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Fisheries subsidies, sustainable development and the WTO
(UNEP, 2010)
This book explains why and how the reform of fisheries subsidies has become one of the most concrete and potentially successful international efforts to achieve global environmental, economic and developmental policy ...
Building for the future: a United Nations showcase in Nairobi
(2011)
The new office facility in Nairobi, houses the headquarters of both the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT).
Marine Turtles in the Mediterranean: distribution, population status, conservation
(UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 2012)
This report, which covers the conservation status and geographical distribution of marine turtles, their nesting beaches and foraging areas in the Mediterranean, was prepared under Contract No. 32.88 from the Environment ...
The economics of ecosystems and biodiversity: mainstreaming the economics of nature: A synthesis of the approach, conclusions and recommendations of TEEB
(UNEP, 2010)
The aim of TEEB is to provide a bridge between the multi-disciplinary science of biodiversity and the arena of international and national policy as well as local government and business practices. The scope of TEEB is ...
Tunza vol. 8.2: hazards and disasters
(UNEP, 2010)
UNEP magazine for youth.
Tunza vol. 8.3: resource use
(UNEP, 2010)
UNEP magazine for youth.
Farming the flow: innovative approaches to understand, protect and value ecosystem services across linked habitats
(UNEP, 2010)
This publication presents a framework for an understanding of the connectivity between tropical coastal ecosystems (including mangroves, seagrasses and coral reefs) ac- ross environmental, economic, social, and management ...
The last stand of the gorilla: environmental crime and conflict in the Congo basin
(UNEP, 2010)
Gorillas, the largest of the great apes, are under renewed threat across the Congo Basin from Nigeria to the Albertine Rift: poaching for bushmeat, loss of habitat due to agricultural expansion, degradation of habitat from ...
Regional Indicators Revision 2011 - ILAC
(UNEP, 2010)
The present publication presents regional data drawn from the indicators used in the Latin American and Caribbean Initiative for Sustainable Development (known by its Spanish acronym ILAC). This set of indicators covers, ...
Assessment of Transboundary Freshwater Vulnerability in Africa to Climate Change
(UNEPWater Research Commission, 2014)
Managing the freshwater impacts of climate change in Africa is as much a political and development challenge as a technical climate change challenge. Even without climate change, many of Africa’s water resources are facing ...