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Natural resources and conflict: a guide for mediation practitioners
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2014)
This guide collects and summarizes good practices on the successful mediation of resource conflicts. It draws on the field experiences of mediators and mediation experts, specifically those with natural resource expertise. ...
UNEP Year Book 2014: Emerging issues in our global environment
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2014)
Ten years after the first Year Book in this series appeared, a special e-book anniversary edition – UNEP Year Book 2014 – presents a fresh look at ten issues highlighted over the past decade. This UNEP Year Book 2014 takes ...
Building Natural Capital: How REDD+ Can Support a Green Economy
(2014)
This report advocates placing REDD+ into a larger planning framework that should involve multiple influences (especially those driving deforestation, albeit sometimes inadvertently). This framework would go beyond forests ...
Assessing Global Land Use: Balancing Consumption with Sustainable Supply
(2014)
This report explores how the management of land-based biomass production and consumption can be developed towards a higher degree of sustainability across different scales: from the sustainable management of soils on the ...
Emerging Environmental Issues 2013 - A Compilation of Global Environmental Alert Service Bulletins
(2014)
GEAS is a mechanism for identifying and communicating early warning information on emerging issues in areas ranging from climate change and ecosystem management to environmental governance and resource efficiency. The ...
Keeping Track of Our Changing Environment in Asia and the Pacific
(UNEP, 2014)
The Keeping Track of Our Changing Environment in Asia and the Pacific report is a unique scientific and indicator-based assessment report produced by UNEP, with contributions from experts and UNEP National Focal Points ...
Decoupling 2: Technologies, Opportunities and Policy Options - Summary for Policy Makers
(2014)
The report highlights existing technological possibilities, for developing and developed countries, and their economic advantages. It shows that there is growing evidence that decoupling will be one of the next big ...
Asia Protected Planet Report 2014: Tracking progress towards targets for protected areas in Asia
(UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 2014)
This report assesses progress towards the achievement of elements of Aichi Biodiversity Target 11 in 24 selected countries in East Asia, South Asia and South-east Asia. These are referred to as the “Asia Region” throughout ...
Setting a course for Regional Seas
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2014)
In 2014, UNEP’s Regional Seas Programme celebrated its 40th anniversary. We are reminded of how successful these 18 regional MEAs spanning seven continents have been at bringing nations and institutions together in responsible ...
Forests in a changing climate: a sourcebook for integrating REDD+ into academic programmes
(UNEP, 2014)
This publication was designed to give an overview of the key topics related to forests and climate change, under the overarching and evolving REDD+ narrative. The purpose is to facilitate the integration of this new knowledge ...