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Latin America and the Caribbean : UNEP in the Regions - Environment for Development
(2004)
The main pressures on the environment and natural resources are poverty, increasing income inequality, limited planning, especially in urban areas, and high dependence of many economies on the exploitation of natural resources.
Environmentally Sound Management of Lake Erhai and the Xi'er River Basin
(2000)
This report is the integrated result of the investigations, analyses, and syntheses carried out in the area by relevant departments of the Country, in cooperation with international agencies. It reports on the outcome of ...
European Stakeholder Meeting on Sustainable Consumption and Production: Meeting Report and Co-chairs' Summary
(2005)
The meeting was organised in response to the call of the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) Plan of Implementation for the development of a 10-year framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production, ...
Environment on the Edge 2006/07
(2008)
The report looks at how political targets are set and whether and how they are met. It contains a league table of environmental performance that makes pretty uncomfortable reading for a number of countries, for there are ...
Implementation of Policy Response Packages to Promote Sustainable Management of Natural Resources: Confronting Sustainability in the Mining Sector Role for a Sustainability Fund
(2003)
The present study offers a detailed analysis of the Sustainability Fund proposal and investigates the answers to the aforementioned questions. Sustainability is basically seen at a local level, and the analysis is directed ...
Industry as a Partner for Sustainable Development: Chemicals
(2002)
The chemical industry supports the goal of sustainable development and has a vital role to play in attaining that goal. The challenges of sustainable development are truly global in nature, and this report summarises the ...
Industry as a Partner for Sustainable Development: Coal
(2002)
The purpose of the report is to provide policy-makers, NGOs and coal industry members with information on the progress of the coal industry in implementing sustainable development principles for preparation of the World ...
Industry as a Partner for Sustainable Development: Refrigeration
(2002)
The aim of this report is to examine how the refrigeration sector fits into overall sustainable development and to what extent the aims set out in Agenda 21 are implemented within the refrigeration sector. It reviews ...
Lake Baringo Community-Based Land and Water Management Project: Evaluation Report on project GF/3010-00-03
(2004)
The overall assessment of the project is that as a pilot project, it was successful in demonstrating effective strategies and approaches to rehabilitating degraded lands and conserving biodiversity. Some of the project ...
Report on International Scientific Advisory Processes on the Environment and Sustainable Development
(2001)
A fundamental part of reconciling human development with environmental protection involves better understanding the relations between the two. Scientists have played an indispensable role in advising policy makers and ...