Browsing UNEP Knowledge Repository by Topic "Biosafety"
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Chair’s Summary - Consultative Meeting on the Development of an African Strategy for Ocean Governance
(2018-11-30)A Consultative Meeting on the Development of an African Strategy for Ocean Governance was held at the United Nations Offices in Nairobi, 29-30 November 2018 to discuss possible elements to be included in the African ... -
Chemical leasing: A global success story
(2011)This brochure presents selected projects that were implemented in close cooperation with the National Cleaner Production Centres of Colombia, Egypt, Russia, Serbia and Sri Lanka, and illustrates how this model helped ... -
Chernobyl: Looking Back to Go Forward - Proceedings of an International Conference on Chernobyl: Looking to Go Forward Organized b the International Atomic Energy Agency on behalf of the Chernobyl Forum and Held in Vienna, 6-7 September 2005
(2008)Although the Chernobyl accident occurred two decades ago, much controversy remains concerning its real impact. These proceedings present the findings and recommendations of the Chernobyl Forum and the discussions held ... -
Climate Variability, Climate Change and Fisheries
(Cambridge University Press, 1992)This volume, Climate Variability, Climate Change, and Fisheries, addresses the potential implications for fisheries and societies of the regional impacts of a global warming of the atmosphere. Fisheries case studies were ... -
Closing Data Gaps is Essential to Achieving the Environmental Dimension of the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development - SDG Policy Brief No. 008 October 2019
(2019-10)The Sustainable Development Goals Policy Briefs highlight a hotspot of environmental change. The evidence provided builds on the scientific data and information hosted on Environment Live and is complemented by stories ... -
[Decisions of the fourteenth session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment]
(2012)This decision includes: Decision 14/1: Africa’s post Rio+20 strategy for sustainable development; Decision 14/2: Strengthening and upgrading the United Nations Environment Programme; Decision 14/3: Review of the action ... -
Declaración de Cartagena - XX Reunión del Foro de Ministros de Medio Ambiente de América Latina y el Caribe
(2016-03-31)Declaración de Cartagena del XX Reunión del Foro de Ministros de Medio Ambiente de América Latina y el Caribe. -
A Directory of Environmentally Sound Technologies for the Integrated Management of Solid Liquid and Hazardous Waste for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the Indian, Mediterranean and Atlantic Region
(United Nations Environment Programme, 1999)This directory has been prepared, to identify and describe ESTs which are suited to the environmental, economic, climatic, cultural, and social context of the IMA/SIDS Region. This directory is structured around 7 separate ... -
Discussion Paper for the Development of the African Ocean Governance Strategy by United Nations Environment Programme
(2018-10-29)For the purpose of the discussion in this paper, the Ocean governance based on the “Ecosystem-based Management” is proposed to be defined as a framework to govern all human activities that affect the functioning of the ... -
E-waste Management in Ghana (E-MAGIN Ghana): From Grave to Cradle
(2019)Fuelled by the accelerated pace of digitalisation and the rise of a global middle-income class, the market for electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) is expanding rapidly. In Ghana, the vast majority of e-waste is managed ... -
Expert Segment Programme - Third Conference of the Parties to the Bamako Convention on the Ban of the Import into Africa and the Control of Transboundary Movement and Management of Hazardous Wastes
(2020-01-24)Third Conference of the Parties to the Bamako Convention on the Ban of the Import into Africa and the Control of Transboundary Movement and Management of Hazardous Wastes: Expert Segment Programme -
From Policy to Implementation: Decisions from the Fifth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity
(2000)The fifth meeting was a time to review progress in the implementation of the Convention, to consolidate the gains achieved and to chart the course for the future. Central to this process was the review of the operations ... -
Frontiers 2018/19: Emerging Issues of Environmental Concern
(2019)Every year a network of scientists, experts and institutions across the world work with UN Environment to identify and analyze emerging issues that will have profound effects on our society, economy and environment. The ... -
Future Developments Without Targeted Policies - Global Environment Outlook (GEO-6): Healthy Planet, Healthy People Chapter 21
(2019)This chapter examines the international scenario literature to assess to what extent current and long-term trends are in line with achieving these targets, and to understand and highlight potential implementation gaps. -
GEMS/Food Review and Planning Meeting - Joint UNEP/FAO/WHO Food Contamination Monitoring Programme
(1989)The major objective of the Programme is to inform governments, the Codex Alimentarius Commission, other relevant institutions and the public on levels and trends of contaminants in food their contribution to the total ... -
Genetically Modified Organisms: A Guide to Biosafety
(1995)This volume is intended to provide an unbiased technical guide to those dealing with genetically modified organisms at the research or regulatory level. Reference to existing regulations is meant to bring into perspective ...