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The objective of this paper is to contribute to ongoing negotiations at the WTO by analyzing MEA traderelated measures in the context of the overall objective of the MEAs. In...

This document presents an overview of non-government organisation (NG0) activities in the seven subject areas selected for in-depth review at the eighth session of the United...

The present report examines new information and scientific perspectives on the open oceans that have emerged in the 5 year period since GESAMP first addressed this topic. Not...

Working together under the framework of the Transport, Health and Environment Pan-European Programme partnership on jobs in green and healthy transport, the United Nations...

The Compendium of Environmental Law of African Countries is prepared by the Environmental 'Law and Institutions Programme Activity Centre (ELIJPAC) under the auspices of the...

This document identifies the milestones achieved since 1992 in using sport as a catalyst for promoting positive action and changing attitudes. The Olympic Movement (OM) is...

The United States-Peru and Canada-Peru trade agreements, which entered into force in 2009, include provisions promoting CSR principles. Although these are some of the first...

This study was made in connection with the proposed ASEAN/UNEP Workshop on Environmental Quality Management for Small and Medium Scale Industries in Urban Areas. The study's...

From the beginning of the use of the concept, sustainable consumption and production (SCP) has been related to both poverty eradication and sustainable development. The purpose...

the Second ASEAN Ministerial Meeting in Bangkok, on 29 November 1984, issued the important Declaration on Heritage Parks and Reserves which created the first group of 11...

The battle for sustainable development, for delivering a more environmentally stable, just and healthier world, is going to be largely won and lost in our cities.

This Reference Method describes the determination of methylmercury in human hair by gas liquid chromatography. It is designed for biological monitoring of selected individuals...

This study identifies the challenges that are currently hampering the export of agricultural products from Chile, and assesses opportunities to make use of sustainability...

Report of the second meeting of the ad hoc scientific and technical planning group for a Global Terrestrial Observing System (GTOS) - 16 - 20 January, 1995, Rabat, Morocco

Building on UNEP’s ten-year track in the emerging field of biosafety, the UNEP-GEF Biosafety Unit has taken a leading role in implementing the GEF Biosafety Strategy through...

The conservation of the marine environment and coastal areas of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden for the benefit of the present and future generations will be the main objective of,...

The aim of this publication is to make the knowledge we have gained about glaciers more widely known, and to emphasize the need to develop this knowledge. Glaciology holds one...

The objective of the roadmap development is to provide a strategic plan of actionable goals and activities for achieving a low carbon, resource-efficient tourism sector in the...

Mauritius is one of the Western Indian Ocean states being impacted by global climate change. Mauritius has experienced a very slow fall in sea level (- 0.10 mm/yr) from 1986 to...

The issues involved in marine mammal conservation are complex. Opinions differ, interest compete, emotions are aroused. But if we are to prevent further marine mammal...