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A practical guide to landfill management in Pacific Island countries and territories: Volume 1 - Inland-based waste disposal (2nd edition)
(Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), 2010)
Solid waste management is an environmental priority for most islands in the Pacific. Unfortunately, lack of recycling and reduction initiatives, poor waste collection systems, open dumpsites, and environmental pollution ...
Korea Environmental Policy Bulletin - Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)
(Ministry of Environment - Korea Environment Institute - Republic of Korea, 2010)
The Korean government introduced its Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) system in 2000 that strengthened producers responsibility from the production stage up to collection and recycling. EPR system is applied to four ...
State of the Environment Report - Israel
(Ministry of Environmental Protection, State of Israel, 2010)
This English document presents selected indicators based on a more comprehensive report in Hebrew which compiles data on more than one hundred different indicators dealing with the main environmental resources: land, air, ...
Greening Cement Production has a Big Role to Play in Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions -UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) - November 2010
(2010)
Next to water, concrete is the second-most consumed substance on earth
Perspectivas del medio ambiente urbano - GEO Córdoba
(Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente (PNUMA) para el Municipalidad de Córdoba, 2010)
Córdoba, apoyada por el Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente (PNUMA) inició un proceso participativo en el marco del ambicioso proyecto de evaluaciones ambientales integrales denominado GEO (Global ...
Perspectivas para O Meio Ambiente Urbano - GEO Beberibe
(Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente (PNUMA) para el Instituto Brasileiro de Administração (IBAM), Brazil, 2010)
O principal mérito do Informe GEO Beberibe, considerando os objetivos e a metodologia anteriormente expostos, é pôr em evidência alguns problemas que vêm se acentuando no município, alertando para a necessidade urgente de ...
State of the Environment Report - GEO Belize
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) for The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment - Belize, 2010)
This report uses UNEP’s methodology for Integrated Environmental Assessment (IEA), known as GEO methodology that promotes a participatory and multidisciplinary approach to include the views and inputs of experts and ...
Perspectivas del Medio Ambiente Urbano - GEO Rivera
(Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente (PNUMA) para el Intendencia Departamental de Rivera, Uruguay, 2010)
El presente informe de las Localidades Urbanas de Rivera es una herramienta que permite identificar y describir los principales problemas ambientales urbanos que se enfrentan a nivel local y sus causas, calificarlos en el ...
Perspectivas del Medio Ambiente Urbano - GEO Puerto Montt
(Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente (PNUMA) para el Municipalidad de Puerto Montt, Chile, 2010)
El presente informe, al igual que otras experiencias de proyectos GEO, busca promover una mejor comprensión de la ciudad de Puerto Montt y como ésta interactúa con el medio ambiente.
Perspectivas para O Meio Ambiente Urbano - GEO Ponta Porã
(Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente (PNUMA) para el Ministério do Meio Ambiente, Brazil, 2010)
Como parte do projeto GEO, o projeto GEO CIDADES é uma iniciativa lançada pelo PNUMA especificamente para a América Latina e o Caribe e que procura fornecer aos governos nacionais, cientistas, tomadores de decisão e ao ...