Browsing UNEP Knowledge Repository by Subject "natural disaster"
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2005 Green Korea: Towards the Harmonization of Human and the Nature
(2005)Up until now, humans have looked at the environment as a means to achieve material growth by using up the natural resources in faster and larger scale. Also behind the unprecedented rapid economic growth, there was the ... -
4º Relatório Sobre a Biodiversidade em cabo Verde
(2009)Com a ratificação da Convenção sobre a Diversidade Biológica, em Março de 1995, Cabo Verde comprometeu-se perante o mundo em apresentar periodicamente ao Secretariado da Convenção, o balanço da implementação da mesma no ... -
City of Nairobi Environment Outlook
(2009)A 'City Development Strategy using a bottom-up approach' to guide the planning of Nairobi is urgently needed to ensure that the Kenyan capital develops on an environmentally-friendly and sustainable path. The central ... -
Environment and Disaster Risk: Emerging Perspectives
(2011)Melting glaciers, denuded slopes, expanding deserts these images of environmental change have long captured public attention. With the threat of global climate change, the environment has moved from casual concern to the ... -
Global Environment Outlook: Small Island Developing States : Outlook - GEO SIDS
(2014)GEO SIDS Outlook is a contribution to the 2014 Third International UN Conference on Small Island Developing States, which has an overarching theme of the sustainable development of Small Island Developing States through ... -
Global Mangrove Extent Much Smaller than Previously Estimated - UNEP Global Environmental Alert Services (GEAS) - October 2010
(2010)As confirmed by the impacts of the December 2004 Asian tsunami and Hurricane Katrina in 2005 intact mangroves help stabilize shorelines and thus protect lives and property from such natural disasters. They also provide ... -
Global Risk And Vulnerability Index Trends per Year (GRAVITY) Phase II: Development, analysis and results
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2002)This study presents the results from the second phase of the project Global Risk and Vulnerability Index Trend per Year (GRAVITY) developed by UNEP/GRID-Geneva for the UNDP/BPRD. At the end of the first phase - the feasibility ... -
Global Risk And Vulnerability Index Trends per Year (GRAVITY) Phase III: Drought analysis
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2003)Among the different recommendations from the two previous GRAVITY reports, drought was the obvious significant missing hazard. In the first GRAVITY report (feasibility study) food insecurity was highlighted for producing ... -
Global Risk And Vulnerability Index Trends per Year (GRAVITY) Phase IV: Annex to WVR and Multi Risk Integration
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2003)The purposes of the Disaster Risk Index was to identify whether global data sets could be used for identifying population living in exposed areas and demonstrate the link between socio-economical parameters and vulnerability. -
Haiti Earthquake PDNA: Assessment of damage, losses, general and sectoral needs
(Government of the Republic of Haiti, 2010)The earthquake on January 12, 2010 has caused an unprecedented situation in Haiti with enormous repercussions affecting all sectors of society, well beyond the areas directly affected by the catastrophe. Over 200,000 lives ... -
Insight on common/key indicators for Global Vulnerability Mapping
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2000)With growing infrastructures complexity, the world population is facing increasing environmental risks such as water, air and soil contamination due to organic, chemical or nuclear wastes and accidents. Human activities ... -
Korea Environmental Policy Bulletin - Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biological Resources
(Ministry of Environment - Korea Environment Institute - Republic of Korea, 2010)After the recognition of national ownership of biological resources pursuant to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), competition between nations has been intensifying to acquire biological resources. The Korean ... -
Korea Environmental Policy Bulletin - Environmental Impact Assessment in Korea
(Ministry of Environment - Korea Environment Institute - Republic of Korea, 2004)In the latter half of the 20th century, rapid industrialization and population growth aggravated environmental problems such as the depletion of resources, global warming, and destruction of the natural environment, giving ... -
National Report on the State of the Environment of Georgia 2007-2009
(2011)The document describes the main directions of environmental policy of the country, presents information on the qualitative state of the environment, also presents information on the outcomes of the environmental activities ... -
Report on the state of the environment of Mongolia (2008-2010)
(Ministry of Nature Environment and Tourism - Mongolia, 2011)The Government of Mongolia developed and published the “Report on State of the Environment of Mongolia” for public access from the results of research into the state of the environment in last three years. In the last three ... -
State of the Environment (SoE) Report - India
(Ministry of Environment and Forests - Government of India, 2009)In the global context of State of the Environment (SoE) Reporting, India is probably unique. Over the last two decades, the Indian SoE reporting experience has ranged from grassroots initiatives like wall posters and ... -
State of the environment in Somalia: a desk study
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2005)The Indian Ocean Tsunami of 2004 affected part of Somalia, with most of the damage experienced in the north-east along a 650 km coastline stretching from Xafuun in the Bari region. UNEP was requested by the Somalia ... -
State of the environment report of Bosnia and Herzegovina 2012
(2012)The Report introduces a systematic approach to addressing environmental issues though policy planning that will respond to the needs of society and provides a valuable contribution in establishing regular systems of ... -
Sudan post-conflict environment assessment
(UNEP, 2007)In January 2005, after more than two decades of devastating civil war, the Sudanese central government in Khartoum and the Sudan People’s Liberation Army in the south signed a historic Comprehensive Peace Agreement. This ... -
The state of the environment in Somalia: a desk study
(UNEP, 2005)As part of its response to the Indian Ocean tsunami, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) conducted a short study on tsunami-affected areas of Somalia in February 2005 to identify possible environmental impacts ...
