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The United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, which took place in Stockholm, 5-16 June 1972, adopted the Action Plan for the Human Environment, including the General...

This assessment describes the far-reaching impacts of plastics across the planet and in our oceans. The assessment sets out to address four key questions to help guide future...

This report reviewing the status of the coastal and marine environment in Sri Lanka, together with similar reports from other countries in the South Asian Seas Region will...

As an outcome of the negotiation meeting of the summary for policymakers of the sixth Global Environment Outlook, held in Nairobi from 21 to 24 January 2019, the Bureau of the...

This document synthesizes the national inventories and synopses in four thematic overviews on coral reefs, seagrass beds, coastal wetlands, and watersheds and attempts to focus...

In this catalogue there are brief descriptions of technologies that can be implemented to address the contamination of water bodies by plastics and microplastics. For each...

The potential and demonstrated risks presented by plastics are high. Meeting the challenge will require urgent preventive action. This report reviews some of the most relevant...

The terms of reference are set out in the report of the eleventh session of GESAMP, paragraph 12.3, viz: - To review the current literature and results of ongoing research and...

This report was conceived with a naturalistic approach, i.e. global and inter-regional, incorporating different parameters which shape the coastal zone. It is subdivided into 3...

The purpose of the report is to give basic guidelines for the assessment of the effects of coastal area development on the marine environment and its resources. The report is...

This paper reviews the results of a series of papers prepared by members of the Task Team on Implications of Climate Changes in the Eastern African Region, in cooperation with...

This Reference Method was designed to provide the user with reliable techniques for the determination of certain specific biological effects of chemical contaminants. This is...

The purpose of this document is to provide a compact guide for technical personnel in developing countries who need a perspective and ready reference on the possible...

The purpose of this document is to contribute to the process of development of an environmental quality criteria to scientifically address the ecological, cultural and socio-...

This report reviews and evaluates the economic impact on the fisheries of the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts of the United States of other human activities. Four types of...

As outlined in this, first ever annual report, IETC delivered substantial results aligned with the waste management goals in the United Nations Environment Programme’s programme...

East Asia is probably one of the most complicated areas of the world, with its great diversity of geography, races, societies, economies and environments. It contains the...

In 1969 the Assembly of the International. Maritime Organization (IMO) decided to convene an International Conference for the purpose of preparing a suitable international...

This knowledge compendium has been developed to serve as a useful reference compiling all the publications that SEA circular and its partners have released as at December 2021....

The National Source Inventory (NSI) report is intended to collect available data in Cambodia on plastic products lifecycle and flows, waste generation, composition and disposal...