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UNEP in the Regions : West Asia - Environment for Development
(2007)
UNEP is a committed partner in the region's environmental initiatives, taking a major role in converting the global programme and activities of UNEP to respond to the needs of the region. This includes the development of ...
Ecosystems and Human Well-being : Our Human Planet - Summary for Decision-makers
(2005)
The assessment focuses on the linkages between ecosystems and human well-being and, in particular, on "ecosystem services." An ecosystem is a dynamic complex of plant, animal, and microorganism communities and the nonliving ...
Latin America and the Caribbean : UNEP in the Regions - Environment for Development
(2004)
The main pressures on the environment and natural resources are poverty, increasing income inequality, limited planning, especially in urban areas, and high dependence of many economies on the exploitation of natural resources.
Desertification Control Bulletin Number 23, 1993: A Bulletin of World Events in the Control of Desertification Restoration of Degraded Lands and Reforestation
(1993)
In this issue: Inter-Governmental Negotiating Committee for the Convention on combatting desertification; Agricultural Su'tainability and Soil Resilience; Salt-Affected Soils as the Ecoystein for Halophytes; Spatial Scales ...
GEO-6 Key Messages
(2019-07)
As an outcome of the negotiation meeting of the summary for policymakers of the sixth Global Environment Outlook, held in Nairobi from 21 to 24 January 2019, the Bureau of the meeting was requested to finalize a “key ...
Desertification Control Bulletin Number 16, 1988: A Bulletin of World Events in the Control of Desertification Restoration of Degraded Lands and Reforestation
(1988)
In this issue: Ground Water Resources: the Key to Combating Drought in Africa; Sustainable Development of Arid Lands through Irrigation; Some Agricultural Considerations in the
Planning of Runoff Farming; Desert Encroachment; ...
Poverty-Environment Initiative Africa: Achievements and Lessons Learned 2005–2018
(2019)
This report reviews the Initiative’s successes and failures, and its responses to these. In so doing, it documents how robust and integrated evidence—along with changes in policy, budgeting, investment and monitoring ...
Poverty-Environment Initiative (PEI) Africa: Achievements and Lessons Learned 2005–2018 - Summary
(2019)
This Summary report reviews the Initiative’s successes and failures, and its responses to these. In so doing, it documents how robust and integrated evidence—along with changes in policy, budgeting, investment and monitoring ...
Environmental Impact Assessment: Issues, Trends and Practice
(1996)
The main objective of the EIA: 155ue5, Trends and Practice document is to enhance the capacity of countries, particularly developing countries and countries in transition to market economies, to devise suitable country ...
Environmental Impacts of Structural Adjustment Programmes: Synthesis and Recommendations
(1996)
The major question explored in this paper is: "What are the environmental effects of stabilization and structural adjustment programmes?" Implicit in this question is a desire for policy makers and advisors to provide the ...