Browsing Knowledge Repository by Country/Region "Libya"
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Africa Mountains Atlas
(UNEP, 2014)The mountains of Africa provide water and food, rich biodiversity, recreational areas and serve as important centres of cultural integrity and heritage. However, Africa faces growing challenges in ensuring the sustainable ... -
Ancient Water is Used to Irrigate a Desert—Murzuq Basin, Libya - UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) October 2010
(2010-10)Libya relies on groundwater to meet 95 per cent of its water requirements; it is primarily "fossil water" from non-recharging aquifers such as the Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System, the North-Western Sahara Aquifer System ... -
Atlas of Africa Energy Resources
(2017)This Atlas compiles and synthesizes regional and national information. It presents the scale and distribution of energy resources, production and consumption trends, as well as the existing potential for environmentally ... -
Cleaner Production in the Mediterranean Region
(1995)The present report is a very valuable boost for the pioneering efforts in Mediterranean countries to implement cleaner production in our part of the world. -
Compendium of Environmental Laws of African Countries Volume I - Framework Laws and EIA Regulations
(1996)The Compendium of Environmental Laws of African Countries was published for the first time in 1996. Volume I contains texts of framework laws as well as EIA Regulations, which had been received by that time. -
The Ecological Management of Arid and Semi-Arid Rangelands in Africa and the Near and Middle East (EMASAR - Phase II) Volume IX: The Countries of North Africa - Education and Training in the Rangeland Sector
(1979)In order to meet the need for additional information, and for the purpose of formulating an education, training and information policy, consultant missions were organized in the various arid countries of Africa, the Near ... -
Energy Profile: Libya
(2017)In 2013, Libya had a population of 6.2 million and in 2015, the total amount of electricity produced was 3,105 ktoe of which 99.9 per cent was from fossil fuels. In the same year, final consumption of electricity was 2,690 ... -
Environmental Challenges in the MENA Region
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2020)This paper summarizes the core environmental challenges in the Middle East-North Africa (MENA) region. It is an adapted and extended version of the Environmental Outlook for the West Asia Region (Abumoghli I. 2019), published ... -
Internship Project On the Land Use Policies and Land Tenure In the Arid and Semi-arid Countries of Post-Independence Africa
(1993)This project on land use policy and land tenure in the and and semi-arid countries of post-independence Africa has spanned the course of just under six weeks.We have compiled information on the following countries: Algeria, ... -
Les aires protégées en Méditerranée: Essai d'étude analytique de la législation pertinente - MAP Technical Reports Series No. 83
(1994)Cette étude consiste essentiellement en un examen, pays par pays, de la législation des Etats riverains de la Méditerranée relative la création d'aires protégées marines ou cotières et notamment des Aires Spécialement ... -
Mediterranean Region: Ecosystem-based Adaptation 2019-2023
The Mediterranean Sea region is suffering from the impacts of climate change on its coasts, worsened by rapid urbanization and high rates of deforestation and ecosystem degradation. A new project is strengthening the ... -
Sanitation and Wastewater Atlas of Africa
Sanitation, including the proper management of wastewater, is central to ensuring human and ecosystem health, and economic and environmental benefits. While significant efforts are being made across Africa to ensure ...