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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 ...
Evaluation of the joint initiative of the world commission on dams and the United Nations Environment Programme on the environmental, social and economic impacts of large dams
(UNEP, 2001)
This evaluation covers the project that was implemented jointly by UNEP and WCD on environmental, social and economic impacts of large dams. The evaluation established the following : that this UNEP project was essential ...
Environmental effects of ozone depletion and its interactions with climate change: 2006 Assessment
(UNEP, 2006)
The assessment reports on some of the new findings since the last full assessment in 2002, again paying attention to the interactions between ozone depletion and climate change.
Plant for the planet: the billion tree campaign
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2008)
This publication is about Tree Billion Campaign. It is intended to convey the range of partners moved to action: from children to giant corporations, from women’s groups to technocrats, dancers to diplomats, farmers to ...
In dead water
(UNEP, 2008)
The new rapid response report entitled In Dead Water has for the first time mapped the multiple and combined impacts of pollution
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 ...
Transboundary Waters Assessment Programme (TWAP) Vol. 4: Large Marine Ecosystems: Status and trends - Summary for Policy Makers
(2016)
This LMEs assessment is the first indicator-based global, comparative, baseline assessment of the 66 LMEs. To facilitate the comparative assessment, LMEs were grouped into five colour-coded categories of relative risk, ...
Transboundary Waters Assessment Programme Vol. 2: Transboundary lakes and reservoirs: Status and future trends: Summary for policy makers
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2016)
The lakes component of the Transboundary Waters Assessment Program (TWAP) was undertaken to compare the relative threats to transboundary lakes (and implicitly all “lentic waters”). Because of the greater complexity ...
Current status of renewable energies in the Middle East North African Region
(UNEP, 2007)
The directory reviews renewable energy applications and potential within the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and identifies the steps necessary to further exploit and apply these resources throughout the region. ...
Policy implementation and marine resource management: lessons from Senegal
(UNEP, 2004)
This project draws on the experience and lessons learned from a first UNEP Senegal Country Study on policy implementation and marine resource management.