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Handbook for the Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer : seventh edition (2006)
(UNEP, 2006)
This Handbook which updates the 2003 edition, incorporates all the adjustments, amendments and the decisions of the Parties up to the end of 2005. In addition, it gives valuable information on the implementation of these ...
Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems: A lifeboat for coral reefs?
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2016)
Picture a coral reef — most people will probably imagine brightly coloured corals, fish and other animals swimming in well-lit shallow waters. In fact, the coral reefs that live close to the surface of the sea — the ones ...
Beijing 2008 Olympic Games: an environmental review
(UNEP, 2008)
This report is about the environmental measures that were introduced during the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008. This included waste management, cleaner transport systems and water treatment, as well as new urban green belts ...
Life Cycle Management: A Business Guide to Sustainability
(2007)
The United Nations Environment Programme's flagship magazine.
Implementation of the GPA at regional level: the role of regional seas conventions and their protocols
(UNEP, 2006)
The document provides policy guidance on how to further use Regional Seas Conventions and Action Plans and, particularly, the Protocols for the protection of the marine environment from land-based activities (LBSA Protocols) ...
Compliance mechanisms under selected multilateral environmental agreements
(UNEP, 2007)
This report seeks to perform a comparative analysis of compliance mechanisms under selected multilateral environment agreements (MEAs). Nineteen MEAs were selected on the basis of their being global in scope, widely ratified ...
Guide for negotiators of multilateral environmental agreements
(UNEP, 2007)
The guide serves MEA negotiators to acquire knowledge respectively broaden their knowledge on the process of negotiations of MEAs in all stages: From the preparations at home, to the negotiations at conferences and finally ...
Eastern Africa Atlas of Coastal Resources: Federal Islamic Republic of Comoros
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2002)
This manual is designed to allow a comprehensive approach to coastal and marine environment the islands of the Comoros and its human uses.
The Economics of Land Degradation in Africa: Benefits of Action Outweigh the Costs;A complementary report to the ELD Initiative
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2015)
Land degradation and desertification are among of the world’s greatest environmental challenges. It is estimated that desertification affects about 33 % of the global land surface, and that over the past 40 years erosion ...
Freshwater under threat : North East Asia
(UNEP, 2008)
As part of an UNEPs global initiative in vulnerability assessment of freshwater resources under changing climate, this report summarizes results from in-depth vulnerability assessment of freshwater resources in the Northeast ...