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The inclusion of green policy objectives in Barbados can be traced to the National Strategic Plan (2006-2025) and the Budget Speech of 2007. The process was given further...

Forests play a key role in the global carbon cycle, absorbing and storing carbon in their biomass and soils. The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) discussions...

The main objective of the research is to give a comprehensive assessment of Geographic In-formation Systems (GIS) applied for the establishment of sustainable development...

Solid waste management is an environmental priority for most islands in the Pacific. Unfortunately, lack of recycling and reduction initiatives, poor waste collection systems,...

This study confirms the presence of a gender gap in agricultural productivity in rural Malawi. Agriculture comprises 30% of Malawi's gross domestic product. Closing the gender...

The focus is on industrial and consumer chemicals; it does not take into consideration the specific regulatory needs of pesticides, pharmaceuticals or cosmetic products, which...

Obtaining information on cleaner production can be a challenging task of sifting through the seemingly endless amount of resources that are constantly changing. Not only is new...

When a toxic substance is released to the environment, it may not immediately reach and affect a population of sensitive receptors. This is particularly true if the substance...

Decision 8/13 (C) of the eighth session of the governing council of UNEP called for the development of an action plan for the protection and development of marine and coastal...

This MDG country report describes the current situation (including some data gaps) based on the revised list of MDG indicators with potential strategies for action designed to...

This report provides a regional overview of the land-based pollutant sources and their impacts on the marine, coastal and freshwater resources of the South Pacific Region. This...

This document is prepared by UNEP chemicals in co-operation with the secretariat of Basel convention . The publication is intended to serve as a first guide on available PCB...

Plant products may incorporate, at the same time, several mycotoxins, for instance, aflatoxins, kojic acid and zearalenone or ochratoxins and citrinin or other combinations of...

Continued integration of pro-poor environmental sustainability issues into development processes is at the core of the work of the joint United Nations Development Programme...

Fungi represent a vast heterogeneous group of organisms, differing in their morphology, methods of reproduction, cycles of development, ways of nutrition and habitats. At...

This publication contains practical information which may be useful to Governments, particularly those of developing countries, and to other concerned parties, on the use of...

This report broadly reviews the atmospheric transport of sulphur compounds on a regional scale. It lists estimates of present global emissions and summarizes present knowledge...

Highlights from the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 4 (MICS 4)

The Fourth Arab Report on the Millennium Development Goals 2013 highlights the progress made by Arab countries in achieving MDGs since 1990 and underlines ongoing development...

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...