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Mainstreaming Environment and Sustainability in African Universities Partnership (2004-2008 Report): Supporting Universities to Respond to Environment, Sustainable Development and Climate Change Challenges
(2008)
This report documents the growth, in participation in MESA since 2004, as well as the outcomes that are visible at university and regional levels following various activities that have taken place across the African continent ...
International Environmental Law-making and Diplomacy Review 2007
(University of Joensuu Department of Law, 2008)
The articles in the present Review are based on lectures given during the fourth University of Joensuu – UNEP Course on International Environmental Law-making and Diplomacy, which was held from 12 to 24 August 2007 at the ...
GEO for Youth of the Caribbean
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)Caribbean Youth Environment NetworkCaribbean Conservation Association, Barbados, 2008)
The GEO for Youth of the Caribbean report is part of the Global Environment Outlook (GEO) programme of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), an integrated environmental assessment process that began in 1995. ...
Oil spill in the Kerch strait: Ukraine post-disaster needs assessment
(UNEP, 2008)
The report lists recommendations to help Ukraine complete its recovery from the oil spill that occurred in the Kerch Strait in November 2007, when a severe storm caused the Volgoneft-139 to release over 1,300 tonnes of ...
Programme for the Development and Periodic Review of Environmental Law for the 1990s
(2008)
Since its adoption by the UNEP Governing council in 1982, the Montevideo Programme for the Development and Periodic Review of Environmental Law has guided UNEP towards further development of environmental law.
Guidance towards Implementation of National Biosafety Frameworks: Lessons Learned from the UNEP Demonstration Projects
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2008-04)
ThisGuidance is an analysis of eight UNEP managed demonstration projects for the Implementation of national biosafety frameworks between 2002 and 2006. The findings and recommendations offer valuable lessons to countries ...
Payments for Ecosystem Services: Getting Started - A Primer
(2008)
This primer is designed to provide you with a solid understanding of what Payments for Ecosystem Service (PES) are and how PES deals work. It is intended for an audience interested in exploring the potential of PES either ...
Environment and Security: Transforming Risks into Cooperation - The case of Eastern Europe: Belarus – Moldova – Ukraine
(UNEP, 2008)
This report is about the role and impact of environmental factors in securing human safety and sustained development of the eastern Caspian Sea region, including the parts of Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan opening onto the ...
The UNEP-SEFI Public Finance Alliance
(UNEP, 2008)
Prepared in conjunction with the 2008 launch of the SEFI Public Finance Alliance. This document supports the establishment of an international platform for managers of public and publicly backed funds dedicated to building ...
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 ...