Browsing Publications and Documents by Subject "marine pollution"
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Coastal and Marine Environmental Problems of the United Republic of Tanzania. UNEP Regional Seas and Reports No. 106
(UNEP, 1989)This report consists of summary describing specific coastal and marine environmental problems in the United Republic of Tanzania such as coral reefs destruction, mangroves cutting, fisheries over-exploitation and unnecessary ... -
Coastal and Marine Problems of Somalia: UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 84
(1987)In 1984, the Government of the Democratic Republic of Somalia approached the Executive Director of UNEP with a request for assistance in assessing the coastal and marine environmental problems of the country in drawing up ... -
Coastal management in the Western Indian Ocean region - A capacity needs assessment
(Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association (WIOMSA)Coastal Resources Center - University of Rhode Island, 2001)Developing capacity in coastal and marine issues of the Western Indian Ocean (WIO) region is a very important activity, given the present growing and projected pressures on the coastal and marine resources.The region s ... -
Compliance mechanisms under selected multilateral environmental agreements
(UNEP, 2007)This report seeks to perform a comparative analysis of compliance mechanisms under selected multilateral environment agreements (MEAs). Nineteen MEAs were selected on the basis of their being global in scope, widely ratified ... -
Contribution of the thermal infrared band of Landsat-7 ETM+ in the detection of seawater pollution along the Lebanese shoreline
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2010)The marine environment in Lebanon has been recently affected by land-derived pollution. This problem mostly concerns areas with dense urban activities. While threatening the marine ecosystem, it also affects, as a consequence, ... -
Country Environmental Anaylsis: Azerbaijan
(Asian Development Bank, 2005)The present volume brings to a wider audience some of the analysis behind the country strategies and assistance programs that the Asian Development Bank (ADB) formulates in consultation with its member countries. The focus ... -
Croatia Environmental Performance Reviews: Second Review
(United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), 2014)The second Environmental Performance Review (EPR) of Croatia began in October 2012 with a preparatory mission. During this mission, the structure of the review report was discussed and the time-schedule established. A ... -
Cyprus: Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment
(Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment, Cyprus, 2005)This publication aims at providing a general overview of the fields of agriculture, natural resources and environment in Cyprus. It is of particular importance because it is released just a year after the accession of ... -
Democratic People's Republic of Korea: State of the Environment Report
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2003)The objectives of the DPR Korea State of the Environment ( SoE) report are: identify the key environmental issues that act as barriers to attain sustainable development, and provide policy settings and options that can be ... -
EaP GREEN country updates series: Armenia
(Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), 2015)The EaP GREEN programme responds to commitments made by countroes, the European Union and international partners in several international forums: the Warsaw Eastern Partnership Summit, the Seventh 'Environment for Europe' ... -
EaP GREEN country updates series: Moldova
(Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), 2015)The EaP GREEN programme responds to commitments made by countroes, the European Union and international partners in several international forums: the Warsaw Eastern Partnership Summit, the Seventh Environment for Europe ... -
Economics of Climate Change in Latin America and the Caribbean - Summary
(United Nations (UN) - Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), 2009)This document presents an aggregate economic analysis of climate change in Latin America and the Caribbean based on the national and subregional studies carried out on the topic in the region. It summarizes the results ... -
Ecosystem based approaches for climate change adaptation in Caribbean SIDS
(Universit de GenveCentre for Tropical Marine Ecologie (ZMT), Bremen, 2013)Existing climate variability and global climate change are major threat stosustainable development in the Caribbean, particularly for the Small Island Developing States(SIDS). Hurricanes, storms urges and extreme rainfall ... -
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. ... -
ENPI-SEIS Country Report of Ukraine
(European Environment Agency (EEA), 2012)The Report reflects current state of the environmental monitoring, infrastructure and inter-institutional cooperation on environmental protection within a country, also it provides information on gaps that should be filled ... -
Entrepreneurial Environment Study: National Report Belgium
(European Union, 2007)This report is part of the comparative studies carried out in the eight countries represented in the project. The purpose of the study is to evaluate the business environment for women entrepreneurs in the following European ... -
Environment and Climate Change Outlook
(2012)The Democratic People’s Republic (DPR) of Korea Environment and Climate Change Outlook Report (ECCO) is an important product of this process, which UNEP has supported through technical assistance. This report includes a ... -
Environment and Health Risks from Climate Change and Variability in Italy
(World Health Organization (WHO), 2007)The report shows that information to assist in anticipating potential threats and impacts can be developed and can be extremely useful in preparing people and the overall societal structure for adverse events, as well as ... -
Environment in Serbia: an indicator – based review
(Serbian Environmental Protection Agency, 2007)Reliable information on impacts of the socio-economic growth on environment, ecosystems and, consequently, on public health is essential for framing and implementing sound and effective environmental policy measures and ... -
Environment Outlook in Amazonia – GEO Amazonia
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO), 2009)GEO Amazonia is intended to present a vision of Amazonia from the perspective of the Amazonian countries and with the participation of Amazonian stakeholders
