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Awards for improving the coastal environment: the blue flag example
(UNEP, 2006)
This publication describes how tourism can be better integrated with the coastal environment through an award scheme that has done much to improve environmental awareness in coastal areas. The first part of the publication ...
Targeting toxic chemicals on the way to the Johannesburg summit
(UNEP, 2001)
The World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) offers the opportunity for concerted action by governments, industry, and NGOs to insist on proper chemical testing and to reinforce calls to halt production and use of ...
Balkan vital graphics
(UNEP, 2007)
Environmental protection is one of the areas where the Balkan countries still face a big challenge to catch up with their western neighbours. After the 1990s conflicts and the breakup of Yugoslavia, six new Balkan states ...
Le PNUE en 2003: rapport annuel
(UNEP, 2004)
UNEP annual report for 2003
Africa Environment Outlook for youth: our region, our life
(UNEP, 2006)
The Africa Environment Outlook for Youth (AEO) is the youth version of the AEO report and has resulted from the combined efforts of young people from all over Africa. It is a report of Africa's environment through the eyes ...
Integrated waste management scoreboard: a tool to measure performance in municipal solid waste management
(UNEP, 2005)
This publication presents an Integrated Waste Management Scoreboard, which is a planning tool that incorporates a methodology for evaluating existing municipal solid waste management programs and systems. It has been ...
Amazon Basin: GIWA regional assessment
(UNEP, 2004)
The Amazon Basin is the largest basin on the planet and also one of the least understood. Its drainage area covers more than one third of the South American continent, and its discharge contributes almost one fifth of ...
Environmental indicators for North America
(UNEP, 2006)
This report sets out a methodology for selecting and developing potential indicators to portray changes in the environments shared by Canada and the United States.
Challenges to international water: regional assessments in a global perspective
(UNEP, 2006)
The Global International Waters Assessment (GIWA) is a holistic, globally comparable assessment of the world's transboundary waters that recognises the inextricable links between the freshwater and the coastal marine ...
Advancing sustainable consumption in Asia: a guidance manual
(UNEP, 2005)
This manual provides practical guidance to governments in Asian countries on implementation of the sustainable consumption section of the UN Guidelines for Consumer Protection. Using a question and answer format, the guide ...