Browsing Publications and Documents by Country/Region "Asia"
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Advancing sustainable consumption in Asia: a guidance manual
(UNEP, 2005)This manual provides practical guidance to governments in Asian countries on implementation of the sustainable consumption section of the UN Guidelines for Consumer Protection. Using a question and answer format, the guide ... -
Disaster Risk Reduction: A Toolkit for Tourism Destinations: Practical Examples from Coastal Settlements in Asia
(UNEP, 2008)This publication was made possible through funding from the EU-Asia Pro Eco II B Post-Tsunami Programme and is part of the project on Disaster Reduction through Awareness, Preparedness and Prevention Mechanisms in Coastal ... -
Enforcement Handbook on Controlling Illegal Shipments of Chemicals and Waste - For Asia Enforcement Officers
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2015)Protecting human health and the environment from the dangers of hazardous chemicals and wastes is a growing area of responsibility for enforcement officers and Customs in particular. The Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam ... -
Environmental Indicators in Northeast Asia
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2004)Agenda 21 emphasized the need for developing indicators to provide the solid base for decision making at local, national, regional and global levels. The Johannesburg Plan of Implementation in 2002 reiterated the need for ... -
Freshwater under threat South East Asia
(UNEP, 2009)This report is one of the outputs of the Vulnerability Assessment of Freshwater Resources to Environmental Change project, presenting a situation analysis with regard to the vulnerability of water resources system in South ... -
Freshwater under threat: Africa-Asia Summary - Vulnerability Assessment of Freshwater Resources to Environmental Change.
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2008)Africa and Asia's dependence on natural resources makes their people most vulnerable to environmental change. This vulnerability includes both natural and human phenomena, including climate change and variability, pollution, ... -
Global report on validated alternatives to the use of methyl bromide for soil fumigation
(UNEPFAO, 2001)Methyl bromide (MeBr), used as a fumigant to control several soil-borne pests in various crops, is a strong ozone depleter, and governments and international agencies aware of the problem have agreed to establish a programme ... -
Reactive nitrogen in the environment
(UNEP, 2007)This non-technical report summarizes the present scientific understanding of the major issues surrounding reactive nitrogen, and discusses the overarching environmental, human health and economic issues created by both ... -
Striving for good governance in urban areas: the role of local agenda 21s
(UNEP, 2001)One of the most significant innovations in addressing urban environmental problems in recent years has been the emergence of a new kind of city-wide initiative to address environmental problems the Local Agenda 21. Although ... -
The links between migration, globalisation and sustainable development
(UNEP, 2001)Increased migration is one of the most visible and significant aspects of globalisation: growing numbers of people move within countries and across borders, looking for better employment opportunities and better lifestyles. ... -
Trade in Environmentally Sound Technologies Opportunities and Challenges in the ASEAN Region - Policy Brief
(2019)Trade in environmentally sound technologies offers triple win opportunities for the environment, economy and people in developing countries. This project aims to support and enable developing countries in the ASEAN region ... -
UNEP emerging issues: global honey bee colony disorder and other threats to insect pollinators
(UNEP, 2010)This report concludes that currently available global data and knowledge on the decline of pollinators are not sufficiently conclusive to demonstrate that there is a worldwide pollinator and related crop production crisis. ... -
Women at the frontline of climate change: gender risks and hopes
(UNEP, 2011)Women are often in the frontline in respect to the impacts of a changing climate. Globally the world is seeing increasingly frequent droughts and floods which are having economic but also profound social consequences. The ...