Search
Now showing items 101-110 of 417
Building Urban Resilience: Assessing Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture in Kampala
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2014)
This report presents the findings of a knowledge assessment on urban and peri-urban agriculture (UPA) for the city of Kampala, Uganda, that was conducted in 2012. It examines the state of UPA in the city through the lens ...
Casebook on innovative activities for achieving sustainable development In Asia and the Pacific
(UNEP, 2015)
The casebook shares not only lessons from project innovations and implementation, but successful initial and long-term project results in pilot communities. It identifi es an array of crucial project factors, highlighting ...
RIO+20 National Assessment Report
(Republic of Armenia, 2012)
The newly independent Republic of Armenia actively participated in the 1992 Summit, and throughout the subsequent twenty years, in harsh conditions of transition and blockade, the country put forth efforts toward meeting, ...
Assessing Global Land Use: Balancing Consumption with Sustainable Supply
(2014)
This report explores how the management of land-based biomass production and consumption can be developed towards a higher degree of sustainability across different scales: from the sustainable management of soils on the ...
Environmental Accounting of National Economic Systems: An Analysis of West African Dryland Countries within a Global Context - Summary for decision makers
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2012)
The work evaluates implications of countries’ natural resource use on economic systems. Detailed environmental accounting is provided for 134 national economies with a special focus on five dryland countries of the West ...
Waste Crime - Waste Risks: Gaps in Meeting the Global Waste Challenge - A Rapid Response Assessment
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2015)
More than ever, our future depends upon how we manage the future of our waste. As an integrated part of sustainable development, effective waste management can reduce our global footprint. Ignoring or neglecting the ...
Indicators for a resource efficient and green Asia and the Pacific
(UNEP, 2015)
This report reveals the patterns and the evolution of natural resource use in Asia and the Pacific region over the last 40 years. The analysis shows that resource use in the region is both inefficient and unsustainable. ...
Environmental dispatches: Reflections on challenges, innovation and resilience in Asia-Pacific
(UNEP, 2015)
This publication “Environmental Dispatches: Reflections on Challenges, Innovation and Resilience in Asia-Pacific” brings together some of these stories. The APFED Showcase Programme offered the chance for journalists in ...
Carbon, Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services: Exploring Co-benefits Cambodia
(UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 2010)
The benefits of actions to maintain and enhance carbon stocks for climate change mitigation can be increased by taking into account the distribution not only of carbon, but of other ecosystem services, such as biodiversity. ...
Carbon, Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services: Exploring Co-benefits Ecuador
(UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 2010)
The benefits of actions to maintain and enhance carbon stocks for climate change mitigation can be increased by taking into account the relationship between the distributions of carbon, biodiversity, and other factors of ...