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This issue of UNEPs Regional Seas Reports and Studies summarizes the main findings of the Regional Task Teams on implications of climate change on the marine environment and...

The Assessment of Human-Induced Soil Degradation in South and Southeast Asia (ASSOD) is a sequel to the survey of Global Assessment of the Status of Human-Induced Soil...

The purpose of this report is threefold: 1. To present projections of coral bleaching conditions (i.e., exposure to the primary climate threat to coral reefs) and potential...

The Regional Seas Programme was initiated by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in 1974 in response to the selection of the oceans as a priority area by the UNEP...

This document aims to outline some of the main environmental problems that exist in the South Asian Seas region and to set forth recommendations for activities and projects that...

This market baseline study provides a global overview of auto fuel (both crude and refined) and vehicle markets in various sub-regions where higher sulphur fuels (in particular,...

This handbook includes the following conventions and instruments: i) Convention On Wetlands Of International Importance Especially As Waterfowl Habitat (1971); ii) Convention...

Most of the world's population lives on or near the coasts. Every nation not completely landlocked has used the sea as its supposedly self-cleansing garbage dump. Now the...

As outlined in this Annual Report 2019, IETC delivered substantial results aligned with the waste management goals in the UNEP’s programme of work. These have included recent...

South Asia and the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) are among the regions that are most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Its adverse impacts are worsening and becoming more...

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