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Protecting the Oceans from Land-based Activities: Land-based Sources and Activities Affecting the Quality and Uses of the Marine, Coastal and Associated Freshwater Environment - GESAMP Reports and Studies No. 71
(2001)
Land-based sources and activities affecting the quality and uses of the marine, coastal and associated freshwater environment.
Green hills, blue cities: an ecosystems approach to water resources management for African cities
(UNEP, 2011)
Africa is currently the least urbanised region in the world, but this is changing fast. Of the billion people living on the African continent, about 40 per cent lives in urban areas. The urban population in Africa doubled ...
Assessment of environmental hot Spots in Iraq
(UNEP, 2005)
It is estimated that Iraq has several thousand contaminated sites resulting from a combination of general industrial activities, military activities, post-conflict damage and looting. Many of the sites are derelict and ...
Africa's lakes: Atlas of our changing environment
(UNEP, 2006)
Water is vital for our survival. Africa is the second largest and the second most populous continent after Asia. It is endowed with both natural and artificial lakes and is home to some of the largest lakes in the world. ...
Hydropolitical vulnerability and resilience along international waters: Africa
(UNEP, 2006)
This is the first report in a series of assessment reports in different geographic regions on hydropolitical vulnerability and resilience along international waters. It presents a comprehensive assessment of the hydropolitical ...
GEO-6: Global Environment Outlook: Regional assessment for North America
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2016)
The sixth Global Environment Outlook (GEO-6) Regional Assessment for North America paints a comprehensive picture of the environmental factors contributing to human health and well-being at the regional level. Backed by a ...
Final evaluation of the assessment of the pollution status and vulnerability of the water supply aquifers of African cities
(UNEP, 2006)
This project, Assessment of the Pollution Status and Vulnerability of Water Supply Aquifers of African Cities, is a follow up to the project, The Urban Pollution of Surficial and Groundwater Aquifers in Africa. The focus ...
Public Health Problems in the Coastal Zone of the East African Region: UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 009
(1984)
Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 009. UNEP 1982: Public health problems in the coastal zone of the East African region
Pacific Islands: GIWA regional assessment
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2004)
This report presents the GIWA assessment of the Pacific Islands region, which comprises more than 20 Island nations or territories that exhibit enormous geomorphological, climatic, cultural and demographic diversity within ...
Transboundary diagnostic analysis (T.D.A.) for the Mediterranean sea
(UNEP, 2005)
The purpose of conducting a Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis (TDA) is to scale the relative importance of sources and causes, both immediate and root, of transboundary waters problems, and to identify potential preventive ...