This multi-author volume is an attempt by the United Nations Environment to engage with the Heads of various biodiversity related conventions and Chairs of Scienti c Bodies of the conventions to understand the opportunities ...

This report was produced by the Land and Soils Working Group of the International Resource Panel. It explores how the management of land-based biomass production and consumption can be developed towards a higher degree of ...

The Drivers-Pressures-State-Impact-Response (DPSIR) framework is one type of systems approach that can be used to analyse how society is using natural resources and the various implications of this use. This report is ...

Report of the Twenty-second Intergovernmental Meeting of the Coordinating Body on the Seas of East Asia (COBSEA)

This report documents the results of a workshop held at the International Centre for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF) in Nairobi 2-6 October 1995 on Policies for sustain-able integrated ecosystem management. The workshop, ...

The original aim of this study was to serve as an input for the Regional Preparatory Conference of Latin America and the Caribbean for the World Summit on Sustainable Development, which took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, ...

purpose of the strategy is threefold: firstly to catalyse a new approach to national development, with ecosystem restoration being central to development planning and investment; secondly to promote broad and representative ...

Resource extraction has more than tripled since 1970, including a fivefold increase in the use of non-metallic minerals and a 45 per cent increase in fossil fuel use. By 2060, global material use could double to 190 billion ...

Through a combination of resource efficiency, climate mitigation, carbon removal, and biodiversity protection policies, this report finds that it is feasible and possible to grow economies, increase well-being and remain ...

The primary objective of the Inclusive Wealth Report is to provide quantitative information and analysis that present a long-term perspective on human well-being and measures of sustainability. In addition, the main ...