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This updated report provides an update on the domestic and industrial pollutant loads discharged in WCR, sanitation coverage expansion and treatment, as well as the pollutant...

The present report is a very valuable boost for the pioneering efforts in Mediterranean countries to implement cleaner production in our part of the world.

This report provides a platform to measure indicators of development and poverty reduction over a multi-year time frame. It is also part of ongoing scientific research to...

The present report highlights good practices in the recognition and implementation of the human right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment. The term “good...

This publication aims to explore how current trends in faecal sludge management are impacting human and environmental health in Africa (both sub-Saharan and Northern Africa)....

In every society, there is the need to manage production and consumption and investment patterns in relation to environmental, economic and social elements of sustainability....

For decades antimicrobials have contributed to the reduction of infectious diseases in humans, animals and plants, saving lives and increasing productivity. Their effectiveness...

These cases were selected to showcase innovative and visionary approaches to sustainable infrastructure change across a broad range of contexts, and are intended to demonstrate...

The sub-themes of this document illustrate how women's capacities in environment management attempt to avert or repair environmental degradation. But despite women's leadership...

This draft report is a component of the independent assessment of Montevideo IV, mandated by the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) and which is currently being...

This report was prepared to inform the formulation of the five-year National Development Plan (NDP), whose theme is ‘Growth, Employment and Prosperity’. It is based on a study...

This brochure gives some examples of joint activities between the European Commission and the United Nations Environment Programme towards the common aim of environmental...

Infrastructure development decisions should be based on strategic planning that is aligned with global sustainable development agendas and supported by enabling policies,...

The seventh pan-European environmental assessment gives an insight into the progress achieved in environmental protection, a cornerstone of life and human health, but also...

More than 90 percent of the world’s people now have access to improved water sources. In the past 25 years 2.1 billion people gained access to improved sanitation facilities. At...

The present report aims to give insight in the feasibility to develop regional Wastewater Emission Targets (WET) within the UNEP/GPA-RS framework. It highlights the availability...

Sanitation, including the proper management of wastewater, is central to ensuring human and ecosystem health, and economic and environmental benefits. While significant efforts...

This report aims to highlight some existing sanitation system alternatives (e.g. ecological sanitation) to conventional (centralised) sewer based sanitation systems; but also to...

Given that the health problems associated with the domestic environment mainly affect women and children, gender issues are a strong component of this study. The book provides...

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...