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UNEP Year Book 2014: Emerging issues in our global environment
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2014)
Ten years after the first Year Book in this series appeared, a special e-book anniversary edition – UNEP Year Book 2014 – presents a fresh look at ten issues highlighted over the past decade. This UNEP Year Book 2014 takes ...
Emerging Issues for Small Island Developing States
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2014)
In 2013, UNEP identified priority emerging environmental issues that are of concern to small island developing states (SIDS). This report provides an overview of 20 issues critical to the sustainable development of SIDS. ...
Eficiencia en el uso de los recursos en América Latina
(Programa de Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente (PNUMA)Mercosur de Investigaciones Económicas (Red Mercosur)., 2011)
El informe «Eficiencia en el uso de los recursos en América Latina: perspectivas e implicancias económicas» aporta información que contribuye a la integración de la eficiencia en el uso de recursos en la formulación de ...
Island Biodiversity – Island Bright Spots in Conservation & Sustainability
(Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, 2014)
Islands are taking action to effectively conserve biodiversity and promote sustainable livelihoods. Despite significant vulnerabilities facing islands, leaders of island countries and countries with islands have made ...
Small Island Developing States in numbers
(Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLS), 2013)
SIDS In Numbers provides, at a glance, a snapshot of some select key SIDS indicators grouped under the three dimensions of sustainable development
Mauritius - National Report for Third International Conference
(Government of Mauritius, 2013)
The vulnerabilities of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) arise from a number of physical, socio-economic and environmental factors. SIDS small size, limited resources, geographical dispersion and isolation from markets, ...
Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI): National Report for Third International Conference
(Republic of the Marshall Islands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 2013)
Vision 2018, the RMIs strategic development plan framework (2003-2018), provides the broad policyand planning framework against which progress achieved or not under various national, regional andinternational programmes ...
Review of marine turtles legislation in Tuvalu
(Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), 2010)
This review documents existing legislation and policies as well as the country's participation in international/regional agreements and conventions relevant to marine turtles.
Barbados national assessment report of progress made in addressing vulnerabilities of SIDS through Implementation of the Mauritius Strategy for Further Implementation(MSI) of the Barbados Programme of Action
(The Ministry of the Environment Water Resources and Drainage - Government of Barbados, 2010)
The United Nations General Assembly (GA) Resolution 63/213 (February 2009) reaffirmed the GA decision 62/191 to review the progress made in addressing the vulnerabilities of small island developing states through the ...
Environmental Impact Assessment Process in Zambia
(Environmental Council of Zambia, 2013)
In Zambia, industrial and commercial development in Zambia, particularly large-scale mining, the growth in manufacturing activities, and a corresponding increase in population have brought about the risk of environmental ...