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Grenada - National Report for Third International Conference
(United Nations Development Programme Subregional Officefor the OECS and Barbados, 2012)
Twenty years after the BPOA, the third International Conference on the SustainableDevelopment of SIDS will once again bring to fore the vulnerabilities anddevelopment needs of SIDS, with a view to identifying solutions and ...
Fiji National Report on Progress in implementation of the Mauritius Strategy for FurtherImplementation (MSI) of the Barbados Programme of Action (BPOA);2010 2012
(Fijian Government, 2013)
The United Nations Conference for Sustainable Development held in Rio de Janeiro in2012 (known as Rio+20) called for the convening in 2014 of a third internationalconference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS). The ...
Saint Vincent and The Grenadines - National Report for Third International Conference
(Ministry of Health Wellness and the Environment, 2013)
St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) as an active member of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Organization of East Caribbean States (OECS), endeavors to fulfill all of the obligations and reporting requirements to these ...
Seychelles - National Report for Third International Conference
(Seychelles Government, 2013)
The Seychelles has once more denoted strong political commitment to sustainable development through the cabinet endorsement of its Sustainable Development Strategy 2011-2020. The SSDS 2020 revises and builds upon a successive ...
Mauritius Environment Outlook Report
(Government of Mauritius, 2011)
Since 1990, environment and sustainable development have been positioned high on the world’s agenda. The global community has become increasingly conscious of its fundamental dependency on ecosystems and its simultaneous ...
Atlas of Our Changing Environment: Arab Region
(UNEP, 2013)
Increasingly, and through satellite images, we see stark evidence of the impact human activities are having on the planet. Viewing the Earth from this remarkable range and scale allows us to better comprehend the environmental ...
The 4th National Report of Iraq - Convention on Biological Diversity
(Ministry of Environment - Republic of Iraq, 2010)
It is fitting that as Iraq issues its first comprehensive report on the biological diversity of the country, the United Nations designates 2010 as the International Year of Biodiversity. Environmental issues such as ...
A practical guide to landfill management in Pacific Island countries and territories: Volume 1 - Inland-based waste disposal (2nd edition)
(Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), 2010)
Solid waste management is an environmental priority for most islands in the Pacific. Unfortunately, lack of recycling and reduction initiatives, poor waste collection systems, open dumpsites, and environmental pollution ...
New Zealand’s Environmental Reporting Series: 2014 Air Domain Report
(Ministry for the Environment and Statistics, New Zealand, 2014)
New Zealand’s Environmental Reporting Series: 2014 Air domain report presents information on New Zealand’s air quality. It shows the changes in our air quality over time, and the associated pressures and impacts. It helps ...
Informing climate-resilient development: the application of cost-benefit analysis (CBA) in PACC programme - experiences and lessons learned on capacity building (PTR1)
(Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), 2013)
This report sets out the evaluation findings of the capacity-building components of the PACC CBA work programme. A separate report, PACC Technical Report no. 2, sythesises the CBA reports completed under the work programme, ...