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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 ...
Pacific Environment and Climate Change Outlook
(Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), 2012)
The Pacific Environment and Climate Change Outlook Report 2012 clearly shows that the Pacific islands are increasingly being threatened in terms of food, water and livelihood security and calls on us all to step up and do ...
Ireland’s Environment: An Assessment
(Environmental Protection Agency, Ireland, 2012)
This fifth EPA State of Environment report provides an integrated assessment of the overall quality of Ireland’s environment, the pressures being placed on it and the societal responses to current and emerging environmental ...
Sources, Fate and Effects of Microplastics in the Marine Environment: A Global Assessment
(International Maritime Organization (IMO), 2015)
The GESAMP assessment focuses on a category of plastic debris termed ‘microplastics’. These small pieces of plastic may enter the ocean as such, or may result from the fragmentation of larger items through the influence ...
MDG Report 2014: Assessing Progress in Africa toward the Millennium Development Goals
(2014)
African Member States have made remarkable progress towards achieving the MDGs despite difficult initial conditions. Indeed, previous MDG Progress Reports for Africa have shown that when effort and initial conditions are ...
Integrated Watershed and Coastal Areas Management (IWCAM) Atlas
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)The Global Environment Facility (GEF), 2012)
In the Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS), high population densities, combined with population growth, urbanization and increased development, particularly residential and tourist resort development, has led ...
Towards a global map of natural capital: key ecosystem assets
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2014)
Natural capital is fundamental to human wellbeing, underpinning the global economy. Natural capital comprises both ecosystem assets (such as fresh water) and natural resources (such as fossil fuel deposits). This report ...
ILAC Colombia
(Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente (PNUMA)Ministerio de Ambiente, Vivienda y Desarrollo TerritorialDepartamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística, 2013)
El informe de seguimiento de los indicadores de la Iniciativa Latinoamericana y Caribeña para el Desarrollo Sostenible (ILAC) Colombia, constituye una información útil como herramienta de monitoreo y evaluación de los ...