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The Strategic Action Programme (SAP) for the Protection of the Western Indian Ocean from Land-Based Sources and Activities
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2009)
The Strategic Action Programme for the protection of the coastal and marine environment of the Western Indian Ocean from Land-based sources and activities (SAP) has been completed at a time when it is most needed. The ...
A Regional Overview & Assessment of Marine Litter Related Activities in the Western Indian Ocean Region
(2007)
The study aims to collate existing information about marine litter in the Region and use it to determine whether or not there is a need to be concerned, and to recommend a way forward.
Regional Report on River-coast Interactions in the Western Indian Ocean (WIO) region
(2009)
This report presents an assessment of hydrological and land use characteristics affecting river‐coast interactions in the West Indian Ocean region. One of the key areas of concern for the WIO region relates to the int ...
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 ...
Overview of the Land-based Sources and Activities affecting the Marine Environment in the East Asian Seas: UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 173
(UNEP, 2000)
East Asian seas are bordered by some of the most populous nations in the world and have been undergoing rapid industrialization and social and economic developments. The heavy reliance on marine resources by these countries ...
Training Module: Closing an Open Dumpsite and Shifting from Open Dumping to Controlled Dumping and to Sanitary Land Filling
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2005)
A policy shift from open dumping to sanitary landfilling has implications on local preparedness to operate and manage a landfill as well as on how the current dumpsites will be abandoned. Consequently, there is a need to ...
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 ...
UNEP's action to meet the challenge of illegal trade in chemicals
(UNEP, 2005)
Environmental crime is a big and increasingly lucrative business. Local and international crime syndicates earn an estimated US$ 22-31 billion annually from illegal trade in environmentally sensitive commodities such as ...
Legal assistance for the elaboration and adaptation of national legislation for the effective implementation of the Basel Convention in Bulgaria, Macedonia and Serbia and Montenegro
(UNEP, 2005)
The main goal of the project was to assist to the three Balkan countries in implementation of Basel Convention and relevant obligations into national legislation. All three countries are served by BCRC Bratislava and they ...
Validating the yield performance of alternatives to methyl bromide for pre-plant fumigation
(UNEP, 2006)
The report presents a formal meta-analysis that validates the yield performance of alternatives to methyl bromide for some major pre-plant treatments that are currently subject to the Critical Use Exemptions under the ...