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Harnessing Opportunity: Wastewater as a Managed Resource
(2017)
This publication showcases some of the innovative approaches being used and provides guidance on how communities can put their wastewater to purposeful reuse — asreclaimed water — for the benefit of all.
Haiti - Dominican Republic: Environmental Challenges in the Border Zone - Executive Summary
(2013)
This document provides up-to-date information and confirms the close relationship that exists between the state of transboundary natural resources, poverty, and recurring social conflicts.
Community-based Monitoring to End Oil Contamination in the Peruvian Amazon - Perspectives Issue No. 26
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2017-11-09)
The Wampis nation of Peru is intrinsically linked to their environment. They have built their culture and knowledge from interacting with nature. Therefore when frequent and irreparable oil spills were occurring, the local ...
Greening the blue helmets: Environment, Natural Resources and UN Peacekeeping Operations - Executive Summary
(2012-05-01)
This is the executive summary of the Greening the Blue Helmets report. The report aims to provide a comprehensive overview of how peacekeeping operations affect and are affected by natural resources and environmental ...
Republic of South Sudan: National Adaption Programmes of Action (NAPA) to Climate Change
(2016-09)
South Sudan’s NAPA specifies five priority activities (referred to as Priority Adaptation Projects) for effective climate change adaptation across the five identified priority thematic areas, namely: i) Environment; ii) ...
Energy Profile: Eritrea
(2017)
Eritrea’s population was 6.33 million in 2013 (Table 1) (IEA, 2016). Total production of electricity was 38 ktoe in 2015 with 97.3 per cent generated from fossil fuels. Final consumption of electricity is 33 ktoe with 9 ...
Energy Profile: Senegal
(2017)
In 2015, total electricity produced was 343 ktoe, with 88.9 per cent from fossil fuels and 9 per cent from solar and wind. Final electricity consumed was 276 ktoe.
Financing the Change
(2016)
International Environmental Law-making and Diplomacy Review 2008
(University of Joensuu, Department of Law, 2009)
The papers in the present Review are based on lectures given during the fifth University of Joensuu – UNEP Course on International Environmental Law-making and Diplomacy, which was held from 29 June to 11 July 2008 at the ...
International Environmental Law-making and Diplomacy Review 2006
(University of Joensuu, Department of Law, 2007)
The articles in the present Review are based on lectures given during the third University of Joensuu – UNEP Course on International Environmental Law-making and Diplomacy, which was held from 26 June to 7 July 2006 at the ...