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As a global health crisis grips the planet, it is becoming ever more clear that humanity is placing too many pressures on the natural world, with accelerating consequences. The...

This study confirms that there are many challenges in current waste management in Negombo at all stages of the lifecycle due to a range of technical, social, economic and...

Vital Signs (VS) was designed to address this challenge by providing integrated, near real-time measurements of agriculture, ecosystem services, and human well-being. These...

The success of RC3S’s programmes and activities in the past year became a notable modality for RC3S to realize its activities in 2020. While being at the early stages, RC3S has...

Almost sixty years ago, Barbados embarked on a plan to diversify its economy away from sugar towards tourism. This vision resulted in the transformation of the island and...

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...

Mercury is considered by the World Health Organization (WHO), as one of the top ten chemicals or groups of chemicals of major public health concern. This is primarily because...

This publications was produced to coincide with the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP), Climate Action provides an essential platform for governments, international...

The Conference of Plenipotentiaries for the Adoption of the Annexes to the Protocol Concerning Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW) in the Wider Caribbean Region was...

The future direction of forestry development which supported by the conservation of forest resources can be achieved by placing the function in poverty reduction, economic...

Artisanal and small-scale gold mining refers to informal or small-batch mining activities that use basic methods to extract gold from ore. The United Nations Industrial...

As reported in the UNEP/MAP Mid-Term Strategy 2016-2021 (MTS), the Contracting Parties, at COP 18 recommended to strengthen MAP activities in the field of Marine Spatial...

The South Asian Seas Programme (SASP) has taken the initiative in organising a Training Workshop on Marine Resources Sampling, Data Collection & Interpretation for the...

This Background Note provides a brief review of our present understanding of Green Jobs and the impact of climate change on the world of work highlighting the potential role of...

The ENVIRONMENTAL STATISTICS REPORT is prepared and published by the Statistical Office, Central Planning Division, Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning. This is the second...

Black carbon is a good indicator of combustion-related air pollution, and was only recently recognized as a short-lived climate-forcer, which contributes to warming the Earth's...

This book presents WHO guidelines for the protection of public health from a number of chemicals commonly present in indoor air. The substances considered benzene, carbon...

Against a background of rapid population growth, industrialization, urbanization and environmental degradation, UNEP is participating in the ongoing global initiatives and...

Water was chosen as the topic for this first European Environment Agency/United Nations Environment Programme (EEA/UNEP)' State of the Environment Message' because water affects...

The report synthesizes the available information on the most important inter-linkages