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Unlocking the Sustainable Potential of Land Resources: Evaluating Systems, Strategies and Tools
(2016)
Better matching of land use with its sustainable potential is a “no-regrets” strategy for sustainably increasing agricultural production on existing land, targeting restoration efforts to where they are likely to be most ...
Global gender and environment outlook: The critical issues
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2016)
The global gender and environment outlook provides an overview of critical evaluations and analyses of the interlinkages between gender and the environment, and their importance for gender-sensitive policymaking and actions.
Transboundary Waters Assessment Programme (TWAP) Vol. 5: Open Ocean: Status and Trends - Summary for Policy Makers
(2016)
The Open Ocean Assessment provides a baseline review of issues linking human well-being with the status of the open ocean through the themes of governance, climate change, ocean ecosystems, fisheries, pollution, and ...
Transboundary Water Assessment Programme (TWAP) Vol. 6: Crosscutting Analysis - Transboundary Waters Systems: Status and Trends
(2016)
This volume of the TWAP reports presents a unique and first global overview of the contemporary risks that threaten international water systems in five transboundary water system categories, building on the detailed ...
Green economy: an analysis of challenges and opportunities
(UNEP, 2013)
The Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 marked the first time that the special characteristics of SIDS were paid significant attention and were recognized as a distinct group. In 1994, the first Global Conference on the ...
Transboundary Waters Assessment Programme (TWAP) Vol. 1: Groundwater - Transboundary Aquifers and Groundwater Systems of Small Island Developing States: Status and Trends - Summary for Policy Makers
(2016)
The Groundwater Component of the Transboundary Waters Assessment Programme (TWAP) deals with Transboundary Aquifers (TBAs) and with Groundwater Systems of Small Island Developing States (SIDS). It was executed by the UNESCO ...
Small holders, food security and the environment
(IFAD, 2013)
Small holders form a vital part of the global agriculture community yet they are often neglected. The report analyses the food security and environment with respect to small holders.
Blue carbon: first level exploration of blue carbon in the Arabian Peninsula
(UNEP, 2012)
Healthy natural coastal ecosystems, such as mangrove forests, saltwater marshlands and seagrass meadows provide a vast array of important co-benefits to coastal communities around the world, including throughout the Arabian ...
Gender equality and the environment: A Guide to UNEP's work
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2016)
This document outlines the linkages between gender equality and the environment, the impacts of gender inequality, how unequal participation in policy- and decision-making stymie effective action on tackling environmental ...
National biodiversity: Strategy & action plan: Framework for implementation 2014-2017
(2014)
The purpose of this report is two-fold: firstly, to provide the Government of Afghanistan with a policy document that will be useful in guiding development of its future biodiversity conservation and management programming, ...