Browsing Factsheets, Infographics and Brochures by SDGs "SDG 14 - Life Below Water"
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Case studies of action taken on highly hazardous pesticides - Guidelines on Alternatives to Highly Hazardous Pesticides
(2023-09)Recognizing that highly hazardous pesticides (HHPs) cause a disproportionate amount of harm to people and the environment, particularly in lower- and middle-income countries, many authorities have taken action to remove ... -
Checklist for Ghost Gear Retrieval
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Chemicals in Plastics - [Infographics]
(2023-05)Anatomy of Plastics: What's in my plastics? Chemicals in Plastics: Priority use sectors Chemicals in Plastics: Overview Chemicals of Concern in your plastics Human Exposure to Chemicals in Plastics Hazardous Chemicals ... -
Children's Rights and the Environment: Report of the United Nations Special Rapporteur
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Circular solutions for plastic pollution: An Ecosystem Business Model for Small Communities and a Renewed Sense of Value towards Plastic
This good practice case study is part of a series of knowledge products developed by the SEA circular project to showcase exemplary market-based solutions that bring about transformational changes in the way plastic is ... -
Circular Solutions for Plastic Pollution: Enabling Hotels to Become more Sustainable through Voluntary Collective Action
This good practice case study is part of a series of knowledge products developed by the SEA circular project to showcase exemplary market-based solutions that bring about transformational changes in the way plastic is ... -
Circular Solutions for Plastic Pollution: A Micro-business-driven Solution for Zero-waste Communities
(2022-09)A large share of the Philippines’ fast-moving consumer goods (FMCGs) are accessed through sari-sari stores.4 There are an estimated 800,000 of these micro-businesses conveniently located in communities across the country. ... -
Circular Solutions for Plastic Pollution: A Plastic Offset Programme is Encouraging Companies to Reduce their Plastic Footprint
This good practice case study is part of a series of knowledge products developed by the SEA circular project to showcase exemplary market-based solutions that bring about transformational changes in the way plastic is ... -
Circular Solutions for Plastic Pollution: Community-based Plastic Credit Solution – A Holistic Attempt to Make Coastlines Plastic-free
(2022-09)Plastic waste contributes to 80 per cent of the litter found on Cambodia’s beaches and is significantly impacting marine ecosystems and local communities, which do not have a lasting solution to deal with the daily reality ... -
Circular Solutions for Plastic Pollution: Influencing Value Chains to Reduce Plastic Use
This good practice case study is part of a series of knowledge products developed by the SEA circular project to showcase exemplary market-based solutions that bring about transformational changes in the way plastic is ... -
Circular Solutions for Plastic Pollution: Measurable Funding Mechanisms that Empower Communities and Clean Oceans
(2022-08)This good practice case study is part of a series of knowledge products developed by the SEA circular project to showcase exemplary market-based solutions that bring about transformational changes in the way plastic is ... -
Circular Solutions for Plastic Pollution: Technology-enabled Reusable Packaging
(2022-09)Of the 8 million tons of plastics that enter the oceans every year, 600,000 tons are estimated to come from Indonesia. Dubbed a “sachet economy” alongside its neighbours such as the Philippines, and with similar topography ... -
Climate Adaptation in Tanzania with Ecosystem Restoration & Flood Defence Infrastructure - UNEP Lessons in Climate Change Adaptation
In 2012, the Government of Tanzania secured funding from the Adaptation Fund and the Global Environment Facility’s Least Developed Country Fund to reduce the negative impacts of climate change on vulnerable communities in ... -
Creating A Marine Protected Area Network in the Wider Caribbean
(2021)The ecosystem of the Caribbean has evolved over millions of years of geological and biological processes that have shaped the islands and marine environments of the region. These processes have created diverse and complex ... -
Decoupling Natural Resource Use and Environmental Impacts from Economic Growth – Factsheet
(2011)The remarkable economic and population growth of the 20th century was closely coupled to substantial increases in the extraction and consumption of natural resources, leading to increasingly-damaging negative environmental ... -
Do you have what it takes to be a Marine Debris Detective? - Join the Mississippi River Plastic Pollution Initiative in the Quad Cities!
(2021)Up to 80% of marine plastic originates on land, and rivers are a major route for litter to travel to the ocean. You can be part of the solution to combat plastic pollution along the Mississippi River by helping to collect ... -
Ecosystem Management - United Nations Environment Programme
Factsheets in this series: Climate change, Resource efficiency, Disasters and conflicts, Environmental governance, Harmful substances and hazardous waste, Ecosystem management.