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The Uganda Atlas - Evidence of Uganda's changing environment
(National Enviornment Management Authority (NEMA), 2012)
The Uganda Atlas of Our Changing Environment, prepared by the National Environmental Management Authority of Uganda, provides extensive scientific evidence of Uganda's changing environment. Modelled after Africa: Atlas of ...
Ecosystem services and rural livelihoods in the Sahel: environmental accounting and wealth surveys
(UNEP, 2012)
This report uses environmental accounting in conjunction with data from the literature to evaluate the costs and benefits of different land use systems in the Sahel on environmental services and ultimately on the populations ...
Kenya wetland atlas
(UNEP, 2012)
Wetlands are among the most important ecosystems in Kenya. This atlas details many of Kenya's wetlands and the specific pressures facing them.
Measuring Progress: Environmental Goals and Gaps
(UNEP, 2012)
This report outlines findings from a UNEP study that, with support from the Government of Switzerland, has catalogued and analyzed existing Global Environmental Goals contained in the international agreements and conventions. ...
Digest of Environment Statistics 2012 - Mauritius
(Ministry of Finance and Economic Development - Mauritius, 2012)
This is the eleventh issue of the Digest of Environment Statistics prepared by Statistics Mauritius. It presents in a single report detailed available data concerning the environment. Many of the statistics presented have ...
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 ...
Health effects of black carbon
(WHO, 2012)
Black carbon is a good indicator of combustion-related air pollution, and was only recently recognized as a short-lived climate-forcer, which contributes to warming the Earth's atmosphere.This report presents the results ...
Minimum Specifications for Health Care Waste Incineration
(Environmental Council of Zambia, 2012)
Quantities of health care waste generated monthly range from a few kilograms at remote health care facilities, to hundreds or possibly thousands of kg at central hospitals. Poorly disposed off health care waste such as ...
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 ...
A practical framework for planning pro-development climate policy
(UNEP, 2012)
MCA4climate is a major new UNEP initiative providing practical assistance to governments in preparing their climate change mitigation and adaptation plans and strategies. It aims to help governments, particularly in ...