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PROGRAIN: How Organic Investment Pays Off
Established in 2012, the PROGRAIN company once only bought and traded grains and oleaginous plants, seeds and seeding material as well as plant protection products and... -
Report on the Launch of the Caribbean Platform of The UNEP GPA Global...
The is meeting was convened to review the GEF IDB/UNEP CReW Project and also to launch the Caribbean Platform of the UNEP GPA Global Wastewater Initiative (GW2I). The event was... -
The UNDP-UNEP Partnership Initiative for the Integration of Sound Management...
The UNDP-UNEP Partnership Initiative was established to support the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM), a policy framework adopted in February 2006... -
Review and Analysis of Floating Marine Litter Prediction Models in the...
This publication shares information on prediction models that have been developed in NOWPAP member states, in order to analyze the behavior of floating marine litter, and the... -
Legal Aspects of Protecting and Managing the Marine and Coastal Environment...
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National background report on Environment for Croatia
The main objective of this document is to provide a summary of research activities in the field of environment in the Republic of Croatia along with a SWOT analysis of research... -
Developing Countries Can Slash Emissions by One Gigatonne if International...
Renewable energy and energy efficiency in developing countries will prevent 0.4 gigatonnes of emissions by 2020, rising to 1 gigatonne if rich countries step up financing -
Selected Petroleum Products - Environmental Health Criteria 20
The purpose of this document is to review and evaluate available information on the biological effects of some petroleum products, and to provide a scientific basis for... -
Scaling up Voluntary Sustainability Standards through Sustainable Public...
This 4th Flagship Report aims to provide an understanding of the role of government as a vehicle to drive the adoption of VSS. The effectiveness of VSS to contribute to... -
Financing a global deal on climate change
The scale of capital expenditure needed over the next decades to effectively address climate change will have to come jointly from public and private sources. This paper... -
Marine Plastic Litter in East Asian Seas: Gender, Human Rights and Economic...
This report fills and identifies some of the existing information gaps by providing a synthesis of social and economic impacts and their gender and human rights dimensions.... -
Economics of Conversion to Mercury-Free Products (US and EU experiences)
This report provides information from case studies of two firms involved with transitioning from mercury-containing to mercury-free products in the medical technology industry.... -
Risk Assessment of Oil Spill Incident: Focusing on Likelihood Analysis in...
This assessment identifies hot spots of oil spill incidents in the NOWPAP region by collecting information on historic spill records, vessel traffic and sources of oil... -
Application of the Sustainability Assessment of Technologies Methodology:...
When making decisions on investments, economic considerations often takes precedence over environmental and social factors. This may lead to unsustainable decisions and... -
Bibliography on coastal erosion: West and Central Africa
This bibliography is the result of surveys conducted by consultants, United Nations Agencies (UNESCO/UN-DIESA) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in order to... -
Plan de Acción National para la Implementación de Compra Publicas...
En junio del 2012, los Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno se reunieron en la ciudad de Río de Janeiro (Brasil), para la realización de la Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre el... -
Hydrogen Sulfide - Environmental Health Criteria 19
Hydrogen sulfide is a colourless gas with a characteristic odour that is soluble in various liquids including water, alcohol, ether, and solutions of amines, alkali carbonates,... -
Drought, Fire and Deforestation in the Amazon: Feedbacks, Uncertainty and...
The Amazon is widely considered to be one of the world's most important natural areas and a high priority for conservation. Its importance to the global carbon cycle makes... -
Trinidad and Tobago: State of the Environment 1997 Report
This report reviews the biodiversity resources of Trinidad and Tobago and the status of harvest and management of a few of the hundreds of species and the range of ecosystems... -
Checklist of fish and invertebrates listed in the CITES appendices
The purpose of this publication is to provide a taxonomic list of fish and invertebrates included in Appendices I, 11 and III of the Convention on International Trade in...