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Iceland Country Profile
(Government of Iceland, 2002)
The 2002 Country Profiles Series provides information on the implementation of Agenda 21 on a country-by country and chapter-by-chapter basis (with the exception of. chapters 1 and 23, which are preambles). These issues ...
Global International Waters Assessment: Caribbean Sea/Small Islands: GIWA Regional Assessment 3a
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), GEF, University of Kalmar, Sweden, 2004)
This report presents the GIWA assessment of the Small Islands sub-system of the Caribbean Sea region - an area particularly vulnerable to human activities owing to the fragility of the island ecosystems and their limited ...
Global International Waters Assessment: Indian Ocean Islands, GIWA Regional Assessment 45b
(University of Kalmar on behalf of United Nations Environment Programme, 2004)
This report presents the assessment of the Indian Ocean Islands, one of two oceanic assessments conducted by the GIWA. The region covers the Island States of Comoros, Mauritius, Madagascar and Seychelles and the vast oceanic ...
Implementing Clean Development Mechanism projects: guidebook to host country legal issues
(UNEP, 2009)
The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) continues to evolve organically, and many legal issues remain to be addressed in order to maximise its effectiveness. This Guidebook explains through case studies how domestic laws ...
Cleaner production assessment in fish processing
(UNEP, 2000)
A guide to the application of Cleaner Production to the fish processing industry, with a focus on the manufacture of fish fillets, canned fish, fish meal and fish oil at fish processing plants. Its purpose is to raise ...
Khaidarkan mercury: addressing primary mercury mining in Kyrgyzstan
(UNEP, 2009)
This overview document outlines the situation regarding the world’s last known exporting mercury mine at Khaidarkan in southern Kyrgyzstan. For the past two years, significant efforts have been taking place at the international ...
The use of economic instruments in environmental policy: opportunities and challenges
(UNEP, 2004)
This report seeks to help policy makers, especially in the developing world, to identify, evaluate and apply economic instruments to address a country's environmental problems within its national and local circumstances. ...
State of the Environment Report - Moldova
(Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources, Moldova, 2004)
The Report has been developed by professionals in the field of environmental protection and related domains. Comprehensive information on different issues was collected and processed in order to present a relevant picture ...
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Country Profile
(Government of The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, 2002)
The 2002 Country Profiles Series provides information on the implementation of Agenda 21 on a country-by country and chapter-by-chapter basis (with the exception of. chapters 1 and 23, which are preambles). These issues ...
Turkmenistan: Capacity building strategy to implement the UN global environmental conventions
(Ministry of Nature Protection of Turkmenistan, 2007)
This edition is the final paper prepared within the Ministry of Nature Protection of Turkmenistan project “Turkmenistan: National Capacity Building Needs Self Assessment” (NCSA). It summaries the results of the thematic ...