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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 ...
Renewable Energy - Our Planet Vol. 16 No. 4, 2006
(UNEP, 2006)
The United Nations Environment Programme's flagship magazine.
Global International Waters Assessment: Caribbean Islands, GIWA Regional Assessment 4
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), GEF, University of Kalmar, Sweden, 2004)
This report presents the GIWA assessment of the Caribbean Islands region-an archipelago comprising drainage basins and coastal areas that contain some of the world's most diverse and productive habitats. A variety of human ...
Global International Waters Assessment: Brazil Current, GIWA Regional Assessment 39
(University of Kalmar on behalf of United Nations Environment Programme, 2004)
This report presents the assessment of the GIWA region Brazil Current, including drainage basins and their associated coastal/marine zones. Three separate sub-regions have been assessed within the region: the South/Southeast ...
Asian Development Bank Sustainability Report 2007: Spotlight on the Environment, Social Development, and Governance
(Asian Development Bank (ADB), 2007)
ADB's first Sustainability Report makes easily accessible information on ADB's policies, programs, and practices, as related to promoting the social and environmental sustainability of development in Asia and the Pacific. ...
Medio ambiente: desafíos y políticas públicas - GEO Uruguay
(Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente (PNUMA), 2009)
El presente informe, como también el proceso GEO Uruguay, analiza la situación ambiental del Uruguay, la cual –como es de conocimiento público–, es consecuencia de una acumulación de presiones sobre el ambiente y políticas ...