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Public Participation and the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety: A Review for DfID and UNEP-GEF
(2002)
The paper is a commissioned review on Public Participation in relation to the implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety prepared by IDS for DFID and UNEP-GEF. This study looks at public participation in the ...
Waste Management Outlook for Mountain Regions: Sources and Solutions
(2016)
Mountains play an essential role in supplying water, energy, food and other services to millions of people living in the mountains and downstream. Ensuring the continued supply of these services has never been more important. ...
Position Paper - Nitrogen Use Efficiency and Nutrient Performance Indicators. A publication of the Global Partnership on Nutrient Management
This paper offers the technical basis and supporting research for using Nitrogen Use Efficiency (NUE) as a performance indicator to improve global food production and control the potential harmful environmental impacts of ...
The global innovative index 2016: Winning with global innovation
(Johnson Cornell University, 2016)
Innovation is now widely recognized as a central driver of economic growth and development. The Global Innovation Index (GII) aims to capture the multi-dimensional facets of innovation by providing a rich database of ...
Grenada - National Report for Third International Conference
(United Nations Development Programme Subregional Officefor the OECS and Barbados, 2012)
Twenty years after the BPOA, the third International Conference on the SustainableDevelopment of SIDS will once again bring to fore the vulnerabilities anddevelopment needs of SIDS, with a view to identifying solutions and ...
Protected areas: an effective tool to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries
(UNEP, 2008)
Forests play a key role in the global carbon cycle, absorbing and storing carbon in their biomass and soils. The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) discussions on reducing emissions from deforestation and ...
Environmental Impact Assessment: Sewage Treatment Plant for Port Said. UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 133
(1991)
The fourth ordinary meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Barcelona Convention (Genoa, September 1985), when considering the workplan of the Priority Actions Programme Regional Activity Centre (PAP/RAG) of the Mediterranean ...
Elephants in the Dust: the African Elephant Crisis. A Rapid Response Assessment
(2013)
This rapid response assessment report brings together critical up-to-date information from the CITES-recognized systems that monitor the status of elephants, the illegal killing of elephants, and the legal and illegal trade ...
An Introduction to the Simple Climate Models used in the IPCC Second Assessment Report
(Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), 1997)
This technical report is aimed at introducing the climate system and simple climate models (SCMs). This report has two objectives namely: to explain how SCMs work, the processes that are induced in them, what their strengths ...
The State of Biodiversity in Africa: A Mid-term Review of Progress towards the Aichi Biodiversity Targets
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2016-05)
The report identifies opportunities and challenges in implementing the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 in Africa and looks ahead to actions which need to be taken by national governments and other decision makers ...