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Orangutans and the economics of sustainable forest management in Sumatra
(UNEP, 2011)
Deforestation is responsible for approximately 17% of global greenhouse gas emissions, and is therefore a major contributor to climate change, but also to the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services and a direct threat ...
Ecosystems and human well-being: El Maghara, Northern Sinai, Egypt
(UNEP, 2010)
This assessment report is part of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. This initiative is a landmark in endeavour to understand and to formulate a decisive response among decision makers
Connecting the dots: biodiversity, adaptation, food security and livelihoods
(UNEP, 2010)
Biodiversity, the variety of life on earth, provides millions of people with livelihoods besides helping to ensure food security and is a rich source of both traditional medicines and modern pharmaceuticals.
UN-REED programme: 2009 year in review
(2010)
At the global level, the UN-REDD Programme made a number of significant contributions in the area of measurement, reporting and verification (MRV), engagement of Indigenous Peoples and Civil Society in REDD+ activities, ...
Global Biodiversity Outlook 3
(UNEP, 2010)
This Outlook presents some stark choices for human societies. On one hand it warns that the diversity of living things on the planet continues to be eroded as a result of human activities. The pressures driving the loss ...
Our precious coasts: marine pollution, climate change and the resilience of coastal ecosystems
(UNEP, 2006)
Scientists studying reefs that were bleached in the late 1990s by high surface sea temperatures have found a link between recovery rates and the levels of contamination entering coastal waters from developments on the land. ...
Blue harvest: inland fisheries as an ecosystem service
(UNEP, 2010)
This report focuses on the importance of inland fisheries as an ecosystem service that significantly contributes to food production and livelihoods in many parts of the world but at the same time depends upon a sustained ...
Blue carbon: the role of healthy oceans in binding carbon
(UNEP, 2009)
This report explores the potential for mitigating the impacts of climate change by improved management and protection of marine ecosystems and especially the vegetated coastal habitat, or blue carbon sinks. The objective ...
The dryland livestock wildlife environment interface project
(UNEP, 2009)
This project addresses one of the eligible activities within the GEF Operation Programme on the dryland livestock wildlife environment Interface Project.
Rainwater harvesting : a lifeline for human well-being
(UNEP, 2009)
This publication highlights the link between rainwater harvesting, ecosystems and human wellbeing and draws the attention of readers to both the negative and positive aspects of using this technology and how the negative ...