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A Comparative Analysis of Experiences and Lessons From the UNEP-GEF Biosafety Projects: Prepared by the UNEP-GEF Biosafety Unit As of December 2006
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2006-12)
This study looks at the 124 countries that participated in the UNEP-GEF Project for Development of National Biosafety Frameworks (NBF), hereinafter referred to as the NBF development project, as well as the 8 countries ...
Building Biosafety Capacity: The Role of UNEP and the Biosafety Unit
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2006-12)
Building on UNEP’s ten-year track in the emerging field of biosafety, the UNEP-GEF Biosafety Unit has taken a leading role in implementing the GEF Biosafety Strategy through three key activities. All these projects are ...
Lake Victoria Basin Environment Outlook
(UNEP, 2006)
The Lake Victoria Environment Outlook (LVBEO) report provides an in-depth integrated analysis of the environmental dynamics within the basin. The report is the first ecosystem environment outlook report in Africa. It has ...
Nature-Watch Baltic Report
(Estonian Fund for Nature, 2006)
Nature-watch Baltic is an environmental education project for students. The main target group is 13-16-year old students but primary class students and even kindergarten kids have participated. It was launched by WWF Sweden ...
Ground contamination assessment report: Military waste storage site, Astana, Afghanistan
(2006)
This technical report outlines the findings of an initial site inspection by UNEP in November 2005, and the results of an intrusive ground investigation performed in April 2006 to characterize the potential environmental ...
Caribbean Sea/Colombia & Venezuela, Central America & Mexico-GIWA Regional Assessment 3b, 3c
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), GEF, University of Kalmar, Sweden, 2006)
This report presents the results of the GIWA assessment of the Colombia & Venezuela and Central America & Mexico sub-systems' located in GIWA region 3, the Caribbean Sea. The regional team identified habitat and community ...
Changes in forest cover in Kenya's five water towers 2003 - 2005
(Department of Resource Surveys and Remote Sensing (DRSRS), Kenya Forests Working Group (KFWG), Royal Netherlands Embassy, 2006)
This report is the second volume of a series of biennial assessments of major forest cover changes in Kenya's five main forest areas, namely Mt. Kenya, the Aberdare Range, the Mau Complex, Mt. Elgon and the Cherangani ...
Iseland's National Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities
(Ministry of Environment, Iceland, 2006)
This report forms a part of a large-scale project launched by the United Nations Environment Programme designed to protect the sea from pollution from land-based sources. The project was introduced and approved in Washington ...
Environmental assessment of the areas disengaged by Israel in the Gaza Strip
(UNEP, 2006)
In 2005, the major event in the middle-east region was the disengagement by Israel from Gaza. UNEP was requested by the environmental authorities in Gaza to carry-out an environmental assessment that would identify areas ...
The Hungary National Report
(WWF Europe, Land Use Policy Group (LUPG), 2006)
The environmental analysis has shown that Hungary is a priority country for the EU in terms of biodiversity and that rural funds are more than relevant to preserve many of these values at least in their present state. ...