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A Brief on key Indicators released by the Bureau during the Month of September 2013 - Uganda
(Uganda Bureau of Statistics, 2013)In the month of September, the Bureau disseminated key findings including: A) Revised Annual GDP estimates for FY 2012/13 B) Inflation for September 2013 C) The Uganda National Panel Survey 2009/10 - 2011/12 D) Child Labour ... -
A New Eye in the Sky: Eco-drones: UNEP Global eEnvironmental Alert Service (GEAS) - May 2013
(2013)UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) is a mechanism for identifying, selecting and communicating early warning information on emerging issues to decision makers on a regular basis across UNEPs focus areas. The ... -
ACP MEAs Programme Newsletter Edition 3, September - December 2016
(2016-12)The following newsletter provides regular quarterly updates on the European Commission funded programme on Capacity building related to multilateral environment agreements in African, Caribbean, and Pacific countries (the ... -
The African Journalist No. 43 March 1987: The Militarization of Africa
(1987-03)A monthly bulletin published by the Union of African Journalists in Arabic, English and French -
Animal Genetic Resources Information No. 12
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Animal Genetic Resources Information No. 17
(Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 1996)Animal Genetic Resources Information 17 -
Animal Genetic Resources Information No. 4
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At the Post-2015 Sustainability Crossroads: Too Vital to Fail, Avoiding Too Complicated To Succeed: Business Perspectives and Priorities - UNEP Perspectives No. 15
(2014)This paper will provide business perspectives on the convergence of the UN Post- 2015 Development Agenda, the UN climate change negotiations and UNEP’s strengthened role as the central UN environmental agency. -
Balancing economic development and protecting the cradle of mankind - Lake Turkana basin: UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) - June 2013
(2013)A number of transboundary water agreements exist in Africa. However, many of these agreements are limited to larger basins such as the Nile, Niger, Senegal or Volta. There are very few international river basin agreements ... -
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Building the Big Picture for a Green Economy - UNEP Perspectives No. 9
(2013)This is the story of building a practical vision for the future, one that is described by a common language and defined by a shared set of priorities. That vision is for a green, fair economy that helps to lift people out ... -
Citizens’ Advisory Councils to Enhance Civil Society Oversight of Resource Industries - UNEP Perspectives No. 10
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2013)The establishment of Citizens’ Advisory Councils is fundamental to industry’s “social license to operate,” genuine corporate social responsibility, citizen empowerment, environmental justice, government legitimacy, and ... -
Climate change and sustainable development: views from the South
(UNEP, 2002)Kyoto protocol was always an imperfect and has been made all the more imperfect by the fact that world's largest polluter has decided to stay out of the consensus and those who have joined demanded and received changes ... -
Cyclone Phailin in India: Early Warning and Timely Actions Saved Lives: UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) - November 2013
(2013)This issue focuses on the lessons learned from Cyclone Phailin and how they can be applied to other disasters such as the recent Typhoon Haiyan. -
Desertification Control Bulletin Number 12, 1985
(1985)Desertification Control is an international bulletin published at six-monthly intervals by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to disseminate information and knowledge on desertification problems and to present ... -
Desertification Control Bulletin Number 13, 1986: A Bulletin of World Events in the Control of Desertification Restoration of Degraded Lands and Reforestation
(1986)In this issue: Satellite remote sensing of desert spatial extent; Desertification in Botswana: progress towards a viable monitoring system; Soil at risk; Combating desertification in Zimbabwe; Desertification in India: ... -
Desertification Control Bulletin Number 14 1987: A Bulletin of World Events in the Control of Desertification Restoration of Degraded Lands and Reforestation
(1987)In this issue: Shifting Sands and Human Sorrow: Social response to drought and desertification; Camel Vs Cattle Pastoralism: stopping desert spread; African Drought and its Impacts: Revived interest in a recurrent phenomenon; ...