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Sources, Fate and Effects of Microplastics in the Marine Environment: A Global Assessment
(International Maritime Organization (IMO), 2015)
The GESAMP assessment focuses on a category of plastic debris termed ‘microplastics’. These small pieces of plastic may enter the ocean as such, or may result from the fragmentation of larger items through the influence ...
Stratégie Nationale de Développement Economique et Social
(République du Sénégal, 2012)
L'élaboration de la Stratégie Nationale de Développement Economique et Social (SNDES) pour la période 2013-2017 obéit à la volonté politique d’inscrire le Sénégal sur la trajectoire de l’émergence et à la nécessaire prise ...
Grenada - National Report for Third International Conference
(United Nations Development Programme Subregional Officefor the OECS and Barbados, 2012)
Twenty years after the BPOA, the third International Conference on the SustainableDevelopment of SIDS will once again bring to fore the vulnerabilities anddevelopment needs of SIDS, with a view to identifying solutions and ...
Fiji National Report on Progress in implementation of the Mauritius Strategy for FurtherImplementation (MSI) of the Barbados Programme of Action (BPOA);2010 2012
(Fijian Government, 2013)
The United Nations Conference for Sustainable Development held in Rio de Janeiro in2012 (known as Rio+20) called for the convening in 2014 of a third internationalconference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS). The ...
Global International Waters Assessment: Faroe Plateau, GIWA Regional Assessment 13
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), GEF, University of Kalmar, Global International Waters Assessment (GIWA), 2012)
The Faroe Islands are situated on a shelf in the North Atlantic Ocean and surrounded by a number of important ?shing grounds. The climate is strongly a?ected by the North Atlantic Current and frequent passage of cyclones. ...
Financing for Sustainable Development in Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
(Division for Sustainable DevelopmentDepartment of Economic and Social AffairsUnited Nations, 2013)
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) is a term that first appeared at the 1992 United NationsConference on Environment and Development (UNCED) to focus the attention of the internationalcommunity on the unique characteristics ...
Seychelles in figures - 2013 edition
(National Bureau of Statistics - Seychelles, 2013)
The Republic of Seychelles consists of over 116 islands scattered over 1 million square kilometres of sea in the middle of the Western Indian Ocean. The Seychelles archipelago is divided into two distinct collections: the ...
April 2012 - March 2013 St. Helena State of the Environment Report
(St Helena Government, 2013)
To find out how our environment is faring, St. Helena’s first ever State of the Environment Report has been created. This report hopes to provide a snapshot of the environment of St Helena over the 2012/13 financial year. ...
Digest of Environment Statistics 2011 - Mauritius
(Statistics Mauritius - Ministry of Finance and Economic Development, 2011)
This is the tenth issue of the Digest of Environment Statistics prepared by Statistics Mauritius.It presents in a single report detailed available data concerning the environment. Many of the statistics presented have been ...
Mauritius in figures
(2011)
The Republic of Mauritius is a group of islands in the South West of the Indian Ocean, consisting of the main island of Mauritius, Rodrigues and several outer islands located at distances greater than 350 km from the main ...