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The Nairobi Convention Secretariat’s Definition of “ICZM Instruments”
(2016-03-02)After the negotiations, a number of issues and definitions remained unresolved including, but not limited to: Geographical Coverage (protocol area), Objectives of the ICZM, ICZM instruments, Conservation and Rehabilitation ... -
Natural Resource Use in the Group of 20: Status, Trends, and Solutions - Errata Note
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Nature-based Climate Solutions
(2019)In co-operation with Royal HaskoningDHV and the Institute of Marine Sciences and Fisheries of the University of Chittagong, WUR contributed to the Deltaplan for Bangladesh, an interactive integrated plan for a futureproof ... -
NBS Good Practices from Chinese Government: Ecological Restoration in Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province
(2019)The Xuzhou Urban Construction Key Project Office is responsible for the annual plan preparation, pre-planning, schedule scheduling, promotion coordination, supervision and assessment of the city's ecological restoration ... -
NBS Good Practices from Chinese Government: Flood Control Dispatch of Changjiang Reservoir Group in Response to Climate Change
(2019)Influenced by the super-strong El Nino event, the Yangtze River Basin experienced heavy rainfall and severe floods during the Meiyu period in 2016. The most serious floods occurred in the middle and lower reaches of the ... -
NBS Good Practices from Chinese Government: Marine Atmospheric Greenhouse Gas Monitoring in Offshore
(2019)The South China Sea (SCS) is an important marginal land sea in China. Coral reefs are abundant in resources and are more susceptible to ocean acidification. According to the IPCC report, the rapid growth of global atmospheric ... -
NBS Good Practices from Chinese Government: The Integration Project of Sihong County Urban and Rural Water Supply
(2019)After the overall startup in June 2015, the regional water supply project of Sihong County, Suqian City, Jiangsu Province completed in June 2016. A 150,000-ton/day water purification plant was built (15,000 tons/day in the ... -
NGO Recommendations to the First Intergovernmental Consultations on Nature-based Solutions: A Conflict-Sensitive Lens: Nature-based Solutions for Peace and Security
(2023-05)The world is witnessing how there is a wide array of environmental issues linked with conflict that have profound impacts on individuals, communities and nature. Climate change has already been recognised as one of the ... -
Ocean Acidification In The Western Indian Ocean Region: A White Paper Presented At The Science To Policy Meeting for the 9th Conference of Parties
(2018)In the WIO region over 48.3 million people live within 100 km of the coast with many local communities highly depended on coastal and marine resources and associated services for their livelihood. Healthy and functioning ... -
Online Access to Research in the Environment (OARE) – Strengthening Scientific Competence in Lower Income Countries through Access to Environmental Research - Three-day Capacity-building Concept Note
(2023-03)This note presents an overview of a three-day training (multiple sessions) on the access and use of electronic scientific information resources available through the Online Access to Research in the Environment (OARE) ... -
Open Call Proposal - Digitalisation for Flexible and Resilient Energy Systems: On the Ground Contribution to Digital Demand-driven Electricity Network (3DEN) Initiative
(2021)In September 2021, the Italian Government in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is launching a call for pilot projects that will provide an opportunity to gain on-the-ground insights, test ... -
Outcome of the First Consultative Meeting on the Development of an African Strategy for Ocean Governance: Chair's Summary - Second Consultative Meeting on the Development of an African Strategy for Ocean Governance
(2020-05-21)At the fifteenth session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN), held in Cairo in 2015, in the Cairo Declaration on Managing Africa’s Natural Capital for Sustainable Development and Poverty ... -
Outcomes of the Resumed Fifth Session of the United Nations Environment Assembly of the United Nations Environment Programme, Preparations for the Sixth Session, and the UNEP@50 Commemoration: Note by the Secretariat
(2022-07-18)The resumed fifth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly of the United Nations Environment Programme, convened under the theme “Strengthening actions for nature to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals”, ... -
Overview of Questionnaire Survey on the Needs on Mercury Waste Management (as of November 26th 2020)
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An Overview of the Implementation of the Caribbean Node of the Global Partnership on Marine Litter
(2017-02-07)In 2015, the United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) through the Global Programme of Action (GPA) based in Nairobi, Kenya and the Secretariat to the Cartagena Convention based in Kingston, Jamaica partnered ... -
Partner Application for Lead Paint Alliance - ASTM International
(2023-03)ASTM International is a global leader in the development of voluntary consensus technical standards across 90 industry sectors. Several ASTM International standards – developed and maintained by ASTM Committee D01 on Paint ... -
Phasing Out of Open Burning of Waste in Africa - Note by the Secretariat - African Ministerial Conference on the Environment. Eighteenth Session
(2022-07-15)The 10-year implementation plan for 2014–2023 for Agenda 2063 of the African Union has set an ambitious aspiration that by 2023 African cities will recycle at least 50 per cent of the waste they generate. While most African ... -
Plastics in Agriculture: Sources and Impacts - Working Paper
(2021-12)This working paper is an initial assessment of the potential impact of plastics used in agriculture. The paper focuses primarily on identifying sources of plastics and examining the fate of plastic residue in agricultural ... -
Policy on Stakeholder Engagement: Report of the Executive Director
(2016-03-10)The present report presents the outcome of the informal open-ended consultations held by the President of the United Nations Environment Assembly with Member States. The aim of the consultations was to formulate new proposals ...
