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Planet in peril: Atlas of current threats to people and the environment
(UNEP, 2006)
This Atlas illustrates through texts and beautifully rendered maps, graphics and diagrams a holistic and well-researched analysis of today’s global issues and their impact on human population and the environment. Written ...
Tourism in the Polar Regions: The Sustainability Challenge
(2007)
Tourism is a growing activity in the Polar Regions. In the Arctic, tourism is already an important component of the economies of the north. In the Antarctic, the number of tourists landing on continental Antarctica continues ...
Commercialization of Non-timber Forest Products: Factors Influencing Success: Lessons Learned from Mexico and Bolivia and Policy Implications for Decision-makers
(2006)
This publication arising from a research project, funded by the UKs Department for International Development through its Forestry Research Programme, has examined the key factors that influence successful NTFP commercialization. ...
Payments for Ecosystem Services: Getting Started - A Primer
(2008)
This primer is designed to provide you with a solid understanding of what Payments for Ecosystem Service (PES) are and how PES deals work. It is intended for an audience interested in exploring the potential of PES either ...
Unite to Combat Climate Change - Tunza vol. 6 no.4
(UNEP, 2009)
Both economic and environmental problems are increasingly global, and so have to be solved globally. The United Nations is crucial to this. Over its three and a half decades of life, UNEP has been at the heart of forming ...
North-South Partnerships: Developing Sustainability Together. Tunza Vol.3 No. 2
(UNEP, 2005)
'Make Sustainable Development the Future’does not have the same ring to it as a sloganas 'Make Poverty History’. Somebody – maybe a TUNZA reader – needs to come up with a snappy way of making it catch the public imagination. ...
Women, energy and water in the Himalayas: integration of women in planning and management
(UNEP, 2005)
The policy guidelines were developed as part of the pilot project 'Incorporating Needs and Roles of Women in Water and Energy Management in Rural Areas in South Asia-Capacity Building in Rural Areas of the Himalayas'. Women ...
Africa environment information network: framework for capacity building in integrated environmental assessments and reporting in Africa
(UNEP, 2004)
Framework for capacity building in integrated environmental assessments and reporting in Africa.
Women, energy and water in the Himalayas: training of trainers manual
(UNEP, 2005)
This Manual provides learning tools for carrying out gender analysis, mobilising communities, identifying prioritised needs and solutions, and designing and using gender sensitive participatory action planning in water and ...
Tunza vol. 3 no. 3: biodiversity
(UNEP, 2006)
UNEP magazine for youth.