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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 ...
Estado del Ambiente y Perspectivas - GEO Rosario
(Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente (PNUMA) para el Intendencia Municipal de Colonia, Uruguay, 2011)
El proceso de preparación del Informe GEO Rosario recorrió todas las fases programadas, y concluyó con un texto analítico basado en la mejor información disponible y el aporte de especialistas y el saber local, y con un ...
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, ...
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 ...
State of the Environment Report: Charts and Figures - Portugal
(Portuguese Environment Agency, 2012)
Portugal State of the Environment Report 2012, Charts and Figures.
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 ...
Perspectivas del Medio Ambiente Urbano - GEO Colonia del Sacramento
(Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente (PNUMA) para el Intendencia Municipal de Colonia, Uruguay, 2011)
El informe VIA Colonia es de gran relevancia para esta urbe, pues facilita la comprensión de los impactos que fenómenos globales como el cambio climático, podrían tener en su territorio, y así responder a las prioridades ...
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 ...