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The following is an outline of the progress made in the 10 years since Montevideo towards achieving the objectives and strategies laid down by the meeting of Experts, in respect...

The Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants was adopted at a Conference of Plenipotentiaries on 22 May 2001 in Stockholm, Sweden. The Convention entered into force...

Integrated monitoring is now defined as the repeated measurement of a range of environmental variables in a number of environmental compartments, such as water, soil, plants and...

The objectives of the manual are: i) to present scientific information necessary to understand the formation and dynamic behaviour of coastal sedimentary features; and ii) to...

This report is a brief overview over the problems around the utilization and conservation of mangrove forests and the mangrove ecosystems in Indonesia.

This report deals mainly with preparation of an inventory of the pollution sources and loads, and offers input on setting priorities and selecting management strategies and...

This report reviews and synthesizes country reports from Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand describing the state of knowledge on mangrove forests in...

This publication documents the state of the world's lakes and reservoirs, and suggests ways of managing them better. It insists that good management of the world's lakes and...

Despite the potential for fiscal instruments to reduce pollution and associated health impacts, there remains a knowledge gap on how to optimize the use of such instruments...

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...

The results of this assessment point to the need to restructure the existing energy policymaking processes to become more sustainability-focused. Clear policy guidelines,...

With the cooperation of a large number of experts, ICME has compiled this collection of case studies of tailings management practices in operations in many parts of the world....

De conformidad con Ia resolución 2997 (XXVII) de la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas, se establecio el PNUMA como purito central para las actividades relacionadas con ci...

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), in co-operation with the relevant specialized United Nations Agencies (FAQ, WHO, WMO, IOC), presented to the Intergovernmental...

A collection of Maps of the Wider Caribbean Region outlining data on Ratification Status of the Cartagena Convention (2009), Member Countries, Sources of Pollution and Water...

Rapid Watershed Hot-Spot Risk Assessment Tool: North western Coastal Water Quality - Demonstration Project for St. Lucia. The purpose of this assessment tool is to capture...

This report provides a snapshot of some of the latest information available on how COVID-19 is affecting different aspects of public and private life, from economic and...

From the first session of the UNEP Governing Council, held in June 1973, the importance of environmental issues associated with industrial development was recognized and a...

Wastewater pollution is a serious problem in the Caribbean. The Nature Conservancy (TNC) is assessing wastewater management in four island nations—the Dominican Republic, Haiti,...

The present overview was prepared at the request of the UNEP/GPA Coordination Office in response to decision 19114: B of the 19th Session of the Governing Council of UNEP...