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This report is intended to motivate concerted efforts by governments, industries and citizens to reduce emissions from the private car sector. The contents of this report are...

The better understanding of the changing problems facing the marine environment is a continuing goal of UNEP's ocean programme, as it provides the necessary scientific...

This summary presents the results of an analysis undertaken to model and assess the viability of sustainable practices for the livestock sector outlined in Costa Rica’s Low...

Since the Regional Seas Programme was initiated in 1974, action plans for the Mediterranean, Kuwait Action Plan Region, West and Central Africa, Wider Caribbean, East Asian...

Due to the success of this programme and the high demands expressed by network participants, it was agreed by the GEMS/WATER Steering Committee to develop a comprehensive guide...

The purpose of this report is both to inform and advise. It assesses the current and likely future groundwater quality problems, both natural and anthropogenic, in the region...

The present report is an effort by the UNEP Climate Change Working Group for Bilateral Finance Institutions (‘Working Group’ – see p. iii) to both transparently disclose their...

The Regional Seas Programme was initiated by UNEP in 1974. Since then the Governing Council of UNEP has repeatedly endorsed a regional approach to the control of marine...

A Subregional Awareness Raising Workshop on the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent (PIC) Procedure for certain hazardous chemicals and pesticides in...

The purpose of this study is to analyse the economic value of Nigeria’s forest resources, where possible, placing added focus on resources found in the CRS, and demonstrate some...

This document is a compilation containing the basic texts adopted by the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment (Stockholm, June 1972) as well as the resolutions and...

This publication is intended to explain to readers how important groundwater is, the extent of the threat to it, and the actions that can be taken to protect it.

Part 1 of this study provides a briefing to the financial world on current and emerging avenues for business activity in forest-carbon, and highlights roles and barriers for...

This is the first of the annual state of the environment reports which, instead of covering a broad range of environmental issues, focuses on a limited number of environmental...

There are direct links between Ebola outbreaks in humans and the contact with infected bushmeat from gorillas and chimpanzees

This document is a project report for the Dominican Republic. Its purpose is to support decision making of key stakeholders within the Transforming Tourism Value Chain’s project...

Sand and gravels are the unrecognised foundational material of our economies. They are mined the world over, with aggregates accounting for the largest volume of solid material...

This Workshop on Environmental Guidelines for Municipal Wastewater Reuse in the Mediterranean Region was organized to enable the exchange of experience among the Mediterranean...

The detailed analysis of an environmental system is a prerequisite to efficient monitoring design. Such analysis includes the sampling scheme, field measurements, pathway...

Coffee production in the Central Highlands faces a multitude of challenges; decades of intensive cultivation and expansion onto marginal land has degraded the soil quality and...