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The World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) is likely to see the Kyoto Protocol finally coming into force. While this will be a moment to celebrate, there is no cause to...

Reliable information on impacts of the socio-economic growth on environment, ecosystems and, consequently, on public health is essential for framing and implementing sound and...

Small Island Developing States (SIDS) have placed sustainable development prominently on their agenda for twenty years, since the 1992 Earth Summit recognised the special case...

This publication addresses the current state of reindeer husbandry of northern Mongolia and presents recommendations from the Mongolian reindeer herders for improving the...

Deforestation is responsible for approximately 17% of global greenhouse gas emissions, and is therefore a major contributor to climate change, but also to the loss of...

More than five years ago we published the first edition of Vital Caspian Graphics, which impressed readers with its abundance of new material presented in a synthesized and...

Biodiversity and ecosystems deliver crucial services to humankind, from food security to keeping our waters clean, buffering against extreme weather, providing medicines to...

With global action and positive momentum towards improving access to safe water and sanitation, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the UN Human Settlements...

This publication summarizes the development and the present state of the individual indicators. Its ambition is to foster further development of our country in the area of the...

The Report on the Environment is a basic environmental reporting document of the Czech Republic. The methodology of the Report did not change much between 1994 and 2008, and...

El Segundo Reporte de Avance de Indicadores, que ahora se publica, es nuevamente producto del trabajo conjunto de la Semarnat y el INEGI

The historic Rio Earth Conference brought sustainable development to the global political agenda. As part of this process and in recognition of the peculiar vulnerabilities and...

The aim of this report is to assess the actions which Turkey has realized during its sustainable development process, to reveal the policies which Turkey will apply in the...

The report “Environment Switzerland 2013” provides an overview of the current state of the environment in our country. It assesses the measures implemented by the federal...

The report “Environment Switzerland 2011”, which was compiled jointly by the Federal Offi ce for the Environment (foen ) and the Federal Statistical Offi ce (fso ), provides an...

This research was undertaken by the Environmental Crime Project (ECP) of the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) as part of an eight-country study to determine the nature and...

This book explains why and how the reform of fisheries subsidies has become one of the most concrete and potentially successful international efforts to achieve global...

This fifth EPA State of Environment report provides an integrated assessment of the overall quality of Ireland’s environment, the pressures being placed on it and the societal...

This third annual edition of Climate Action focuses on some of the major issues for resolution in Copenhagen and the actors who can help to implement the solutions. Progress...

El desarrollo de los indicadores en México se realizó de manera conjunta por la Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (Semarnat) y el Instituto Nacional de...