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Djibouti: Ecosystem-based Adaptation 2010-2016
(2019)Djibouti is a small arid country where the availability of water is a key development constraint that inflicts crops and livestock. 85% of the 890,000 Djiboutians live in urban coastal areas, but these regions are showing ... -
Domestic Environment and Health of Women and Children
(1999)Given that the health problems associated with the domestic environment mainly affect women and children, gender issues are a strong component of this study. The book provides examples of how social and political backgrounds ... -
Draft Institutional Analysis Report for PEI Botswana
(2009)This report provides an assessment of key government institutions, the private sector, and civil society in the area of development, environment and natural resources management. It identifies their roles, mandates and ... -
Draft Mapping Report and Preliminary Findings of the Assessment of the Fourth Programme for the Development and Review of Environmental law (Montevideo IV) - Discussion Draft
(2018)This draft report is a component of the independent assessment of Montevideo IV, mandated by the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) and which is currently being undertaken by the Evaluation Office of UN Environment. ... -
Draft Ocean Acidification Paper For Western Indian Ocean Region
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2018)Marine ecosystem management and conservation is facing growing challenges from multiple and cumulative stressors (Chapin et al., 2000). Marine ecosystems are threatened by global climate change pressures of such as increased ... -
Draft technical background document for Global Mercury Assessment 2018
(2018-05-25)Draft technical background document containing technical information that forms the basis of the Global Mercury Assessment 2018. Not to be cited. -
Draft Zambian Standard - Plastic carrier bags and flat bags - specification
(Zambia Bureau of Standards, 2008)Having a clean and healthy environment is in the interest of all persons in Zambia. The failure to use plastics responsibly means that the parties involved in the plastics value chain – manufacturers, importers, distributors, ... -
Draft Zambian Standard - Plastics - Film sheeting
(Zambia Bureau of Standards, 2008)This draft Zambian standard has been prepared by the Plastic Carrier Bags and Flat Bags Technical Working Group constituted by the Environmental Council of Zambia, in collaboration with the Zambia Bureau of Standards. This ... -
Drawing a “Red Line” for Ecological Protection to Mitigate and Adapt to Climate Change
(2019)The initiative will call for active implementation of national spatial planning measures, based on scientific research and data, put forward a set of methodologies and guidelines for land use planning including the ... -
Drawing down N2O to protect climate and the ozone layer: a UNEP synthesis report
(UNEP, 2013)This report addresses the benefits of drawing down nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions. N2O is now the most significant ozone-depleting substance emission and the third most important greenhouse gas released into the atmosphere. ... -
Drivers of Environmental Change - Global Environment Outlook (GEO-6): Healthy Planet, Healthy People Chapter 2
(2019)The five drivers reviewed in this chapter — population growth and demographics, urbanization, economic development, new technological forces, and climate change — have led to an unprecedented expansion of wealth for many ... -
Driving Conservation through Sustainable Tourism Enterprises: Sectoral Business Condition Brief
(2016)To protect biodiversity, we need to create alternative economic opportunities for the people who depend on the world’s most biodiverse ecosystems. Biodiversity is the foundation of human well-being and prosperity. At the ... -
Driving Finance Today for the Climate Resilient Society of Tomorrow
(2019)This paper highlights existing barriers and challenges preventing the full integration of climate change risks and opportunities within the financial system writ large, including for its institutions. A “climate-informed” ... -
Drought, Fire and Deforestation in the Amazon: Feedbacks, Uncertainty and the Precautionary Approach - UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) - October 2011
(2011)The Amazon is widely considered to be one of the world's most important natural areas and a high priority for conservation. Its importance to the global carbon cycle makes understanding its response to drought essential ... -
Dryland Management: The "Desertification" Problem - Environment Department Working Paper Number 8
(1988)This Working Paper was written by Ridley Nelson, Natural Resources Environmental Specialist in the Systems and Technology Division, Environment Department, with assistance from William B. Magrath of the same Division in ... -
DTIE activities and performance
(UNEP, 2006)DTIEs activities focus on awareness raising, improving the transfer of knowledge and information, fostering technological cooperation and partnerships, and implementing international conventions and agreements. These ... -
Dugong : status report and action plans for countries and territories
(UNEP, 2001)The dugong (Dugong dugon) is the only herbivorous mammal that is strictly marine, and is the only extant species in the Family Dugongidae. It is listed as vulnerable to extinction at a global scale by The World Conservation ...