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The present report is an effort by the UNEP Climate Change Working Group for Bilateral Finance Institutions (‘Working Group’ – see p. iii) to both transparently disclose their...

The Regional Seas Programme was initiated by UNEP in 1974. Since then the Governing Council of UNEP has repeatedly endorsed a regional approach to the control of marine...

A Subregional Awareness Raising Workshop on the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent (PIC) Procedure for certain hazardous chemicals and pesticides in...

The purpose of this study is to analyse the economic value of Nigeria’s forest resources, where possible, placing added focus on resources found in the CRS, and demonstrate some...

This document is a compilation containing the basic texts adopted by the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment (Stockholm, June 1972) as well as the resolutions and...

This publication is intended to explain to readers how important groundwater is, the extent of the threat to it, and the actions that can be taken to protect it.

Part 1 of this study provides a briefing to the financial world on current and emerging avenues for business activity in forest-carbon, and highlights roles and barriers for...

This is the first of the annual state of the environment reports which, instead of covering a broad range of environmental issues, focuses on a limited number of environmental...

There are direct links between Ebola outbreaks in humans and the contact with infected bushmeat from gorillas and chimpanzees

This document is a project report for the Dominican Republic. Its purpose is to support decision making of key stakeholders within the Transforming Tourism Value Chain’s project...

Sand and gravels are the unrecognised foundational material of our economies. They are mined the world over, with aggregates accounting for the largest volume of solid material...

This Workshop on Environmental Guidelines for Municipal Wastewater Reuse in the Mediterranean Region was organized to enable the exchange of experience among the Mediterranean...

The detailed analysis of an environmental system is a prerequisite to efficient monitoring design. Such analysis includes the sampling scheme, field measurements, pathway...

Coffee production in the Central Highlands faces a multitude of challenges; decades of intensive cultivation and expansion onto marginal land has degraded the soil quality and...

The objective of this paper is to contribute to ongoing negotiations at the WTO by analyzing MEA traderelated measures in the context of the overall objective of the MEAs. In...

This document presents an overview of non-government organisation (NG0) activities in the seven subject areas selected for in-depth review at the eighth session of the United...

The present report examines new information and scientific perspectives on the open oceans that have emerged in the 5 year period since GESAMP first addressed this topic. Not...

Working together under the framework of the Transport, Health and Environment Pan-European Programme partnership on jobs in green and healthy transport, the United Nations...

The Compendium of Environmental Law of African Countries is prepared by the Environmental 'Law and Institutions Programme Activity Centre (ELIJPAC) under the auspices of the...

This document identifies the milestones achieved since 1992 in using sport as a catalyst for promoting positive action and changing attitudes. The Olympic Movement (OM) is...