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This paper provides an overview of the integration of trade and environment in the North American Free Trade Agreement. The paper focuses on the lessons that the North American...

This landmark report by the UNEP FI Insurance Working Group is a testament to the fundamental role of the insurance industry in sustainable development, which is not a choice,...

Durante los ultimos veinte años se ha hecho más patente la toma de conciencia publica frente al aumento constante en los niveles de contaminación de las areas marinas y costeras...

Given the spotlight on livestock mobility, this study aimed to develop and pilot new methods and approaches to investigating livestock mobility, in order to review the...

This report discusses Rwandan policies and strategies and the respective provisions and articles that are particularly relevant to the promotion of RECP. The description under...

This paper gives a brief description of ecological monitoring - what it is, how it works, what results it produces and what it costs.

At the second meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol, held in London in June 1990, it was decided to establish an ad-hoc technical advisory committee (TAC) on...

The aim of this document is to present background information for a more popular introductory guide to LCM which will be produced in the coming months and is – together with an...

The Lake Chad Conventional Basin: A Diagnostic Study of Environmental Degradation summarizes the symptoms of environmental "ill health" in the basin, such as erosion of formerly...

Proceedings of theLcN Commission on National Parks and Protected Areas African Regional Working Session, Skukuza, Kruger National Park, South Africa, 11-17 October 1994

This report reviews the status of the atmosphere and air pollution in Africa since Rio as well as the impacts such pollution has had on man and the environment. It goes further...

This report seeks to further dissect the interplay between voluntary sustainability standards (VSS) and public governance processes.

"This report describes the proceedings of the Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction Study Tour in Kyrgyzstan on 10-14 November 2014 which brought together participants from...

The objective of this report is to analyse the potential for enhancing synergies between the biodiversity-related agreements and to develop a set of practical options for...

Data profiles of chemicals provide the information necessary to evaluate the potential hazards posed by chemicals to the health of man and his environment, or indicate the...

Madagascar has valuable living marine resources. Among the 123 species of sharks and rays present in Madagascar, 31 are classified by IUCN as threatened, 1 is endangered (the...

With the trends of the past 10 years behind us, and with the dynamic nature of renewable energy markets, technologies, and cost reductions continuing, we can look to the future...

An essential step towards achieving sustainable development is through the sound and efficient management of natural resources. One way to achieve that, is by accounting for the...

The overall goals of the climate change and security assessment are to identify and explain how climate change may exacerbate threats to security, and to propose effective...

This paper seeks to provide guidance and recommendations for policy-makers to increase ambition in Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement using the...