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This publication is made in response to requests from task managers in the Africa region who wanted to know the location and properties of the ecologically sensitive sites in...

This report demonstrates and details CAREC’s national and regional programmatic and institutional ef-forts implemented as per the organization’s mandate. Intellectual, technical...

In the Soviet Union state control in the sphere of environmental protection is exercised by a number of state bodies over the activities of Ministries, departments, state,...

The original purpose of the present study, i.e., phase III of the comparative assessment was to assess and develop tools and methods for incorporating the environmental factor...

This monograph summarises the findings from the Adapt Cost project, which support the statement from the Tunis Roundtable. The project investigated and built evidence of the...

On resource efficiency and sustainable consumption and production – which is a standalone goal in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, but also impacts on other goals...

Safety chemicals and waste management are areas of particular importance for the Czech Republic as a country with the relatively strong chemical industry. Waste management is...

The primary objective of the Inclusive Wealth Report is to provide quantitative information and analysis that present a long-term perspective on human well-being and measures of...

UNEP hosted global conventions in 2015

The lakes component of the Transboundary Waters Assessment Program (TWAP) was undertaken to compare the relative threats to transboundary lakes (and implicitly all “lentic...

This LMEs assessment is the first indicator-based global, comparative, baseline assessment of the 66 LMEs. To facilitate the comparative assessment, LMEs were grouped into five...

Formal democracy is well developed in Lithuania. Participation rights, electoral competition and the rule of law are generally respected by the Lithuanian authorities. However,...

As truly aquatic herbivorous mammals, West Indian manatees (Trichechus manatus) occupy a specialized niche in the ecosystem. The uniqueness of their niche render them...

The Global Reporters spotlights emerging best practice around the world, focusing on a number of key sectors and 'hot topics Significantly, it introduces and applies a radically...

Negotiations on how over 190 countries can move forward on climate change come to Durban, South Africa, amid concerns that the gap between scientific reality and political...

The Groundwater Component of the Transboundary Waters Assessment Programme (TWAP) deals with Transboundary Aquifers (TBAs) and with Groundwater Systems of Small Island...

Unemployment, resource scarcity, climate change, food insecurity and inequity all signal the need for radical change in our societies. To bring this change, the entire UN system...

This is a summary of UNEP's work in 2001.

La Iniciativa Latinoamericana y Caribeña para el Desarrollo Sostenible (ILAC) formulada sobre la base de la Plataforma de Acción de Río de Janeiro hacia Johannesburgo 2002,...

This report provides readers with an overview of the key environmental issues, factors and drivers of environmental change in Afghanistan, and highlights the latest achievements...