Browsing Publications and Documents by Subject "hazard"
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4º Relatório Sobre a Biodiversidade em cabo Verde
(2009)Com a ratificação da Convenção sobre a Diversidade Biológica, em Março de 1995, Cabo Verde comprometeu-se perante o mundo em apresentar periodicamente ao Secretariado da Convenção, o balanço da implementação da mesma no ... -
A situation report -The nature and extent of environmental crimes in Seychelles
(Institute for Security Studies, 2009)This research was undertaken by the Environmental Crime Project (ECP) of the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) as part of an eight-country study to determine the nature and extent of environmental crime in Eastern Africa. ... -
An assessment of the economic and social impacts of climate change on the energy sector in the Caribbean
(United Nations (UN) - Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), 2013)The present report assesses the economic and social impacts of climate change on the energy sector in Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cuba, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Grenada, Guyana, ... -
Antigua and Barbuda: SIDS 2014 Prepatory Progress Report
The historic Rio Earth Conference brought sustainable development to the global political agenda. As part of this process and in recognition of the peculiar vulnerabilities and challenges faced by Small Island Developing ... -
AUTO – AVALIAÇÃO DAS CAPACIDADES NACIONAIS PARA A GESTAO GLOBAL AMBIENTAL - PERFIL TEMÁTICO NA ÁREA DAS MUDANÇAS CLIMÁTICAS
(Ministério do Ambiente e Agricultura, 2006)As Mudanças Climáticas foram reconhecidas pela primeira vez como um problema maior e de envergadura mundial em 1979, durante a primeira conferência climática organizada em Genéve pela Organização Meteorológica Mundial ... -
AUTO – AVALIAÇÃO DAS CAPACIDADES NACIONAIS PARA A GESTÃO GLOBAL AMBIENTAL - PERFIL TEMÁTICO NA ÁREA DA CONSERVAÇÃO DA BIODIVERSIDADE
(MINISTÉRIO DO AMBIENTE E AGRICULTURA, 2006)Uma viagem retrospectiva ao conceito de desenvolvimento sustentável conduz-nos, ate dois eventos marcantes da história: Maurice Strong, quem enquanto Secretario Geral da Conferencia de Stockholm, em 1972, introduziu o termo ... -
Barbados - National Report for Third International Conference
(Government of Barbados, 2013)In charting a path to Sustainable Development, the Government of Barbados designs and incorporates policies and programmes that take into account special defining characteristics of a Small Island Developing State that ... -
Barbados national assessment report of progress made in addressing vulnerabilities of SIDS through Implementation of the Mauritius Strategy for Further Implementation(MSI) of the Barbados Programme of Action
(The Ministry of the Environment Water Resources and Drainage - Government of Barbados, 2010)The United Nations General Assembly (GA) Resolution 63/213 (February 2009) reaffirmed the GA decision 62/191 to review the progress made in addressing the vulnerabilities of small island developing states through the ... -
CABO VERDE NO CONTEXTO DO DESENVOLVIMENTO SUSTENTÁVEL -RELATÓRIO À CONFERÊNCIA RIO+20
(REPÚBLICA DE CABO VERDE, 2012)O Relatório Brundtland de 1987 propôs uma definição do Desenvolvimento Sustentável como um Desenvolvimento que responde às necessidades das gerações actuais sem comprometer a capacidade das gerações futuras de responder ... -
Coastal management in the Western Indian Ocean region - A capacity needs assessment
(Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association (WIOMSA)Coastal Resources Center - University of Rhode Island, 2001)Developing capacity in coastal and marine issues of the Western Indian Ocean (WIO) region is a very important activity, given the present growing and projected pressures on the coastal and marine resources.The region s ... -
Emerging Issues for Small Island Developing States
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2014)In 2013, UNEP identified priority emerging environmental issues that are of concern to small island developing states (SIDS). This report provides an overview of 20 issues critical to the sustainable development of SIDS. ... -
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the Cargo village - Cabo Verde
(BCEOM Société Française d’Ingénierie, 2008)This Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) concerns the whole Port of Praia Expansion and Modernization Project but focuses on three project items which are going to be implemented as a first step: the Cargo Village, the ... -
Estratégia e Plano de Acção Nacional para o Desenvolvimento das Capacidades na Gestão Ambiental Global em Cabo Verde
(2007)A ligação entre a Gestão Ambiental Global e o Desenvolvimento Durável é capital para um país como Cabo Verde. Os “cenários” de desenvolvimento humano e económico, tendo em conta a vulnerabilidade ambiental e no contexto ... -
Fiji National Report on Progress in implementation of the Mauritius Strategy for FurtherImplementation (MSI) of the Barbados Programme of Action (BPOA);2010 2012
(Fijian Government, 2013)The United Nations Conference for Sustainable Development held in Rio de Janeiro in2012 (known as Rio+20) called for the convening in 2014 of a third internationalconference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS). The ... -
Forecasting and Early Warning of Dust Storms: UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) - February 2013
(2013)Dust storms can have high interannual, as well as annual and decadal, variability, thus it is important that more research is conducted over longer periods of time to analyze trends and associated storm severity. With ... -
GEO Year Book 2006
(UNEP, 2006)The GEO Year Book 2006 is the third annual survey of the changing global environment produced by the United Nations Environment Programme, in collaboration with many world experts in environmental research and action. The ... -
GEO-6: Global Environment Outlook: Regional assessment for Asia and the Pacific
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2016)The sixth Global Environment Outlook (GEO-6) Regional Assessment for Asia and the Pacific paints a comprehensive picture of the environmental factors contributing to human health and well-being at the regional level. Backed ... -
Grenada - National Report for Third International Conference
(United Nations Development Programme Subregional Officefor the OECS and Barbados, 2012)Twenty years after the BPOA, the third International Conference on the SustainableDevelopment of SIDS will once again bring to fore the vulnerabilities anddevelopment needs of SIDS, with a view to identifying solutions and ... -
Guyana - National Report for Third International Conference
(United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA)the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)Government of Guyana, 2013)Guyana has undertaken preparations for the Third International Conference on SIDS.The First Conference on SIDS, which was held in 1994, produced the Barbados Programme ofAction (BPOA) while the Second Conference held in ... -
Insight on common/key indicators for Global Vulnerability Mapping
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2000)With growing infrastructures complexity, the world population is facing increasing environmental risks such as water, air and soil contamination due to organic, chemical or nuclear wastes and accidents. Human activities ...