Browsing Publications and Documents by Author "Ecosystems Division"
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1993 United Nations List of National Parks and Protected Areas
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, 1994)The 1993 edition of the UN List includes sites in IUCN Management Categories! through V. It is intended that Category VI sites will be included in the next edition. Protected areas which are also designated Ramsar Sites, ... -
2016-2018 PAGIREL: Plan d’actions pour la gestion intégrée des ressources en eau du bassin versant de la rivière Lukaya
Association des Usagers du Bassin Versat de la Rivière Lukaya (United Nations Environment Programme, 2016-05-01)Le PAGIREL s’inscrit dans l’esprit de la nouvelle loi sur les ressources en eau, promulguée en Janvier 2016. Sa mise en oeuvre, fruit d’un processus participatif, inaugure ainsi l’ère d’une gestion des ressources en Eau ... -
2018 United Nations List of Protected Areas: Supplement on protected area management effectiveness
United Nations Environment Programme; United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (2018)The United Nations List of Protected Areas (hereafter referred to as ‘the UN List’) is a list of terrestrial, coastal and marine protected areas designated by governments around the world. Since its initial publication in ... -
Abandoned, Lost or otherwise Discarded Fishing Gear
United Nations Environment Programme; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2009)This report reviews the magnitude and composition of ALDFG, and while noting that information is not comprehensive and does not allow for any global estimates, suggests that gillnets and fishing traps/pots may be the most ... -
Accelerating Sustainable Development in Africa: Country Lessons from Applying Integrated Approaches
United Nations Environment Programme; United Nations Development Programme (2017)This report illustrates how policy makers, government staff and development practitioners can start putting in place what the former UN Secretary General called: “a practical twenty-first century development model that ... -
Accessing the Canopy : Assessment of Biological Diversity and Microclimate of the Tropical Forest Canopy: Phase I
United Nations Environment Programme (Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, 1995)UNEP's project Assessment of Biological Diversity and Microclimate of the Tropical Forest Canopy is a new venture to examine forest canopies by means of a tower crane. Accessing the Canopy is the first major report of the ... -
Accounting for the Inclusive Wealth of Nations: Key Findings of the IWR 2018 - Inclusive Wealth Report 2018: Measuring Sustainability and Well-being Chapter 1
Managi, Shunsuke (United Nations Environment Programme, 2019) -
Achievements and Planned Development of UNEP’s Regional Seas Programme and Comparable Programmes Sponsored by Other Bodies. UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 001
United Nations Environment Programme (1982)Bearing in mind the considerable experience that has been accumulated in the protection and development of regional sea areas, the Governing Council of UNEP decided at its eighth session in May 1980 (decision 8/13 A) that ... -
The Action Plan for the Caribbean Environment Programme: Evaluation of Its Development and Achievements (1976-1987) - CEP Technical Report 01
Caribbean Environment Programme; United Nations Environment Programme (1989)The present document constitutes an in-depth evaluation of the Action Plan for the Caribbean Environment Programme. It covers the preparatory activities initiated in 1976 leading to its adoption in April 1981, and its ... -
Action plan for the Caribbean of Marine Mammals (MMAP) in the Wider Caribbean Region
United Nations Environment Programme; Caribbean Environment Programme (2010-06-01)The Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW) Protocol, born out of the Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region (Cartagena Convention), came into force in ... -
Action Plan for the Conservation of Marine Mammals (MMAP) in the Wider Caribbean Region
United Nations Environment Programme (2008-11-10)The marine mammal fauna of the Wider Caribbean Region (WCR) is diverse, and marine mammals have significant ecological, aesthetic and economic value to the countries and territories of the region. Regional success in ... -
Action Plan for the Conservation of the Marine Environment and Coastal Areas of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 81
United Nations Environment Programme (1986)The conservation of the marine environment and coastal areas of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden for the benefit of the present and future generations will be the main objective of, the action plan which sets forth a framework ... -
Action Plan for the Protection, Management and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the Eastern African Region - UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 61
United Nations Environment Programme (1985)This report promote the sustainable development and sound management on regional marine and coastal resources -
Action Plan for the Protection, Management and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the Northwest Pacific Region - NOWPAP Publication No. 1
United Nations Environment Programme (1997)The UNEP Regional Seas Programme was initiated in 1974 as a global programme implemented through regional components. It has been repeatedly endorsed by the UNEP Governing Council as a regional approach to the management ... -
The Adaptation Finance Gap Report 2016
United Nations Environment Programme (2016)The report builds on a 2014 assessment by the United Nations Environment Programme, which laid out the concept of adaptation gaps and outlined three such gaps: technology, finance and knowledge. Like the 2014 report, the ... -
The Adaptation Gap Report 2018
United Nations Environment Programme (2018)The Adaptation Gap Reports focus on providing policy-relevant information to support such efforts. The focus of the 2018 report is dual: The first part examines the gaps that exist in a number of areas that are central to ... -
The Adaptation Gap Report 2018 - Executive Summary
United Nations Environment Programme (2018)The Adaptation Gap Reports focus on providing policy-relevant information to support such efforts. The focus of the 2018 report is dual: The first part examines the gaps that exist in a number of areas that are central to ... -
The adaptation knowledge initiative
United Nations Climate Change Sectretariat; United Nations Environment Programme (2015-07)The Nairobi work programme on impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change (NWP) serves as a knowledge mechanism on adaptation under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The NWP ... -
Adapting for a Green Economy: Companies, Communities and Climate Change - A Caring for Climate Report
United Nations Environment Programme; UN Global Compact; Oxfam; World Resources Institute (2011)This report is a resource for companies with a national, regional or global reach that are interested in increasing their strategic focus on adaptation in developing countries where they have operations, supply chains, ... -
Addressing Land Based Activities in the Western Indian Ocean - UNEP-GEF WIO-LaB Project
United Nations Environment Programme; Global Environment Facility (2006)The Project entitled “Addressing land-based 0ctivities in the Western Indian Ocean” (shortly referred to as “WIO-LaB”) addresses some of the major environmental problems and issues related to the degradation of the marine ...