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Lake chad basin;GIWA Regional assessment 43
(UNEP, 2004)This report presents the results of the Global International Waters Assessment (GIWA) of the transboundary waters of the Lake Chad Basin. This and the subsequent chapter offer a background that describes the impetus behind ... -
The Lake Chad Conventional Basin: A Diagnostic Study of Environmental Degradation
(1990)The Lake Chad Conventional Basin: A Diagnostic Study of Environmental Degradation summarizes the symptoms of environmental "ill health" in the basin, such as erosion of formerly productive lands, overused groundwater, loss ... -
Lake Urmia: Signs of Recovery - Foresight Brief No. 004 - November 2017
(2017)Lake Urmia, located in a mountainous region between the provinces of East and West Azerbaijan in northwestern Iran is one of the country’s most important ecosystems. Recent indications are that the lake is recovering. The ... -
Lake Victoria Basin Environment Outlook
(UNEP, 2006)The Lake Victoria Environment Outlook (LVBEO) report provides an in-depth integrated analysis of the environmental dynamics within the basin. The report is the first ecosystem environment outlook report in Africa. It has ... -
Land and Soil - Global Environment Outlook (GEO-6): Healthy Planet, Healthy People Chapter 8
(2019)The main messages of the fth report of the Global Environment Outlook (GEO-5) could be extrapolated to GEO-6. Perhaps the most important difference is the recognition of climate change as a driver of environmental change, ... -
Land and Soil Policy - Global Environment Outlook (GEO-6): Healthy Planet, Healthy People Chapter 15
(2019)This chapter provides a comprehensive overview of the current Land and Soil policy framework and the related shortcomings, especially in terms of policy cohesion and implementation, as well as overall effectiveness. The ... -
Land Cover Classification System: Classification Concepts and User Manual
(2000)The main objective of the initiative for definition of a reference classification is to respond to the need for standardization (or harmonized collection of data, as mentioned in UNCED's Agenda 21 Chapter 10, for which FAO ... -
Land Degradation
(2017)UN Environment and the Global Environment Facility have worked together on more than 160 projects, promoting sustainable land management practices and helping countries around the world to restore degraded land. This ... -
Land Degradation - Factsheet
(2017)Healthy landscapes are fundamental to the health of life on earth. From food production to quality air and water, nutrient cycling and soil formation, we depend on our land for the very basics of existence. Land degradation ... -
Land Degradation, Desertification “Most Critical Challenges” in West Asia, as Rolling Conflicts Damage Environment, Human Health: Global Environmental Outlook 6 - Factsheet
(UNEP, 2016)The factsheet highlihts the findings of the GEO 6 Regional Assessment of the state of environment in West Asia -
Land Health Surveillance: an Evidence-based Approach to Land Ecosystem Management - Summary for Decision Makers
(Progress Press Ltd, 2012)This report presents the concepts of land health surveillance – a science based approach to land health assessment and monitoring. The approach is modelled on evidence-based approaches used in the public health sector, ... -
Land health surveillance: an evidence-based approach to land ecosystem management in the West Africa Sahel
(UNEP, 2012)This report presents the concepts of land health surveillance a science based approach to land health assessment and monitoring. The approach is modelled on evidence-based approaches used in the public health sector, where ... -
Land Restoration for Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals - An International Resource Panel Think Piece
(2019)In this think piece, we recognize that land is one of Earth’s most important and limiting resources, that its inefficient and inappropriate use continues to result in degradation, and that degradation does and will have ... -
Land Restoration for Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals: An International Resource Panel Think Piece - Factsheet
(2019)This International Resource Panel (IRP) Think Piece concludes that both the process of land restoration and rehabilitation, and the restored land, can have significant co-benefits for all the SDGs. -
Land Use Atlas of Pakistan
(Ministry of Environment, Government of Pakistan, 2009)The Atlas presents an integrated spatial database through Geographical Information System. Looking at the coverage of the Atlas, I see that it has wide utility ranging from interpreting the state of environment in the ... -
Land, Water, Biodiversity, and Air Quality under Pressure in Africa: Global Environmental Outlook 6 - Factsheet
(UNEP, 2016)The factsheet highlihts the findings of the GEO 6 Regional Assessment of the state of environment in Africa -
Landfill of Hazardous Industrial Wastes: A Training Manual - Technical Report No. 17
(1993)This is the 17th publications in a Technical Report Series that regroups the Guidelines, Overviews, Technical Reviews, and Workshop Proceedings previously published by UNEP IE/PAC. The regrouping into a single series will ... -
LAO Environment Outlook 2012
(Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE), Lao PDR, 2012)This report finds that Lao PDR has 68 percent of its land covered by forests, significantly higher than the worlds average which stands at 30 percent. As Lao PDR is vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, the sustainable ... -
Large marine ecosystems: A global comparative assessment of baseline status and future trends. Volume 4
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2016-01)Volume 4 presents the results of the first global indicator-based, comparative assessment of large marine ecosystems, prepared in partnership with IOC-UNESCO (lead), the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ... -
Large-Scale Ecosystem Based Adaptation in the Gambia River Basin: Developing a Climate Resilient, Natural Resource Economy
(2018)https://www.unenvironment.org/explore-topics/environmental-governance