is based on almost twenty years of Governing Council and General Assembly Resolutions, frequently updated. These have been...

The report is structured around two arguments. Firstly, natural resources and ecosystem services in particular have significant contribution to economic growth and poverty...

This paper summarizes the core environmental challenges in the Middle East-North Africa (MENA) region. It is an adapted and extended version of the Environmental Outlook for the...

More than 180 countries have peatlands but we are only just starting to understand their role in both climate change and our efforts to curb it. Peatlands cover less than three...

This volume assesses the state of the art in applying economic valuation techniques to environmental problems in developing countries. It is in fulfilment of a contract between...

Recent discussion of biodiversity loss has focused on its expected ecological consequences, as well as on the aesthetic, ethical, sociological, and economic effects this loss...

Pressure to convert and degrade forests continues to be high in developing nations such as Kenya, resulting in substantial emissions of carbon dioxide. Through the United...

This report on the environmental dimension of the SDGs in Latin America and the Caribbean aims to explore the relationship between the environment and the issues prioritized in...

The Integrated Environmental Assessment (IEA) Report of Central Asia is one of the outputs of UNEP’s capacity building programme. The report identifies key environmental issues...

As an outcome of the negotiation meeting of the summary for policymakers of the sixth Global Environment Outlook, held in Nairobi from 21 to 24 January 2019, the Bureau of the...

This survey of the literature on lead in soil discusses methods of estimation of total and available lead in soils, the relationships between soil properties and the uptake of...

The World Environment 1972-1992 offers a look at the environment from three perspectives. Ten introductory chapters detail the range of environmental threats and examine how...