Browsing Publications and Documents by Subject "lakes"
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Africa's lakes: Atlas of our changing environment
(UNEP, 2006)Water is vital for our survival. Africa is the second largest and the second most populous continent after Asia. It is endowed with both natural and artificial lakes and is home to some of the largest lakes in the world. ... -
Recent trends in melting glaciers, tropospheric temperatures over the Himalayas and Summer Monsoon Rainfall over India
(UNEP, 2009)Climate change is affecting the temperatures, amount of snow and ice in the Himalayan region as well as rainfall patterns in the densely populated downstream regions of Asia which would have enormous significance for ... -
Selected satellite images of our changing environment
(UNEP, 2003)This publication uses satellite images to document environmental changes during the last thirty years in 50 selected sites around the world. -
Transboundary Water Assessment Programme (TWAP) Vol. 6: Crosscutting Analysis - Transboundary Waters Systems: Status and Trends
(2016)This volume of the TWAP reports presents a unique and first global overview of the contemporary risks that threaten international water systems in five transboundary water system categories, building on the detailed ... -
Transboundary Waters Assessment Programme Vol. 2: Transboundary lakes and reservoirs: Status and future trends: Summary for policy makers
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2016)The lakes component of the Transboundary Waters Assessment Program (TWAP) was undertaken to compare the relative threats to transboundary lakes (and implicitly all “lentic waters”). Because of the greater complexity ...