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During the past two decades, awareness of the impacts of pollution on the coastal and marine environments of the Wider Caribbean Region (WCR) has increased. Tourism, one of the...

The major objectives of the studies are to identify: i) The importation and consumption of LAB in various sectors and the future trends in ULAB, including the ULAB trade flow;...

This report is a synthesis of the evaluation that has taken place, and gives an overview of the policy aspects of the environmental issues emanating from the petroleum industry,...

The aluminium inustry is one of the major industrial Sectors agreed for examination. Consultations have been undertaken with experts nominated by Governments, Industry and...

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...

The benefits of plastic are undeniable. The material is cheap, lightweight and easy to make. These qualities have led to a boom in the production of plastic over the past...

L'industrie de l'aluminium est l'un des principaux secteurs industriels retenus afin d'être examiné. Des consultations ont êté entreprises avec des experts nommés par les...

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...

With a population of 250 million, Indonesia is the fourth most populous country and second-largest plastic polluter in the world after China. The country produces 3.2 million...

This directory has been prepared to aid those seeking qualified experts in various environmental fields, in order to fulfill the pressing needs for mitigating environmental...

complement the Plastic Waste Analysis and Characterization Study conducted in Cebu City. The goal of the data collection for waste plastics and the city solid waste management...

The study is a result of an interdisciplinary approach of a research team guided by Professor Kwi-Gon Kim, Seoul National Univer-sity. The research team's excellent perceptions...

The Asia Waste Management Outlook (AWMO), which is regional in nature, is developed to complement the Global Waste Management Outlook (GWMO). This regional outlook provides an...

South Africa is estimated to generate domestically a total of 12.7 million tonnes of waste per annum. In the country, municipalities are facing increasing pressures and...

The SWITCH Africa Green project is developed and funded by the European Union. It was launched in 2014 with 7 African pilot countries (Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya,...

It is the objective of this report to discuss the uses made of mangrove ecosystems and to try to resolve the conflicts arising from these uses. In doing so, we begin by stating...

This volume is part of a series of publications on waste management in SIDS prepared by the UNEP's Division of Environmental Policy Implementation. The publications were...

"Ecology Note – Towards Clean and Beautiful Capital City – is a supplementary material for primary school teachers who wish to introduce environmental education for the first...

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 primary emphasis of this book is on the management of solid waste in an urban setting. The urban setting may be a small municipality, any intermediate size community, or a...