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Understanding Synergies and Mainstreaming among the Biodiversity Related Conventions : A Special Contributory Volume by Key Biodiversity Convention Secretariats and Scientific Bodies
(2016-09)
This multi-author volume is an attempt by the United Nations Environment to engage with the Heads of various biodiversity related conventions and Chairs of Scienti c Bodies of the conventions to understand the opportunities ...
Climate Change and Human Rights
(2015-12)
This UNEP report sheds light on the human rights obligations of both governments and private actors in responding to climate change, including those relating to rights to information, public participation in decision-making ...
Deep-sea Sponge Grounds: Reservoirs of Biodiversity
(UNEP, 2010)
This report draws together scientific understanding of deep-water sponge grounds alongside the threats they face and ways in which they can be conserved. Beginning with a summary of research approaches, sponge biology and ...
Uganda Wetlands Atlas - Volume II
(Ministry of Water and Environment, Uganda, 2016)
Wetlands underpin the livelihoods of people and their integrity is fundamental to national development. The Uganda Wetlands Atlas, Volume II presents a comprehensive overview of the state and pressures on the wetlands in ...
Climate Change and Governance in Afghanistan
(National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA), 2015)
This report provides a broad overview of the landscape of climate change governance in Afghanistan in order to identify past achievements and current and future entry points for the further mainstreaming of climate change ...
Frontiers 2018/19: Emerging Issues of Environmental Concern
(2019)
Every year a network of scientists, experts and institutions across the world work with UN Environment to identify and analyze emerging issues that will have profound effects on our society, economy and environment. The ...
Report on the COBSEA Regional Train-the-Trainer Course on Spatial Planning in the Coastal and Marine Zone of the EAS Region
(2012-05-18)
From May 14 to 18, 2012, 34 participants from six East Asian countries met in Phuket Thailand to participate in the Sida-sponsored, UNEP/COBSEA Regional Train-the-Trainer Course on Spatial Planning ...
Regional Inception Workshop of the COBSEA YEOSU Project: Addressing the Challenge of Sea-Level rise and Coastal Erosion in the East Asian Seas
(2012-08)
Coastal erosion is recognized as one of the major impacts of climate change-induced sea-level rise. The developing countries of the East Asian region face the prospects of severe loss of coastal ecosystems, communities and ...
A Regional Approach to the Sustainable and Ecosystem-Based Management of Coastal Erosion in the East Asian Seas Region: A Resource Document
(2011)
This resource document builds on the current understanding of coastal erosion processes and policy responses from the region and around the world. It provides EAS member countries with a two-step process to develop a logical ...
Ecosystem-based Adaptation: Selected Case Studies from Africa
(2019)
Efforts to protect the environment can have a negative impact on people’s livelihoods if it does not increase livelihood options from the ecosystem. So how do we maintain a healthy environment as
climate changes and at ...