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This report is about the role and impact of environmental factors in securing human safety and sustained development of the eastern Caspian Sea region, including the parts of...

The new rapid response report entitled In Dead Water has for the first time mapped the multiple and combined impacts of pollution

This Outlook presents some stark choices for human societies. On one hand it warns that the diversity of living things on the planet continues to be eroded as a result of human...

Biodiversity Implementation handbook

In January 2009 a new ‘Northern Ireland Environmental Statistics Report,’ was launched. This report follows on from ‘Our Environment, Our Heritage, Our Future: State of the...

Report of the International Meeting to Review the Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States

This Desk Study has been prepared by UNEP as a contribution to tackling the immediate post-conflict humanitarian situation in Iraq, and the subsequent rebuilding of the...

The aim of this desk study is to outline the state of the environment and identify major areas of environmental damage requiring urgent attention. It is based on a review of...

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – the framework that has been a key part of efforts to build a better world for the past 15 years – challenged the global community to...

Land-based sources and activities affecting the quality and uses of the marine, coastal and associated freshwater environment.

L'élaboration de la Stratégie Nationale de Développement Economique et Social (SNDES) pour la période 2013-2017 obéit à la volonté politique d’inscrire le Sénégal sur la...

Over the last 15 years, Uganda has achieved spectacular economic growth, thanks to the introduction of an enabling macro-economic environment and political stability. However,...

This report presents the GIWA assessment of the Pacific Islands region, which comprises more than 20 Island nations or territories that exhibit enormous geomorphological,...

This report presents the results of the UNEP/GIWA assessment for the Barents Sea region.

The Amazon Basin is the largest basin on the planet and also one of the least understood. Its drainage area covers more than one third of the South American continent, and its...

This report presents the GIWA assessment of the Mekong River region which comprises parts of Cambodia, China, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. Rapid economic development...

The main problem in North America is the location of water resources relative to large population centers where the majority of the freshwater drains away from the bulk of the...

Water is a unique and vital resource, for which there is no substitute. In Latin America and the Caribbean, major rivers, lakes, and aquifers are shared by two or more...

Water is a unique and vital resource. In Latin America and the Caribbean major rivers, lakes, and aquifers are shared by two or more countries. The region is characterized by...

Summary for policymakers on aviation and global atmosphere.