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The use of economic instruments in environmental policy: opportunities and challenges
(UNEP, 2004)
This report seeks to help policy makers, especially in the developing world, to identify, evaluate and apply economic instruments to address a country's environmental problems within its national and local circumstances. ...
Seychelles country report
Seychelles country report contents: National vision Biophysical profile Socio-economic profile Legal profile Institutional profile EIA practice Key successes and challenges
UNEP Regional Office for North America Newsletter
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2015)
UNEP Regional Office for North America December 2015 Newsletter
MDG Report 2014: Assessing Progress in Africa toward the Millennium Development Goals
(2014)
African Member States have made remarkable progress towards achieving the MDGs despite difficult initial conditions. Indeed, previous MDG Progress Reports for Africa have shown that when effort and initial conditions are ...
Fisheries subsidies and marine resource management: lessons from Bangladesh
(UNEP, 2004)
This study includes a discussion on the policy evolution, the intervening factors and the consequences of trade liberalization on marine fisheries in Bangladesh.
Pro-poor tourism: harnessing the world's largest industry for the world's poor
(UNEP, 1997)
Tourism is one of the world's largest industries, generating an estimated 11%1 of global Gross Domestic Product (GDP), employing 200 million people and transporting nearly 700 million international travellers per year a ...
Workshop on sustainable approaches for pest and vector management and opportunities for collaboration in replacing POPs Pesticides, Bangkok, March 6-10, 2000
(UNEP, 2000)
Proceedings UNEP/FAO/WHO Workshop on Sustainable Approaches for Pest and Vector Management and Opportunities for Collaboration in Replacing POPs Pesticides, Bangkok, March 6-10, 2000.
Sustainable development and the future of mineral investment
(UNEP, 2000)
The book aims to reach a wide audience or readers to help explore and analyse how the principles of sustainable development can be extended to mineral enterprises. The content of the book has been maintained at mainly a ...
Sea water desalination in the Mediterranean assessment and guidelines
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2003)
The need for desalting seawater is becoming more and more pressing in many parts of the world. During the period from 1950 to 1990 the worldwide consumption of water was tripled, while the population grew by 2.3 billion ...
Methodological and technological issues in technology transfer
(UNEP, 2000)
Summary for policy makers to Methodological and Technological Issues in Technology Transfer.