Browsing Publications and Documents by Topic "Biosafety"
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Green Customs Guide to Multilateral Environmental Agreements
(2018)This guide provides an overview of the multilateral environmental agreements, their requirements related to trade in environmentally sensitive substances and commodities, and the role of customs officers and border control ... -
Implementing Industrial Symbiosis and Environmental Management Systems for SMEs in Three Regions in Ghana
(2017)The project seeks to promote sustainability among companies in three regions of Ghana by encouraging the reuse of other companies’ by-products by means of facilitating industrial symbiosis. The project will promote the use ... -
IPCS Mode of Action Framework Part 1: IPCS Framework for Analysing the Relevance of a Cancer Mode of Action for Humans and Case Studies. Part 2: IPCS Framework for Analysing the Relevance of a Non-Cancer Mode of Action for Humans
(2007)The IPCS Harmonization Project goal is to improve chemical risk assessment globally, through the pursuit of common principles and approaches, and, hence, strengthen national and international management practices that ... -
Measuring Progress: Towards Achieving the Environmental Dimension of the SDGs
(2019)Did you know that only 23% of the environment-related SDG indicators are on track to meet the target if current trends continue? For 68%, there is not enough data to assess progress and for 9% there is not progress toward ... -
Nagoya - Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
(2011)Like its parent treaty, the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, the adoption of the Nagoya – Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol is seen as playing a function of preventing damage on the one hand and as a further confidence-building ... -
Promoting SCP in South African Agricultural Value Chains - South Africa
(2017)The overall goal of this action is to champion a crosssectoral Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) model in South African agriculture through Fairtrade by investing in policy advocacy, public and private consumer ... -
Report of the Meeting of a Government Expert Group on Health-Related Monitoring
(1977)The report outlines the aims of the Global Environmental Monitoring System and the activities carried out under its aegis. These falls into four major categories - health-related monitoring, climate-related monitoring, ... -
Report on Non-Government Organization Activities on Environmental Issues Related to UNEP Programmes: Prepared for the Seventh Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme
(1979)This document presents an overview of NGO activities in the seven subject areas selected for in-depth review at the seventh session of the United Nations Environment Programme's Governing Council. It illustrates both the ... -
Responsible Production Training Package: Trainers support package on Responsible Production and Chemical Hazard Management for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises
(2009)The package is intending at raising awareness to chemical hazards and risks, and to the benefits of systematical chemical safety management, within a value-chain approach. For teaching the factual knowledge base of the ... -
Responsible Production: A Framework for Chemical Hazard Management for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises
(2009)The many guides and tools available in this approach for chemical hazard management can be gathered into three groups: safer production - operational and management systems and process guidance and tools; APELL (Awareness ... -
Sudan: First State of Environment and Outlook Report 2020: Environment for Peace and Sustainable Development
(2020)The overall objective of the Sudan First State of the Environment and Outlook 2020 Report (SoE) is to document and to assess the current status of the environment in Sudan and to propose scenarios and policy options. ... -
Sustainable Production and Commercialization Strategies in the Agri-food Sector in South Africa: Deliverable D2.2.1 - Guidelines for the Implementation of Green Certification Scheme
(2017)The objective of the deliverable “D.2.2. Guidelines for the implementation of Green Certification scheme and sustainability Reporting” is to carry out the creation of the framework for the Green Certification Schemes for ... -
SWITCH Africa Green: Stories from Beneficiaries Ghana, Kenya and Uganda - Quarterly Report October-December 2016
(2016)In this quarter the SWITCH Africa Green project carried out technical monitoring of projects in three countries: Ghana, Kenya and Uganda. Technical Monitoring involves review, monitoring and assessment of the uptake of SCP ... -
Synthetic Biology: Re-engineering the environment - Frontiers 2018/19: Emerging Issues of Environmental Concern Chapter 1
(2019)The world is facing unprecedented challenges to a healthy and sustainable future. Habitat destruction, invasive species, and overexploitation are contributing to immense biodiversity loss. Unsustainable, extractive industry ... -
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Trade related Environmental Measures in the Field of Safety in Biotechnology - Environment and Trade 14
(1997)The purpose of this paper is to illustrate how safety requirements in the field of biotechnology can sometimes take the form of trade measures when they create a restriction on trade to protect the environment and/or human ... -
UN Joint SDG Fund
(2020-04-27)World leaders have made ambitious commitments to achieve the SDGs. Yet, securing enough resources remains a major challenge, with developing countries facing a gap estimated between US$2.5–3 trillion per year. Financing ... -
UNEP-GEF Project for Sustainable Capacity Building for Effective Participation in the Biosafety Clearing House
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Upscaling Generation Commercialization and Utilization of Biomass Waste-Based Green Energy Sources in Uganda
(2017)By-products and waste streams from agricultural processes are currently not widely utilized. Through the implementation of biomass technologies, these can be turned into feedstock/fuel for product value addition. This ...