144 datasets found

Africa and Asia's dependence on natural resources makes their people most vulnerable to environmental change. This vulnerability includes both natural and human phenomena,...

Globally, people are becoming increasingly aware of the degradation of the world's water bodies. The need for a holistic assessment of transboundary waters in order to respond...

The 2006 State of Environment Report (SOE) Report illustrates very clearly Samoa's environmental vulnerabilities and challenges, as well as supporting the creation of a more...

This report presents the assessment of the Indian Ocean Islands, one of two oceanic assessments conducted by the GIWA. The region covers the Island States of Comoros, Mauritius,...

This report presents the results of the GIWA assessment of the Oyashio Current region-one of the most productive waters in East Asia. Changes in the hydrological cycle and ocean...

The American Samoa Government (ASG) is now in receipt of the Economic Development Plan 1979-1984 (EDP). It anticipates receipt in the near future of a companion document, the...

The report provides an insight on various priority issues for India related to the current status of environment and natural resources, the pressures behind environmental...

A ligação entre a Gestão Ambiental Global e o Desenvolvimento Durável é capital para um país como Cabo Verde. Os “cenários” de desenvolvimento humano e económico, tendo em conta...

Uma viagem retrospectiva ao conceito de desenvolvimento sustentável conduz-nos, ate dois eventos marcantes da história: Maurice Strong, quem enquanto Secretario Geral da...

O Relatório Brundtland de 1987 propôs uma definição do Desenvolvimento Sustentável como um Desenvolvimento que responde às necessidades das gerações actuais sem comprometer a...

As part of the mid-term review of the implementation of the indicative programmes for Vanuatu the European Commission requires a Country Environmental Profile. The objective of...

Palau is blessed with a wealth of natural resources. We enjoy clean air, clean water, abundant marine life, and healthy, productive reefs. Our stunning Rock Islands and majestic...

This report evaluates the state of the air, aquatic (fresh-marine), as well as the urban and industrial environments

This report presents the GIWA assessment of the Humboldt Current region, located along western South America, stretching from the Ecuadorian-Colombian border to the south of...

This fourth state of the environment report evaluates the state of the environment across a number of themes including, climate change, water quality, air quality and emissions,...

The United Nations Conference for Sustainable Development held in Rio de Janeiro in2012 (known as Rio+20) called for the convening in 2014 of a third internationalconference on...

This State of the Environment Report describes the environmental issues in Tuvalu and provides a background and context for the government in its next task of preparing the...

The 1998 State of the Environment Report is the second of our annual reports that focuses on a selected area or aspect of the environment, which the Environmental Management...

Twenty years after the BPOA, the third International Conference on the SustainableDevelopment of SIDS will once again bring to fore the vulnerabilities anddevelopment needs of...

The water quality monitoring systems based on Water Quality Tele-Monitoring System (Water TMS) and Internet Protocol-Ubiquitous Sensor Network (IP-USN) are the representative IT...