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GEO Scenarios Framework
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2004)
UNEP's Global Environment Outlook (GEO) series provides a comprehensive assessment of the state of the global environment, a review of policy responses and an outlook on the future. This report introduces the scenario ...
Environmental Problems of Marine and Coastal Area of Bangladesh: National Report. UNEP Regional Seas Report and Studies No. 75
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 1985)
As a first follow-up activity to decision 11/7 of the governing council, the Executive Director of UNEP convened, in cooperation with South Asian cooperative Environment programme (SACEP), a meeting on national focal points ...
A Regional Overview & Assessment of Marine Litter Related Activities in the Western Indian Ocean Region
(2007)
The study aims to collate existing information about marine litter in the Region and use it to determine whether or not there is a need to be concerned, and to recommend a way forward.
Regional Report on River-coast Interactions in the Western Indian Ocean (WIO) region
(2009)
This report presents an assessment of hydrological and land use characteristics affecting river‐coast interactions in the West Indian Ocean region. One of the key areas of concern for the WIO region relates to the int ...
Regional Synthesis Report on the Status of Pollution in the Western Indian Ocean Region
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association (WIOMSA), 2009)
The focus of this report is on land-based sources of marine pollution, typically addressed under the UNEP Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities (GPA) and the ...
Guidelines for the Establishment of Environmental Quality Objectives and Targets in the Coastal Zone of the Western Indian Ocean (WIO) Region
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), 2009)
This report describes the main ecotones of the WIO region and reviews the pressures on these ecosystems, with emphasis on those arising from land-based activities. The sensitivity of these ecotones and key species which ...
Environmental Problems of East African Region: UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 012
(1982)
Decision 8/13 (C) of the eighth session of the governing council of UNEP called for the development of an action plan for the protection and development of marine and coastal environments Of East African region. As a result, ...
Contribution of the thermal infrared band of Landsat-7 ETM+ in the detection of seawater pollution along the Lebanese shoreline
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2010)
The marine environment in Lebanon has been recently affected by land-derived pollution. This problem mostly concerns areas with dense urban activities. While threatening the marine ecosystem, it also affects, as a consequence, ...
Coastal and Marine Environmental Problems of the United Republic of Tanzania. UNEP Regional Seas and Reports No. 106
(UNEP, 1989)
This report consists of summary describing specific coastal and marine environmental problems in the United Republic of Tanzania such as coral reefs destruction, mangroves cutting, fisheries over-exploitation and unnecessary ...
Training Workshop on Marine Resources Sampling, Data Collection & Interpretation for the South Asian Seas
(2009)
The South Asian Seas Programme (SASP) has taken the initiative in organising a Training Workshop on Marine Resources Sampling, Data Collection & Interpretation for the SouthAsian Seas based on a recommendation of the ...