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The environmental food crisis
(UNEP, 2009)
The surge in food prices in the last years, following a century of decline, has been the most marked of the past century in its magnitude, duration and the number of commodity groups whose prices have increased. The ensuing ...
Lake chad basin;GIWA Regional assessment 43
(UNEP, 2004)
This report presents the results of the Global International Waters Assessment (GIWA) of the transboundary waters of the Lake Chad Basin. This and the subsequent chapter offer a background that describes the impetus behind ...
Protecting the Oceans from Land-based Activities: Land-based Sources and Activities Affecting the Quality and Uses of the Marine, Coastal and Associated Freshwater Environment - GESAMP Reports and Studies No. 71
(2001)
Land-based sources and activities affecting the quality and uses of the marine, coastal and associated freshwater environment.
Industry sectorial approaches and climate action: from global to local level in a post-2012 climate framework
(UNEP, 2009)
This Discussion Paper on Industry Sector Approaches to Climate Change is intended to assist negotiators, policymakers and other interested parties in the definition, development and implementation of sectorial approaches. ...
Supporting countries in meeting the climate change challenge
(UNEP, 2009)
UNEPs flagship publication to support countries in meeting the climate change challenge
The west Indian manatee in the Caribbean and North, South Atlantic
(UNEP, 1996)
The West Indian Manatee in the Caribbean & North, South Atlantic
Forests in a Green Economy: A Synthesis
(2011)
This synthesis examines the critical role of forests in a green economy, and provides policy recommendations to radically transform the forest sector such that it can lead to sustainable development and poverty eradication.
UNEP environmental assessment expo 2010 Shanghai, China
(UNEP, 2009)
This report is an independent assessment of the environmental initiatives taken by Shanghai in its preparation for the World Exposition in 2010 (Expo 2010) in Shanghai, China. It aims to provide an objective appraisal ...
Evaluacion del Medio Ambiente Cubano - GEO Cuba
(Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente (PNUMA) para Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología y Medio Ambiente (CITMA), 2007)
La Evaluación del medio ambiente cubano GEO Cuba 2007 es el resultado de un proceso de consultas con organismos e instituciones gubernamentales y no gubernamentales del país. La obra en sus seis capítulos recoge las ...
Arab Environment 7: Food Security
(2014)
Food Security is the seventh in the series of annual reports on the state of Arab environment produced by the Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED). The primary aim of AFED reports is to foster the use of science ...