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Africa Environment Outlook 2: our Environment, our wealth
(UNEP, 2006)
The main focus of the AEO-2 report is on sustainable livelihoods and the environment. The report profiles Africa's environmental resources as assets for the continent's development. It highlights the potential of the ...
Final evaluation of the assessment of the pollution status and vulnerability of the water supply aquifers of African cities
(UNEP, 2006)
This project, Assessment of the Pollution Status and Vulnerability of Water Supply Aquifers of African Cities, is a follow up to the project, The Urban Pollution of Surficial and Groundwater Aquifers in Africa. The focus ...
Global Deserts Outlook
(UNEP, 2006)
The Global Deserts Outlook is the first thematic assessment report in the Global Environment Outlook (GEO) series of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). A UNEP contribution to the International Year of Deserts ...
Cleaner production assessment in meat processing
(UNEP, 2000)
A guide to the application of Cleaner Production to the meat processing industry, with a focus on the slaughtering of cattle and pigs at abattoirs. Its purpose is to raise awareness of the environmental impacts of meat ...
Cleaner production assessment in dairy processing
(UNEP, 2000)
A guide to the application of Cleaner Production in the dairy industry, with a focus on the processing of milk and milk products at dairy processing plants. Its purpose is to raise awareness of the environmental impacts ...
Water quality outlook
(2007)
This report presents a snapshot of global water quality issues as they relate to achieving the internationally agreed goals on water, sanitation and biodiversity. Evidence suggests that there have been improvements in the ...
Pacific Islands: GIWA regional assessment
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2004)
This report presents the GIWA assessment of the Pacific Islands region, which comprises more than 20 Island nations or territories that exhibit enormous geomorphological, climatic, cultural and demographic diversity within ...
Leveraging expertise of civil society in developing countries: communication programme of methyl bromide synthesis report 2004
(UNEP, 2004)
This publication presents the saga of the unique efforts of these NGOs from developing countries. Methyl bromide, a soil fumigant, was included as a controlled substance under the Montreal Protocol in 1997 when for the ...
Tourism and biodiversity: mapping tourism's global footprint
(UNEP, 2003)
Tourism is often described as the world's largest industry on the basis of its contribution to global gross domestic product (GDP), the number of jobs it generates, and the number of clients it serves. The scale of the ...
Guide for national ozone officers
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2006)
This guide introduces and summarises the many important issues about the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer that a National Ozone Officer (NOO) needs to know to perform his/her job effectively. ...