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The present document, the fourth in the series, is divided into two parts. The first part of this report defines terms used in vegetation sampling, and discusses both the...

The present document, the seventh in the series, reviews the status and trend of the woody plant cover in the Sahel. The history of the climate of the Sahel is used to place the...

The present document, the fifth in the series, examines the use of radiometers in the estimation of primary production in sahelian pastures, based an the Project's results. It...

Environmentally sound technologies (ESTs) are increasingly being promoted internationally, regionally and nationally as potential solutions to environmental challenges such as...

Cape Verde had a popuplation of just over half a million people in 2013 (World Bank, 2015). Total electricity produced in 2015 was 31 ktoe, 87 per cent of which was generated...

According to the African Energy Commission (AFREC, 2015), total electricity produced in 2015 was 278 ktoe with 99.6 per cent of it produced from fossil fuels. Industry consumed...

Burkina Faso has a population of 17.08 million. Electricity production in 2015 was 69 ktoe with 89.8 per cent of it generated from fossil fuels. Final consumption of electricity...

In 2013, the population of Cameroon was 22.25 million (IEA, 2016). Total electricity produced in 2015 was 628 ktoe with 75 per cent of it from hydroelectricity. In 2015,...

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...

This book concentrates on the environmental impacts of the more important bioenergy systems. In order to explain those, some discussion of the various bioenergy processes was...

Burundi’s population in 2013 was 10.4 million). Total electricity produced in 2015 was 17 ktoe down from 21 ktoe in 2010.

By 2013, Benin had a population of 10.32 million. Electricity production in 2015 was 54 ktoe with 99.2 per cent of it generated from fossil fuels. Industry consumed 22.2 per...

UN Environment this year commemorates 45 years of its existence with a track record in leading efforts to protect our environment. Established in December 1972 as a follow up to...

This Toolkit is a methodology to help countries just developing their inventories to estimate releases of PCDD/PCDF and also leads them through the process of how to enhance and...

This training manual has been produced in December 2019 by the Rwanda Environment and Management Authority through the Poverty-Environment Action in partnership with the United...

International trade is indispensable in enabling countries to meet demand for vital resources, which are not available, accessible or affordable domestically. However, it is...

Over the past five decades, our global population has doubled, the extraction of materials has tripled and gross domestic product has quadrupled. The extraction and processing...

This particular report was prepared by the IRP’s Working Group on Environmental Impacts, with the aim to enhance knowledge on the nature, location and size of the environmental...

The Global Bioenergy Partnership (GBEP) project provides technical assistance to government officials and experts in Ethiopia and Kenya to assess the sustainability of their...