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Rapid Environmental Assessment Republic of Maldives
On 26 December 2004, an earthquake measuring 9.0 on the Richter scale caused powerful tsunamis that reached the Maldives around 9:30 in the morning. A United Nations Disaster... -
Kirkuk Debris Management Workshop Report
The primary objective of the debris management workshop was to support local authorities at the district and sub-district level in Kirkuk Governorate to develop debris... -
Science Policy Bridges Over Troubled Waters: Making Science Deliver Greater...
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has catalysed the largest investment of its kind in human history into shared water bodies. The GEF has catalysed more than US$7 billion of... -
Greening Our Games: Running Sports Events and Facilities that won't Cost the Earth
Greening Our Games is the first book to show sports decision-makers how to reduce their environmental impact and pocket the savings through 'eco-efficiency.' It covers every... -
Ecosystem and Human Well-Being - Opportunities and Challenges for Business...
The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) is a four-year international scientific assessment of the consequences of ecosystem change for human well-being. A multisectoral Board... -
Bamboo Biodiversity: Asia-Pacific Region
UNEP-WCMC Biodiversity Series 14. Bamboos are distinct and fascinating plants, with a wide range of values and uses. They play a significant role in biodiversity conservation... -
Country Case Study on Sources and Sinks in Morocco : Final Report
In accordance with Article 4 of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), all Parties are required to develop, periodically update, publish and make... -
Sustainable Public Procurement: How to Wake the Sleeping Giant! Introducing...
The Sustainable Public Procurement Implementation Guidelines, or ‘Guidelines,’ provide decision makers in government, experts and consultants with a methodology and roadmap for... -
The State of the Environment in Qatar
In the course of discussions carried out during my visit to Qatar in April, 1983, it was recommended that the UNEP Regional Office for West Asia should assist the Permanent... -
Once Burned, Twice Shy? Lessons Learned from the 1997-98 El Niño
This assessment reviewed forecasts and impacts of the 1997-98 El Niño, as well as the climate-related early warning and natural disaster preparedness systems in the following... -
A Estrategia Global da Biodiversidade
Toda a vida na Terra faz parte de urn grande siste-ma interdependente, que simultanearnente interage e depende dos componentes abiOticos do planeta: atmos-fera, oceanos, água... -
Review of the Access to, Availability of, and Organizational Readiness for...
The Caribbean Regional Fund for Wastewater Management (CReW) has realized that simply providing funds may not be enough to solve the challenges participating countries face in... -
The clean energy voyage
The Clean Energy Voyage explores the rapid progress with clean energy technologies, policies and projects over the past decade, and explores the many myths about the potential... -
State of the Environment Report - 1980: The State of Kuwait
The State of Kuwait 1980 state of the environment report -
Special Ecorea
Ecorea is a compound of the prefix “Eco”, which suggests an ecologically sound and comfortable environment, and the name of the nation, “Korea”. This special edition of ECOREA... -
Desertification Control in Africa: Actions and Directory of Institutions Volume I
One of the programme objectives of the UNEP Desertification Control Programme Activity Centre since its establishment as the Desertification Branch in early 1978 has been to... -
Targeting toxic chemicals on the way to the Johannesburg summit
The World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) offers the opportunity for concerted action by governments, industry, and NGOs to insist on proper chemical testing and to... -
Review of Woodfuel Biomass Production and Utilization in Africa: A Desk Study
This study, undertaken by UN Environment in cooperation with the African Union Commission, and validated by experts from 35 African countries, establishes the baseline data and... -
Children and the Environment - The State of the Environment 1990
This report, issued as a joint contribution by UNEP and UNICEF, summarizes how children have been affected by environmental changes, and vice versa - and what can be done. Time... -
Childhood Exposure to Environmental Lead - MARC Report Number 34
Considerable attention has been given to evaluating the significance of environmental pollution by lead. It has long been known that lead in sufficient quantities is a...