Browsing UNEP Knowledge Repository by Subject "sanitation"
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Desk study on the environment in Liberia
(UNEP, 2004)The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) participated in the post-conflict UN Needs assessment mission to Liberia. The findings of this desk study draw on key environmental information obtained from the Liberian ... -
Environment for development: policy lessons from Global Environmental Assessments Report for UNEP
(UNEP, 2009)This report is written at the request of UNEP, in support of the preparations for its 25th Session of the Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum, in February 2009. The overall goal of this synthesis report ... -
Environment in Iraq : UNEP Progress Report : 2003
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2003)The report provides updated information about the evolving environmental situation in Iraq, with a view to highlighting priority areas for action. In addition to other sources, it draws its information from two fact-finding ... -
Environmental considerations of human displacement in Liberia: a guide for decision makers
(UNEP, 2006)This report provides Liberia-specific information on the environmental considerations of displacement. It points the relevant Liberian humanitarian or environmental practitioner to the relevant source material for detailed ... -
Final evaluation of the assessment of the pollution status and vulnerability of the water supply aquifers of African cities
(UNEP, 2006)This project, Assessment of the Pollution Status and Vulnerability of Water Supply Aquifers of African Cities, is a follow up to the project, The Urban Pollution of Surficial and Groundwater Aquifers in Africa. The focus ... -
GEO Year Book 2007
(UNEP, 2007)The GEO Year Book 2007 is essential, informative, and authoritative reading for anyone with a role or an interest in our changing environment. The 2007 Year Book includes global and regional overviews of significant ... -
GEO-6: Global Environment Outlook: Regional assessment for Asia and the Pacific
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2016)The sixth Global Environment Outlook (GEO-6) Regional Assessment for Asia and the Pacific paints a comprehensive picture of the environmental factors contributing to human health and well-being at the regional level. Backed ... -
Global Drinking Water Quality Index Development and Sensitivity Analysis Report
(2007)This document outlines an approach taken to develop a global water quality index, as well as preliminary sensitivity analysis and validation of the index against real water quality data. Limitations to the index are ... -
Lessons Learned on Mainstreaming Pilot Projects into Larger Projects
(Helias Udo de Haes and Martijn van Rooijen (Leiden University), Guido Sonnemann (UNEP DTIE), Konrad Saur (Five Winds International), Greg Norris (Harvard School of Public Health), Olivier Jolliet (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne), 2004)This report summarizes lessons learned from implementing Environmentally Sound Technology (EST) pilot projects by the International Environmental Technology Centre of UNEP Division of Technology, Industry and Economics ... -
Lessons Learned on Mainstreaming Pilot Projects into Larger Projects
(UNEP, 2009)Mainstreaming, or broad adoption, of Environmentally Sound Technologies (ESTs) is critical to achieving sustainable development, and pilot projects are often a key step towards this goal. However, successful scaling-up and ... -
Progress on Sanitation and Drinking Water
(2015)The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – the framework that has been a key part of efforts to build a better world for the past 15 years – challenged the global community to reduce by half the proportion of the population ... -
Public Health Problems in the Coastal Zone of the East African Region: UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 009
(1984)Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 009. UNEP 1982: Public health problems in the coastal zone of the East African region -
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 ... -
Support for environmental management of the Iraqi marshlands 2004-2009
(UNEP, 2009)This publication is a completion report for UNEP's Support for Environmental Management of the Iraqi Marshlands' project, which was one of the largest environmental projects conducted within the framework of the United ... -
Water quality outlook
(2007)This report presents a snapshot of global water quality issues as they relate to achieving the internationally agreed goals on water, sanitation and biodiversity. Evidence suggests that there have been improvements in the ...
