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Environmental assessment of Ogoniland
(UNEP, 2011)
A major new independent scientific assessment, carried out by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), shows that pollution from over 50 years of oil operations in the region has penetrated further and deeper than ...
Africa Environment Outlook 3: our environment, our health
(UNEP, 2013)
The Third Africa Environment Outlook (AEO-3), analyses the importance of, and interlinkages between, health and environment and the opportunities and synergies that might be derived from intensified collaboration between ...
Review of small cetaceans: distribution, behaviour, migration and threats. Regional Seas reports and studies no. 177
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2005)
This reference book is intended for experts in the field of marine biology, students, and conservationists as well as for interested laypersons. No comparable encyclopedia on whales has been published so far. With the ...
Hazardous Waste Storage and Disposal in the South Pacific: Appendices - UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 048
(1985)
Regional Seas Reports and Studies by UNEP
Tunza vol. 9.3: the road to Rio+20
(UNEP, 2011)
UNEP magazine for youth.
UNEP handbook for drafting laws on energy efficiency and renewable energy resources
(UNEP, 2007)
With its emphasis on adaptation to local country needs and conditions, this handbook describes key environmental and implementation issues associated with efficiency and renewable energy resources, presenting legislative ...
Sustainable travel in the United Nations
(2010)
This report seeks to provide guidance on what UN and organizations can do to improve sustainability of their travel, and in particular how to reduce their travel related climate footprints. The report provides an overall ...
Forests in a Green Economy: A Synthesis
(2011)
This synthesis examines the critical role of forests in a green economy, and provides policy recommendations to radically transform the forest sector such that it can lead to sustainable development and poverty eradication.
Assessing the vulnerability of local communities to disasters: an interactive guide and methodology
(UNEP, 2008)
Most communities face risks which they have to assess and manage. Risks may arise from human activities such as industrial accidents, or they may be of natural origin such as floods, earthquakes, etc. Risks need to be taken ...
UNEP 2010 annual report
(UNEP, 2011)
The 2010 Annual Report catalogues the beginning of a new, strategic and transformational direction for UNEP as it began implementing its Medium Term Strategy (MTS) for 2010-2013 across six areas: Climate change