Browsing UNEP Knowledge Repository by Country/Region "Democratic Republic of the Congo"
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2016-2018 PAGIREL: Plan d’actions pour la gestion intégrée des ressources en eau du bassin versant de la rivière Lukaya
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2016-05-01)Le PAGIREL s’inscrit dans l’esprit de la nouvelle loi sur les ressources en eau, promulguée en Janvier 2016. Sa mise en oeuvre, fruit d’un processus participatif, inaugure ainsi l’ère d’une gestion des ressources en Eau ... -
Atlas of Africa Energy Resources
(2017)This Atlas compiles and synthesizes regional and national information. It presents the scale and distribution of energy resources, production and consumption trends, as well as the existing potential for environmentally ... -
Carbon, biodiversity and land-use in the Central Congo Basin Peatlands
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2017)In January 2017, scientists announced new discoveries showing that the Central Congo Basin Peatlands form the largest area of peat swamp forest in the tropics. Estimates of soil organic carbon stocks in the Republic of ... -
Cartographie des bénéfices multiples de la REDD+ en République du Congo
(2015)Ce document présente les différentes cartes produites et expliquant la pertinence de la planification spatiale de la REDD+ pour la réalisation des bénéfices multiples et la mise en oeuvre des principales garanties définies ... -
Coastal Erosion in West and Central Africa - UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 67
(1985)This report was conceived with a naturalistic approach, i.e. global and inter-regional, incorporating different parameters which shape the coastal zone. It is subdivided into 3 main parts. The first one takes into account ... -
The Democratic Republic of the Congo: Post-Conflict Environmental Assessment: Synthesis for Policy Makers
(2011)UNEP’s post-conflict environmental assessment aims to provide a better understanding of the underlying challenges facing the DRC and to help identify and develop promising opportunities to support sustainable economic ... -
Développement durable des bassins versants : Un projet pionnier sur la rivière Lukaya
(2014-12-01)This brochure explains the Lukaya River basin project, implemented in collaboration with the DRC Government, the Lukaya River Users Association, the public water utility (REGIDESO), local communities, and the University ... -
Energy Profile: Democratic Republic of the Congo
(2017)Electricity production in 2015 was 676 ktoe with 99.7 per cent of it produced from hydro sources. Final consumption of electricity in the same year was 613 ktoe (AFREC, 2015). -
Environmental assessment of two artisanal gold mining sites in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2016-11-01)This report is an environmental assessment of mercury pollution in two artisanal gold mining sites in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). It was conducted by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) ... -
Experts’ Background Report on Illegal Exploitation and Trade in Natural Resources Benefiting Organized Criminal Groups and Recommendations on MONUSCO’s Role in Fostering Stability and Peace in Eastern DR Congo
(2015-04-01)The report examines the role of transnational environmental crime as one of several key factors fuelling the protracted conflict cycle in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). It makes recommendations on how the ... -
From conflict to peacebuilding: the role of natural resources and the environment
(UNEP, 2009)Since 1990 at least eighteen violent conflicts have been fuelled by the exploitation of natural resources. In fact, recent research suggests that over the last sixty years at least forty percent of all intrastate conflicts ... -
Getting Climate-smart with the Mountain Gorilla in the Greater Virunga Landscape: A Species and Climate Change Brief for the Vanishing Treasures Programme
(2020)Mountains are an important refuge for biodiversity, providing shelter to many endangered animal and plant species through high altitude and relatively inaccessible landscapes. In Africa, the biodiverse Albertine Rift is a ... -
Implementing the African Elephant Action Plan: Central African Projects
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Land and Soil Policy - Global Environment Outlook (GEO-6): Healthy Planet, Healthy People Chapter 15
(2019)This chapter provides a comprehensive overview of the current Land and Soil policy framework and the related shortcomings, especially in terms of policy cohesion and implementation, as well as overall effectiveness. The ... -
Mangroves of Western and Central Africa
(UNEP, 2007)This report presents new spatial data for mangrove area coverage in West Africa, and brings together for the first time information on the uses of mangroves, current drivers of change and threats to mangroves at the national ... -
Présentation de la RDC - Atelier régional sur la gestion écologiquement rationnelle des batteries usagées au plomb en Afrique
(2017)Presentation at the Regional Workshop on the Environmentally Sound Management of Used Lead Acid Batteries -
Promoting Chemical Safety in the African Region” Focusing on Chemical Safety of Transport and Storage through UNEP’s APELL and Responsible Production Approaches: Mapping of Major Transport and Warehousing Related Hazards in the East African Sub-Region Draft Report
(2014)Promoting chemicals safety mangement in the African region project is a joint follow up project developed by ENEP-ICCA after the findings of the first joint African regional workshop on chemical safety management. Warehousing ... -
Regional Report on Efficient Lighting in Sub-Saharan African Countries
(2012)The report examines and assesses the lighting initiatives for each country. It also focuses on the successes and insights obtained by some of the pioneering countries that have initiated programs to phase out inefficient ... -
Resource Management Key to Nation's Future
(2011-10)Fact sheet summarizing the key finding and recommendations of UNEP’s Post-Conflict Environmental Assessment of The Democratic Republic of Congo. -
Review of Woodfuel Biomass Production and Utilization in Africa: A Desk Study
(2019)This study, undertaken by UN Environment in cooperation with the African Union Commission, and validated by experts from 35 African countries, establishes the baseline data and information on woodfuel production and ...