292 datasets found

This report is a part of the GEO cities project and is a tool that seeks to enhance the decision making process and promote strategic action. It was prepared within the PSIR...

As this report points out, mostly the news is good. In 2001, it may have seemed a daunting task to halve the 1990 poverty rate − the proportion of people living on less than...

The Waste Account, Australia, Experimental Estimates, 2013 provides a series of experimental tables showing information on the generation and disposal of waste to landfills or...

This report follows a check-list and suggested format set out in South Pacific Commission (SPC) Savingram NO. 52. Australia has a Federal Constitution and in responding to the...

Le Sénégal connaît une forte dynamique de croissance démographique alors que l’offre de services sociaux et les possibilités d’insertion dans le marché du travail sont très...

The report provides decision makers with information about the state of Kigali’s environment and suggests policy responses to make Kigali “a state of the art and aesthetically...

To find out how our environment is faring, St. Helena’s first ever State of the Environment Report has been created. This report hopes to provide a snapshot of the environment...

The role and responsibility of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is to coordinate cooperation among all countries in the region, strengthen national and...

In 1999, the Korean Ministry of Environment (MOE) introduced a waste disposal verification system to prevent illegal waste disposal. When the system was first introduced, paper...

It is expected that the amount of metal waste generation would be increased over time. Although precious metals and other nonferrous metals retrievable in metal wastes have huge...

Lately, the optimized waste management system has moved into its stabilization phase, but the quantity of wastes continues to increase, thus accentuating the need to reinforce a...

Uganda, 1. Welcomes the decision of the UN General Assembly in Resolution No. 64/236 to convene the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) to focus on the...

This publication is presented again as one of the outputs from the UNSD/CARICOM Project (Now: CARICOM Program). This edition exclusively pays attention to the Environment with...

The 2013 Environment Report, in line with the previous editions, provides a comprehensive overview of the Bank’s environmental impact by means of quantitative indicators,...

Produced by the Costa Rican Ministry of the Environment and Energy and the University of Costa Rica, this report presents the results of two major analysis: the assessments of...

The first of the national reports in Latin America to be undertaken using the GEO methodology. Prepared by the National Environmental Authority (ANAM) of Panama, the report...

Assessment of the environment and policy in Peru undertaken by the National Environmental Commission (CONAM). The report examines the country’s natural resources, as well as...

Prepared by the Nicaraguan Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (MARENA) with assistance from its partner organizations. This report makes a critical analysis of the...

Integrated environmental assessment of Cuba using the GEO methodology. This report was completed by the Ministry of Science, Technology and the Environment, Cuba (CITMA) in...

En el GEO Panamá 2009, el país define la cuenca como unidad de planificación y gestión ambiental, y se convierte ésta en el escenario idóneo para que los instrumentos de gestión...