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UNEP - WCMC annual report 2001
(UNEP, 2001)
Biodiversity is the defining characteristic of planet Earth. But our understanding of living things, their role in ecological processes and, most importantly, their significance to our own future, remains poor. What we do ...
Elephants in the Dust: the African Elephant Crisis. A Rapid Response Assessment
(2013)
This rapid response assessment report brings together critical up-to-date information from the CITES-recognized systems that monitor the status of elephants, the illegal killing of elephants, and the legal and illegal trade ...
Aerial Survey of the Destruction of the Aberdare Range Forests
(UNE, 2002)
The main goal of the aerial survey was to provide factual information on the type, magnitude and location of the main threats to the forests of the Aberdare Range. It will help stakeholders to determine the effectiveness ...
From Hotspots to Hopespots: Connecting Local Changes to Global Audiences: UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service - July 2013
(2013)
As changes to ecosystems and the environment continue to occur in response to growing population pressure and natural processes, ways to measure and observe these changes on a regular basis will become increasingly important. ...
L'industrie: un partenaire pour le developpement durable
(2002)
This UNEP report documents sector-specific progress in implementing Agenda 21, building on the 22 industry-driven sector.
Environmental impacts of trade liberalization and policies for the sustainable management of natural resources: a case study of India's automobile sector
(UNEP, 1999)
This is a case study of India's Automobile sector to find the environmental impacts of trade liberalisation and policies for sustainable resource management.
Our Planet: agriculture and economic development
(UNEP, 2007)
This is the United Nations Environment Programme's flagship magazine. By one measure at least, agriculture ranks as one of the extraordinary success stories of the past decades. Roughly one quarter of the Earth’s terrestrial ...
Ecosystem services and rural livelihoods in the Sahel: environmental accounting and wealth surveys
(UNEP, 2012)
This report uses environmental accounting in conjunction with data from the literature to evaluate the costs and benefits of different land use systems in the Sahel on environmental services and ultimately on the populations ...
Global Environment Outlook 3 (GEO-3): Past, Present and Future Perspectives
(2003)
The report presents a global overview and also directs a spotlight onto two or three key issues that are considered paramount in each of the seven regional arenas under each of eight environmental themes in turn: land, ...
Carpathians Environment Outlook, 2007
(UNEP, 2007)
This publication is an integrated assessment on the state of, and trend related to, the environment of the Carpathian Mountains.