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The African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) decided and recommended the establishment of Eight Regional Technical Cooperation Networks on environment and...

The Mediterranean Action Plan is a specific form of multidisciplinary cooperation among Mediterranean countries in the research, monitoring, protection and enhancement of the...

The Mediterranean Action Plan is a specific form of multidisciplinary cooperation among Mediterranean countries in the research, monitoring, protection and enhancement of the...

The present manual is conceived as the training component of the project Microbial Technologies for Degradation of Persistent Pollutants" in order to allow the firsthand...

This document sets out guidance on sites contaminated by mercury or mercury compounds, as adopted by the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury at its...

World atlas of desertification

This working paper is an initial assessment of the potential impact of plastics used in agriculture. The paper focuses primarily on identifying sources of plastics and examining...

Total Hg monitoring in the environment provides limited data, and speciation/fractionation analysis is mandatory as it provides useful information related to anthropogenic...

This fact sheet is part of a series prepared as part of the Environmental Assessment of Ogoniland by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). It provides the...

Global land use plays a central role in determining our food, material and energy supply. Many countries have started to support the use of biomass for biofuels and...

This fact sheet is part of a series prepared as part of the Environmental Assessment of Ogoniland by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). It provides the...

Soil as the main medium for agriculture, the protection and the sustainable utilization of it are significant for the promotion of sustainable production and consumption in...

This Brief enhances our understanding of the interwoven relationships and the subsequent fluxes of energy between plants, soils and water on the ground, as well as in and with...

The report represents the best available understanding of what has happened to the environment of Ogoniland – and the corresponding implications for affected populations – and...

The soils policy suggested in this document is meant to be illustrative rather than exhaustive in character, and by no means a substitute for local experience, foresight or...

The Global Bioenergy Partnership (GBEP) project provides technical assistance to government officials and experts in Ethiopia and Kenya to assess the sustainability of their...

Foresight Foresight Briefs highlight a hotspot of environmental change, feature an emerging science topic, or discuss a contemporary environmental issue. They provide a...

This chapter provides a comprehensive overview of the current Land and Soil policy framework and the related shortcomings, especially in terms of policy cohesion and...

The main messages of the fth report of the Global Environment Outlook (GEO-5) could be extrapolated to GEO-6. Perhaps the most important difference is the recognition of climate...