Browsing Reports, Books and Booklets by Country/Region "Asia"
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Enforcement Handbook on Controlling Illegal Shipments of Chemicals and Waste - For Asia Enforcement Officers
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2015)Protecting human health and the environment from the dangers of hazardous chemicals and wastes is a growing area of responsibility for enforcement officers and Customs in particular. The Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam ... -
Environmental Indicators in Northeast Asia
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2004)Agenda 21 emphasized the need for developing indicators to provide the solid base for decision making at local, national, regional and global levels. The Johannesburg Plan of Implementation in 2002 reiterated the need for ... -
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 report on validated alternatives to the use of methyl bromide for soil fumigation
(UNEPFAO, 2001)Methyl bromide (MeBr), used as a fumigant to control several soil-borne pests in various crops, is a strong ozone depleter, and governments and international agencies aware of the problem have agreed to establish a programme ... -
Striving for good governance in urban areas: the role of local agenda 21s
(UNEP, 2001)One of the most significant innovations in addressing urban environmental problems in recent years has been the emergence of a new kind of city-wide initiative to address environmental problems the Local Agenda 21. Although ... -
The links between migration, globalisation and sustainable development
(UNEP, 2001)Increased migration is one of the most visible and significant aspects of globalisation: growing numbers of people move within countries and across borders, looking for better employment opportunities and better lifestyles. ... -
UNEP emerging issues: global honey bee colony disorder and other threats to insect pollinators
(UNEP, 2010)This report concludes that currently available global data and knowledge on the decline of pollinators are not sufficiently conclusive to demonstrate that there is a worldwide pollinator and related crop production crisis. ... -
Women at the frontline of climate change: gender risks and hopes
(UNEP, 2011)Women are often in the frontline in respect to the impacts of a changing climate. Globally the world is seeing increasingly frequent droughts and floods which are having economic but also profound social consequences. The ...
