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Sand and Sustainability: Finding New Solutions for Environmental Governance of Global Sand Resources
(2019)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 extracted globally (Peduzzi, 2014; Beiser, ... -
Sand, Rarer than One Thinks: UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) - March 2014
(2014)Sand and gravel are mined world-wide and account for the largest volume of solid material extracted globally. Formed by erosive processes over thousands of years (John, 2009), they are now being extracted at a rate far ... -
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Sanitation, wastewater management and sustainability: From waste disposal to resource recovery
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2016)This book distils some of the latest thinking and experiences on how to make sanitation and wastewater management more sustainable and on how they can contribute to broader societal sustainability. In particular, it focuses ... -
Sargassum influx in the Wider Caribbean Region
(2016-10-06)Brown algae of Sargassum genus form dense populations constituting free floating rafts on the ocean surface. These sargassum rafts have been observed for a long time in the northern Caribbean Basin and the Atlantic ocean, ... -
Sargassum Management Brief - Golden Tides: Management Best Practices for Influxes of Sargassum In the Caribbean with a Focus on Clean-up
(2016)https://www.unenvironment.org/cep/events/conference-parties-cartagena-convention-cops/ninth-meeting-contracting-parties-cop-protocol -
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Satellite Mapping of Artisanal and Small Scale Gold Mining in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia
Satellite Mapping of Artisanal and Small Scale Gold Mining in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia -
Saving Lake Faguibine - Foresight Brief No. 001 - August 2017
(2017)The Faguibine system, located in the Tombouktou region in Mali is a series of five interlinked lakes (Télé, Takara, Gouber, Kamango and Faguibine). In the late 19th century the floodplain extended over an area of 1,000 ... -
Saving the Great Migrations: Declining Wildebeest in East Africa?: UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) - December 2013
(2013)This issue is about the great migrations of wildebeest in East Africa. -
Saving the ozone layer: every action counts
(UNEP, 1996)This booklet and a video have been produced by UNEP IEs OzonAction Programme in its capacity as an information clearinghouse under the Multilateral Fund of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. ... -
Saving the ozone layer: guidelines for United Nations Offices
(UNEP, 1999)These guidelines were developed to help identifying equipment that contains CFC and other ozone-depleting substances, decide how best to phase out ODS -
Saving the Scraps: Reducing Food Waste in the Kitchen - The Edible Schoolyard Project
(2020)Valuing every bit of the food that has been produced means taking it to its full potential, making every bite a delight. This very approach has given us some of the world’s most delicious, iconic dishes. Think about French ... -
The Savusavu Blue Town Model
(2019)The “Savusavu Blue Town model” specifically target’s developing island and coastal communities that lie within these areas of acknowledged Tropical marine biodiversity. The Blue Town model showcases how the world can help ... -
Scaled-Up Investments in Sustainable Cities Crucial for Resource Efficiency and Poverty Eradication
(2013)Greening city infrastructure can sustain economic growth while using fewer resources -
Scaling Citizen Action on Climate: ANT Financial’s Efforts Towards a Digital Finance Solution
(2017)This report shows that almost half of Ant Financial Services Group’s 450 million users signed up to Ant Forest, an app that gamifies carbon footprint tracking – cutting greenhouse gas emissions and demonstrating the massive ... -
Scaling Innovation at the Energy-Agriculture Nexus in East Africa: Sectoral Business Condition Brief Energy-Agriculture Nexus
(2016)With rising global demand for food, there is an urgent need to find climate-smart ways to intensify agricultural production. As the population expands, agribusinesses not only need to fight food losses but also produce and ... -
Scaling up Collaborative Action under the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development - Global Chemicals Outlook II Part V
(2019)Part V places the insights generated in Parts I-IV within the context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, focusing on opportunities for collaborative action to achieve the sound management of chemicals and ... -
The Scaling up of Hydropower/Solar Energy in Papua New Guinea
(2019)This initiative will improve the country’s Human Development Index which currently ranks 158th out of 186 countries.