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Marine litter: trash that kills
(UNEP, 2003)
Marine litter is a vicious killer of marine mammals, seabirds and many other life forms in the marine and coastal environment. It also entails substantial economic costs and losses to, e.g., fisherman, boat owners in ...
GEO Africa data portal and AEO data working group, 17-20 November 2003, UNEP, Nairobi: meeting report
(UNEP, 2003)
The Africa Environment Information Network (AEIN) initiative is designed to support the Africa Environment Outlook (AEO) process. Among other things, the initiative aims to strengthen organizational networking and capacities ...
Environmental Management Strategy and Action Plan
(Government of Antigua and Barbuda, 2004)
Over the last decade, Antigua and Barbuda as well as other OECS Member States have undertaken a number of economic reforms to better prepared them for the existing and emerging global challenges. The change from agriculture ...
Trinidad and Tobago: State of the Environment Report 2000
(, 2000)
This Report provides an analysis and status of air pollution in Trinidad and Tobago because of the critical importance of air quality in the sustainable management of the environment and human health. Trinidad and Tobago ...
Environmental survey of medical services activities in Iraq
(Ministry of Planning and Development CooperationKurdistan Region StatisticMinistry of Health, 2008)
Medical services sector provides citizens with health care through the services it offers in fields of examination, treatment and surgery. While this sector endeavors to protect citizen’s health and prevent spread of ...
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 ...
Draft Zambian Standard - Plastics - Film sheeting
(Zambia Bureau of Standards, 2008)
This draft Zambian standard has been prepared by the Plastic Carrier Bags and Flat Bags Technical Working Group constituted by the Environmental Council of Zambia, in collaboration with the Zambia Bureau of Standards. This ...
Marine litter, an analytical overview
(UNEP, 2005)
This overview was prepared by the Regional Seas Coordinating Office, the Secretariat of the Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP), the Secretariat of the Basel Convention, and the Coordination Office of the Global Programme ...
APELL for mining: guidance for the mining industry in raising awareness and preparedness for emergencies at local level
(UNEP, 2001)
This report introduces the generic objectives and organizational framework of UNEP's APELL programme. It covers risk factors specific to the mining industry and describes how APELL can be applied to the mining industry. ...
Desk study on the environment in Liberia
(UNEP, 2004)
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) participated in the post-conflict UN Needs assessment mission to Liberia. The findings of this desk study draw on key environmental information obtained from the Liberian ...