367 datasets found

Marine, coastal and freshwater ecosystems are complex and characterized by different outcomes and by the potential of rapid change, they present also linkages and tradeoffs...

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...

Globally, people are becoming increasingly aware of the degradation of the world's water bodies. The need for a holistic assessment of transboundary waters in order to respond...

The focus of this report is on land-based sources of marine pollution, typically addressed under the UNEP Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment...

This report presents the assessment of the Indian Ocean Islands, one of two oceanic assessments conducted by the GIWA. The region covers the Island States of Comoros, Mauritius,...

This report presents the results of the GIWA assessment of the Oyashio Current region-one of the most productive waters in East Asia. Changes in the hydrological cycle and ocean...

The report provides an insight on various priority issues for India related to the current status of environment and natural resources, the pressures behind environmental...

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...

This report evaluates the state of the air, aquatic (fresh-marine), as well as the urban and industrial environments

This manual is designed to allow a comprehensive approach to coastal and marine environment the islands of the Comoros and its human uses.

This report presents the GIWA assessment of the Humboldt Current region, located along western South America, stretching from the Ecuadorian-Colombian border to the south of...

This fourth state of the environment report evaluates the state of the environment across a number of themes including, climate change, water quality, air quality and emissions,...

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...

This report presents the GIWA assessment of the Small Islands sub-system of the Caribbean Sea region - an area particularly vulnerable to human activities owing to the fragility...

Le gouvernement du Sénégal, conscient de la relation étroite entre la croissance économique et l’environ - nement dans le processus du développement durable, s’est engagé à...