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Making Tourism more Sustainable: A Guide for Policy Makers
(2005)
Tourism is a major economic force whose development can have a fundamental impact on societies and the environment, both positive and negative. This guide shows governments how they can make tourism more sustainable. It ...
Ecosystems and Human Well-Being: Wetlands and Water Synthesis
(Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Board, 2005)
This report provides an assessment of the current state of our ecosystems and the many services they support and provide to people. Direct drivers of degradation of wetlands such as land conversion, pollution and infrastructure ...
Ecosystems and Human Well-Being: Desertification Synthesis
(Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Board, 2005)
This report integrates findings of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessments related to current state and future trends of desertification and its impacts on ecosystems and human well-being and is organized around a set of key ...
Environmental Management of the Iraqi Marshlands: Community Level Initiative - A Training Kit
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Centre For Environment And Development For Arab Region And Europe (CEDARE), 2005)
Owing to the uniqueness of the Iraqi Marshlands ecosystem and its socio-cultural heritage, the technical and programmatic responses needed to address the above priorities may be quite different from those most appropriate ...
Mainstreaming gender in environmental assessment and early warning
(2005)
Gender mainstreaming is best understood as a continuous process of infusing both the institutional culture and the programmatic and analytical efforts of agencies with gendered perspectives. Gender mainstreaming means ...
Korea Environmental Policy Bulletin - Environmental Technology Development and Distribution Policies
(Ministry of Environment - Korea Environment Institute - Republic of Korea, 2005)
In the Korean Act on Environmental Technology Development and Support in Korea, environmental technology is defined as \"technology necessary for preserving and managing the environment including the enhancement of ...
Maldives post-tsunami environmental assessment
(UNEP, 2005)
In the immediate aftermath of the enormous devastation and suffering caused by the 26 December 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, UNEP established the Asian Tsunami Disaster Task Force. At the request of the governments of affected ...
2005 Green Korea: Towards the Harmonization of Human and the Nature
(2005)
Up until now, humans have looked at the environment as a means to achieve material growth by using up the natural resources in faster and larger scale. Also behind the unprecedented rapid economic growth, there was the ...
Research on Eco-Towns in Japan: Implications and Lessons for Developing Countries and Cities
(Global Environment Centre Foundation, 2005)
Eco-towns in Japan were developed in the last 10 years by utilizing regional technology and industry in Japan. Local governments and enterprises have worked in partnership to build such complexes. Eco-towns have enabled a ...
Production and consumption of ozone depleting substances under the Montreal Protocol 1986-2004
(UNEP, 2005)
This report summarizes data on production and consumption of ozone-depleting substances as of 31 October 2005, reported by the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer under Article 7 of ...