Browsing Knowledge Repository by Subject "freshwater degradation"
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Digest of Environment Statistics 2012 - Mauritius
(Ministry of Finance and Economic Development - Mauritius, 2012)This is the eleventh issue of the Digest of Environment Statistics prepared by Statistics Mauritius. It presents in a single report detailed available data concerning the environment. Many of the statistics presented have ... -
Economics of Climate Change in Latin America and the Caribbean - Summary
(United Nations (UN) - Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), 2009)This document presents an aggregate economic analysis of climate change in Latin America and the Caribbean based on the national and subregional studies carried out on the topic in the region. It summarizes the results ... -
Emerging Issues for Small Island Developing States
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2014)In 2013, UNEP identified priority emerging environmental issues that are of concern to small island developing states (SIDS). This report provides an overview of 20 issues critical to the sustainable development of SIDS. ... -
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the Cargo village - Cabo Verde
(BCEOM Société Française d’Ingénierie, 2008)This Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) concerns the whole Port of Praia Expansion and Modernization Project but focuses on three project items which are going to be implemented as a first step: the Cargo Village, the ... -
Environmental Impact Assessment Process in Zambia
(Environmental Council of Zambia, 2013)In Zambia, industrial and commercial development in Zambia, particularly large-scale mining, the growth in manufacturing activities, and a corresponding increase in population have brought about the risk of environmental ... -
Estratégia e Plano de Acção Nacional para o Desenvolvimento das Capacidades na Gestão Ambiental Global em Cabo Verde
(2007)A ligação entre a Gestão Ambiental Global e o Desenvolvimento Durável é capital para um país como Cabo Verde. Os “cenários” de desenvolvimento humano e económico, tendo em conta a vulnerabilidade ambiental e no contexto ... -
Fiji National Report on Progress in implementation of the Mauritius Strategy for FurtherImplementation (MSI) of the Barbados Programme of Action (BPOA);2010 2012
(Fijian Government, 2013)The United Nations Conference for Sustainable Development held in Rio de Janeiro in2012 (known as Rio+20) called for the convening in 2014 of a third internationalconference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS). The ... -
Financing for Sustainable Development in Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
(Division for Sustainable DevelopmentDepartment of Economic and Social AffairsUnited Nations, 2013)Small Island Developing States (SIDS) is a term that first appeared at the 1992 United NationsConference on Environment and Development (UNCED) to focus the attention of the internationalcommunity on the unique characteristics ... -
Freshwater under Threat – Pacific Islands
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2011)This study undertakes a vulnerability assessment of the freshwater resources of the Pacific Island Countries (PICs), based on input from technical experts and regional resource managers. The approach assumes that the ... -
Freshwater under threat: Africa-Asia Summary - Vulnerability Assessment of Freshwater Resources to Environmental Change.
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2008)Africa and Asia's dependence on natural resources makes their people most vulnerable to environmental change. This vulnerability includes both natural and human phenomena, including climate change and variability, pollution, ... -
Global Assessment of the Vulnerability of Water Resources to Environmental Change
(2005)This a framework used to assess the vulnerability of surface and groundwater to human land uses, within an integrated river basin management approach. In Africa, the project has provided significant baseline information ... -
Global International Waters Assessment Patagonian Shelf, GIWA Regional assessment 38
(University of Kalmar on behalf of United Nations Environment Programme, 2004)This report presents the assessment of Patagonian Shelf and associated river basins. The report focuses on the La Plata River Basin, the second largest watershed in South America, and the South Atlantic Drainage System, ... -
Global International Waters Assessment: Arctic Greenland, East Greenland Shelf, West Greenland Shelf, GIWA Regional Assessment 1b, 15, 16
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), GEF, University of Kalmar, Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, UCC-Water, NERI-Denmark, 2004)Globally, people are becoming increasingly aware of the degradation of the world's water bodies. The need for a holistic assessment of transboundary waters in order to respond to growing public concern and provide advice ... -
Global International Waters Assessment: Benguela Current, GIWA Regional Assessment 44
(University of Kalmar on behalf of United Nations Environment Programme, 2005)This report presents the GIWA assessment of the Benguela Current region, which includes the entire extent of the Benguela Current system and the freshwaters that drain into it. The environmental and socio-economic problems ... -
Global International Waters Assessment: Brazil Current, GIWA Regional Assessment 39
(University of Kalmar on behalf of United Nations Environment Programme, 2004)This report presents the assessment of the GIWA region Brazil Current, including drainage basins and their associated coastal/marine zones. Three separate sub-regions have been assessed within the region: the South/Southeast ... -
Global International Waters Assessment: Canary Current, GIWA Regional Assessment 41
(University of Kalmar on behalf of United Nations Environment Programme, 2012)This report presents the GIWA assessment of the Canary Current region, which covers the Canary Current Large Marine Ecosystem and the river systems draining into it. The region has several drainage systems of both national ... -
Global International Waters Assessment: Caribbean Islands, GIWA Regional Assessment 4
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), GEF, University of Kalmar, Sweden, 2004)This report presents the GIWA assessment of the Caribbean Islands region-an archipelago comprising drainage basins and coastal areas that contain some of the world's most diverse and productive habitats. A variety of human ... -
Global International Waters Assessment: Caribbean Sea/Small Islands: GIWA Regional Assessment 3a
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), GEF, University of Kalmar, Sweden, 2004)This report presents the GIWA assessment of the Small Islands sub-system of the Caribbean Sea region - an area particularly vulnerable to human activities owing to the fragility of the island ecosystems and their limited ... -
Global International Waters Assessment: Caribbean Sea/Small Islands: GIWA Regional Assessment 3a
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), GEF, University of Kalmar, Sweden, 2004)This report presents the GIWA assessment of the Small Islands sub-system of the Caribbean Sea region - an area particularly vulnerable to human activities owing to the fragility of the island ecosystems and their limited ... -
Global International Waters Assessment: East China Sea, GIWA Regional Assessment 36
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), GEF, University of Kalmar, Sweden, 2005)This report presents results of the GIWA assessment of the East China Sea region, which is one of the largest marginal seas in the world. This region receives tremendous inflow of freshwater and terrestrial sediments, ...