Search
Now showing items 11-20 of 34
The Democratic Republic of the Congo: Post-Conflict Environmental Assessment: Synthesis for Policy Makers
(2011)
UNEP’s post-conflict environmental assessment aims to provide a better understanding of the underlying challenges facing the DRC and to help identify and develop promising opportunities to support sustainable economic ...
Protecting the Environment from Land Degradation: UNEP's Action in the Framework of the Global Environment Facility
(2005)
Land degradation is worldwide in geographic extent and global in its environmental and socio-economic impacts. Drylands that are particularly vulnerable to land degradation occupy 41% of Earth's land. More than two billion ...
The State of the Environment 1986: Environment and Health
(1986)
This report aims to show that the achievement of sustained development, the promotion of health, and the rational use of the environmental resources are absolutely inseparable. Disregard one and, sooner or later, the other ...
Development of an Action Plan for the Environment Initiative of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD): Health And Environment
(2003)
The thematic workshop on health and the environment for the finalization of the Action Plan for the Environment Initiative of the New Partnership for Africa's Development was held in Dakar, Senegal, 17-18 February 2003. ...
Ecosystems and Human Well-being : Our Human Planet - Summary for Decision-makers
(2005)
The assessment focuses on the linkages between ecosystems and human well-being and, in particular, on "ecosystem services." An ecosystem is a dynamic complex of plant, animal, and microorganism communities and the nonliving ...
Environmental Impact Assessment: Issues, Trends and Practice
(1996)
The main objective of the EIA: 155ue5, Trends and Practice document is to enhance the capacity of countries, particularly developing countries and countries in transition to market economies, to devise suitable country ...
Environmental Impacts of Structural Adjustment Programmes: Synthesis and Recommendations
(1996)
The major question explored in this paper is: "What are the environmental effects of stabilization and structural adjustment programmes?" Implicit in this question is a desire for policy makers and advisors to provide the ...
Environmental Information: Issues and Sources of Information - Amended Lecture Notes of the Workshops in Nairobi/Kenya, 15-26 November 1993 and Bangkok/Thailand, 27 February-10 March 1995
(1995)
This publication is a summary of the first week of the training workshops, containing the amended versions of the lecture notes prepared by two resource persons from the British Library's Environmental Information Service, ...
Development and Harmonization of Environmental Laws Volume 7: Report on the Development and Harmonization of Laws Relating to Forestry
(1999)
Environmental law is an essential tool for the governance and management of the environment and natural resources. It is the foundation of national and regional policies and actions to ensure that the use of natural resources ...
Environmentally Sound Management of Lake Erhai and the Xi'er River Basin
(2000)
This report is the integrated result of the investigations, analyses, and syntheses carried out in the area by relevant departments of the Country, in cooperation with international agencies. It reports on the outcome of ...