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This publication is an expanded version of the Tourism chapter of the Green Economy Report, which mobilizes policy makers to support increased investment in greening tourism...

This document presents the Sea Turtle Recovery Action Plan for Antigua and Barbuda, which proposes a five-year national Sea Turtle Conservation Programme. This plan seeks to (1)...

2019 Ozone Day activities in Côte d'Ivoire

This report attempts to understand some preliminary youth attitudes towards consumption, and evaluates the potential role of young people in a transition towards sustainable...

Free-burning landscape fire is an important natural phenomenon critical to the healthy functioning of many ecosystems. It is an important land management tool, culturally,...

The Action Plan for the Protection, Management and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the Northwest Pacific Region (NOWPAP), launched in September 1994 by the...

This paper presents a fictional Fast Track scenario, suggesting the key features of how a rapid transition to a low-carbon, resilient economy could play out in the financial...

Nepal has ratified number of International Convention and formulated legislation, rules and regulations including the Constitution of Nepal 2015 on environment and waste...

This bibliography is the second in the series devoted to the documents produced by the United Nations Environment Programme. Like the first bibliography, it serves as a user's...

This study examines the relationship between organic agriculture and food security in Africa, particularly East Africa, which is where UNCTAD and UNEP have, through their joint...

This publication is a practical guide to assist decision in national and local agencies in Indonesia to understand the issues of disaster wastes management. It outlines the...

Implementation of the East Asian Seas Action Plan is guided by strategies adopted by the COBSEA Intergovernmental Meeting2. The COBSEA Strategic Directions 2018-2022 were...

Reported cases of coastal hypoxia or low oxygen areas have doubled in each of the last four decades, threatening global environment benefits in most of the Large Marine...

Energy efficient, off-grid lighting solutions offer the most promising and scalable means to eliminate adverse health outcomes associated with fuel-based lighting, while...

This publication contains the texts of the two legal agreements that have been adopted for the protection and development of the marine environment and coastal areas of the...

This report compares Green Public Procurement (GPP) programs from four leading Asian countries (China, Japan, Korea and Thailand) to understand what the frameworks and key...

The Asia Waste Management Outlook (AWMO), which is regional in nature, is developed to complement the Global Waste Management Outlook (GWMO). This regional outlook provides an...

The objectives of the manual are: i) to present scientific information necessary to understand the formation and dynamic behaviour of coastal sedimentary features; and ii) to...

The aim of this study is to identify how Kenya can transition its key sectors – agriculture, energy, manufacturing and transport – towards a green economy pathway. It provides a...

Seagrasses provide important ecological functions and ecosystem services in coastal ecosystems. However, widespread and accelerated losses have been reported worldwide and some...