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The year 2010 marks the International Year of Biodiversity and the global deadline for halting the loss of biodiversity. At the sixth meeting of the Conference of Parties to the...

The MPA Outlook, from the Nairobi Convention and the Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association, documents progress made by countries in the region towards the achievement...

This Analytical Brief provides information about past assessments, outlines the challenge but also provides a plan for a world water quality assessment, which, if undertaken,...

This draft report is a component of the independent assessment of Montevideo IV, mandated by the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) and which is currently being...

The compilation of papers in the present volume of the Review is based on lectures presented during the sixteenth University of Eastern Finland – United Nations Environment...

The papers in the present Review are based on lectures given during the eighth University of Eastern Finland – UNEP Course on International Environmental Agreements. It was held...

The Aichi Targets state that governments and natural resource stakeholders ought to, among other commitments, implement plans for sustainable production and consumption. These...

The aim of this study is to align the Convention on Biological Diversity’s post-2020 global biodiversity framework (GBF) with the remit and scope of the UNEP Regional Seas...

This paper is aimed at policy makers to demonstrate the progress that has been made to date and the action that can be taken right now to measure, report and disclose corporate...

This report from UNEP-WCMC reviews a relevant sample of VNRs in order to assess the level of biodiversity inclusion in the various national SDG implementation processes. The...

This annexes include: Annex 4.3-1 Recent reviews of pesticide concentrations in surface water bodies and their risks to aquatic life (Included are reviews published between 2010...

This report synthesizes information on environmental problems - status and trends - related to existing and changing natural and socio-economic conditions in the NOWPAP region.

This brochure gives some examples of joint activities between the European Commission and the United Nations Environment Programme towards the common aim of environmental...

This book seeks to explore how legislation, which is the backbone of governance and enforcement systems, accommodates and makes provision for the connections among economic (and...

This report provides the first systematic overview on the impacts of major pressures on marine biodiversity in the NOWPAP region, namely: eutrophication, non-indigenous species,...

Human activity can have a detrimental effect on forests and other parts of the environment, and Goal 15 pledges to reduce or reverse these consequences to provide a more viable...

This paper summarizes the core environmental challenges in the Middle East-North Africa (MENA) region. It is an adapted and extended version of the Environmental Outlook for the...

To support the country’s restoration objectives this study therefore seeks to identify priority areas in existing cocoa landscapes where tree cover could be increased to meet...

This paper describes the elements, structure, course and outcomes of a negotiation simulation exercise for the University of Eastern Finland – UN Environment Course on...

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) represent a new mode of governance through shared goals instead of legally binding international agreements. Nevertheless, global action...