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Review of the Status of Implementation of Marine/Coastal Pollution-related Multilateral Environmental Agreements in East Asian Seas Region
(2007)
The main objectives of this review were:
• To review the national implementation status of the MEAs among the COBSEA member countries with specific emphasis on institutional, financial and legal arrangements;
• To identify ...
Regional Overview of Legal Aspects of the Protection and Management of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the Northwest Pacific Region
(NOWPAP DINRAC, 2007)
This regional overview focuses on introducing the existing national and international legal frameworks in NOWPAP member states - related to environmental protection. It has been finalized based on the latest data and ...
Global Drinking Water Quality Index Development and Sensitivity Analysis Report
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2007)
As the principal United Nations body on environment, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) had been tasked by UN-Water to lead on freshwater quality and aquatic ecosystem data and information inputs to the World Water ...
Gincana 3: Biological Diversity and Climate Change
(2007)
The recently released report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change prepared by 2500 experts from 130 countries has made it clear that climate change is real.
Making Mainstreaming Work: An Analytical Framework, Guidelines and Checklist for the Mainstreaming of Marine and Coastal Issues into National Planning and Budgetary Processes
(2007)
The focus of the GPA is on the protection of the marine environment from land-based activities through “facilitating the realization of the duty of States to preserve and protect the marine environment”. This document ...
Shark Depredation and Unwanted Bycatch in Pelagic Longline Fisheries- Industry Practices and Attitudes, and Shark Avoidance Strategies
(Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council, 2007)
This study shows that fishers possess the knowledge to modify theirfishing gear and methods to maximize shark catch. Sharks areparticularly vulnerable to overexploitation and slow to recover fromlarge population declines. ...
Sustainability Indicators:A Scientific Assessment - SCOPE 67
(Island Press, 2007)
This volume emerged as an outcome of the Assessment of Sustainability Indicators project, again implemented jointly by SCOPE and UNEP, together with the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental ...
IPCS Mode of Action Framework Part 1: IPCS Framework for Analysing the Relevance of a Cancer Mode of Action for Humans and Case Studies. Part 2: IPCS Framework for Analysing the Relevance of a Non-Cancer Mode of Action for Humans
(2007)
The IPCS Harmonization Project goal is to improve chemical risk assessment globally, through the pursuit of common principles and approaches, and, hence, strengthen national and international management practices that ...
Assessment of Solid Waste Management in Liberia
(2007-07)
UNEP conducted a technical mission to study both the technical and institutional issues associated with solid waste management in Liberia. The mission was hosted by the EPA and undertaken between 17– 27 June 2007. This ...
Global Pollinator Decline: A Literature Review - A scientific Report about the Current Situation, Recent Findings and Potential Solution to Shed Light on the Global Pollinator Crisis
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2007)
We are currently enduring the 6th mass extinction, losing between 1 - 10 % of biodiversity per decade, mostly as a result of habitat loss, pest invasion (exotics), pollution, over harvesting and disease. Why care? Biodiversity ...