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Ecosystem-based Management of Fisheries. UNEP Regional Seas Report and Studies No. 175
(UNEP, 2001)
To effectively manage our fisheries, we need to manage fish in the context of the environment in which they exist, that is an ecosystem. This means understanding the complex ecological and socioeconomic environments in ...
Handbook on integrated assessment of trade-related measures: the agriculture sector
(UNEP, 2005)
This Handbook on Integrated Assessment of Trade-related Measures: The Agriculture Sector (hereafter the Handbook) contributes to UNEP's work in this area, moving towards goals that were set out at the WSSD. It also builds ...
The 4th National Report of Iraq - Convention on Biological Diversity
(Ministry of Environment - Republic of Iraq, 2010)
It is fitting that as Iraq issues its first comprehensive report on the biological diversity of the country, the United Nations designates 2010 as the International Year of Biodiversity. Environmental issues such as ...
Measuring Progress: Environmental Goals and Gaps
(UNEP, 2012)
This report outlines findings from a UNEP study that, with support from the Government of Switzerland, has catalogued and analyzed existing Global Environmental Goals contained in the international agreements and conventions. ...
SPREP Country Report - Guam
(Commission du Pacifique Sud - Noumea Nouvelle-Caledonie, 1980)
RAPPORT NATIONAL DE GESTION DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT
Impacts of Ocean Fertilization on Marine Biodiversity
(Barnard, N., Hain, S., 2009)
On behalf of the CBD Executive Secretary, UNEP-WCMC has compiled and synthesized available scientific information on ocean fertilization and its observed and predicted impacts on marine biodiversity and habitats. The study ...
SPREP Country Report - French Polynesia
(South Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), 1980)
French Polynesia comprises approximately 130 islands, including one hundred of which are atolls and thirty high islands somewhat larger. In fact, all these islands are very small and many of the mountainous islands are so ...
State of the Environment Report - Cook Islands
(The Regional Ervionmental Technical Assistance (RETA) Proiect, 1993)
This State of the EnWonment Report provides a description of the environment covering elements of the Cook lslands' physical and biological features, and demographic and economlc features, environmental issues prevailing: ...
Impacts of Ocean Acidification on Marine Biodiversity
(UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 2010)
UNEP-WCMC has provided technical support to the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) to conduct a major study of more than 300 scientific literatures to synthesise the observed and predicted impacts ...
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 ...