Browsing UNEP Knowledge Repository by Subject "NATURAL RESOURCES"
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Accounting for the Inclusive Wealth of Nations: Key Findings of the IWR 2018 - Inclusive Wealth Report 2018: Measuring Sustainability and Well-being Chapter 1
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Action Plan for Managing the Natural Resources and Environment of the South Pacific region. UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 29
(1983)The Action Plan is intended to provide a framework for environmentally sound planning and management, suited to the needs and conditions of the countries and people in the region, and to enhance their own environmental ... -
Advancing Sustainable Consumption & Production: Circularity in the Economy of Tomorrow
(2020)Environmental challenges and lifestyle choices are defining issues of our time. The concept of circularity allows us to operationalize the inclusive green economy: how to reduce and eliminate waste and pollution through ... -
Aligning Resource Efficiency and Economic Efficiency
(2017)The International Resource Panel was established in 2007 to provide independent, scientific assessment on the sustainable use of natural resources and the impacts of resource use over the full life cycle. -
The Aral Sea: Diagnostic Study for the Development of an Action Plan for the Conservation of the Aral Sea
(2000)This Diagnostic Report reflects the combined efforts of many dedicated individuals working on the numerous problems associated with the current changes in the Aral Sea and its drainage basin. It represents a consensus ... -
Assessing Global Land Use: Balancing Consumption with Sustainable Supply - Summary for Policymakers
(2014)This report was produced by the Land and Soils Working Group of the International Resource Panel. It explores how the management of land-based biomass production and consumption can be developed towards a higher degree of ... -
Assessing Global Resource Use: A System Approach to Resource Efficiency and Pollution Reduction
(2017)This report focuses on the state and trends of ‘material’ resource use (biomass, fossil fuels, metals and non-metallic minerals), with further types of resources (land/water) and greenhouse gas emissions remaining as major ... -
Assessing Global Resource Use: A System Approach to Resource Efficiency and Pollution Reduction - Factsheet
(2017)Better and more efficient production and use of natural resources can be one of the most cost-efficient and effective ways to reduce impacts on the environment (including pollution) and advance human well-being. -
Assessing Global Resource Use: A System Approach to Resource Efficiency and Pollution Reduction - Summary for Policymakers
(2017)This interim report of the International Resource Panel provides a first glimpse at a new evidence base that can inform precisely this kind of integrated policymaking. It presents up-to-date information on material resources ... -
Assessment of the Legal, Scientific, and Institutional Frameworks for Biodiversity Protection in the Republic of Liberia
(2007)This Assessment examines the current legal, scientific, and institutional frameworks for protecting biodiversity in Liberia. It focuses on the laws and regulations that directly address biodiversity and is meant to assist ... -
Biodiversity Economy and Natural Capital Accounting in Africa - Note by the Secretariat
(2019-09-30)Ministerial policy dialogues in the context of the theme of the seventeenth session, “Taking action for environmental sustainability and prosperity in Africa”: promoting biodiversity economy and natural capital accounting ... -
A Blue Plan for the Mediterranean People: From Thought to Action
(United Nations Environment Programme, 1992)The Mediterraneans have understood the urgent need for concerted action in order to curb the deterioration of their living environment. All the bordering countries have come to an agreement, under the auspices of the United ... -
Building Resilience, Integrating Gender: Women, Natural Resources and Climate Change in Afghanistan
(2017)This paper’s goals are twofold. First is to shine greater light on the valuable contributions that women play in the management of natural resources and maintaining healthy ecosystems in Afghanistan. Second is to expand ... -
Building Resilient Societies after the COVID-19 Pandemic: Key Messages from the International Resource Panel
(2020)The world is experiencing an unprecedented moment in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. For us at the International Resource Panel (IRP) it is also a moment to reflect. This document provides policy recommendations extracted ... -
Cadmium in the European Community: A Prospective Assessment of Sources, Human Exposure and Environmental Impact – MARC Report Number 26
(1982)This study quantifies the sources of cadmium in the European Community (EC), reviews the concentrations found in the physical environment and its biotic components, and assesses current and future human exposure in the ... -
Catalogue of Legislation on Environment and Natural Resources: Summary Report
(1977)The "information explosion" which occurred in the field of environmental law during the past decade has long been recognized as a problem for international action. Following an initial pilot project for the compilation of ... -
Challenges to Ecosystem Service Valuation for Wealth Accounting - Inclusive Wealth Report 2018: Measuring Sustainability and Well-being Chapter 5
(2019)This chapter will largely focus on SEEA system for ecosystem accounting: the SEEA Experimental Ecosystem Accounting (SEEA EEA) (United Nations et al. 2014b). SEEA EEA has a goal to account for the contribution of ecosystems ... -
Circular Economy & the Sustainable Management of Minerals & Metal Resources: Side Event
(2019)Launch of UNEP Interactive Platform - Building Circularity -
Climate Change and Governance in Afghanistan
(National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA), 2015)This report provides a broad overview of the landscape of climate change governance in Afghanistan in order to identify past achievements and current and future entry points for the further mainstreaming of climate change ... -
Climate Change and Human Rights
(2015-12)This UNEP report sheds light on the human rights obligations of both governments and private actors in responding to climate change, including those relating to rights to information, public participation in decision-making ...