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UNEP in 2006: Annual Report
(UNEP, 2007)
The 2006 annual report is a summary of UNEP's activities in 2006.
Economic Instruments in Biodiversity-Related Multilateral Environmental Agreements
(UNEP, 2000)
The importance of economic instruments and other incentives in implementing MEAs is recognized in the text of a number of agreements, and in the discussions and decisions of their respective Conference of the Parties (COP) ...
Mainstreaming gender in environmental assessment and early warning
(2005)
Gender mainstreaming is best understood as a continuous process of infusing both the institutional culture and the programmatic and analytical efforts of agencies with gendered perspectives. Gender mainstreaming means ...
Green Cities - Our Planet Vol. 16 No. 1
(2005)
The battles to eradicate poverty and deliver the Millennium Development Goals will be won or lost by whether we can manage the urban environment effectively and creatively. If we can – as the examples of Dar es Salaam and ...
Marine Litter: An Analytical Overview
(2005)
This overview was prepared by the Regional Seas Coordinating Office, the Secretariat of the Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP), the Secretariat of the Basel Convention, and the Coordination Office of the Global Programme ...
Draft Zambian Standard - Plastics - Film sheeting
(Zambia Bureau of Standards, 2008)
This draft Zambian standard has been prepared by the Plastic Carrier Bags and Flat Bags Technical Working Group constituted by the Environmental Council of Zambia, in collaboration with the Zambia Bureau of Standards. This ...
Assessment of Mercury Releases from the Russian Federation
(2005)
The present assessment of the releases of mercury from the Russian Federation has been prepared as part of the Arctic mercury project as a background document for the Russian reporting to a common regional mercury assessment. ...
Environmental survey of medical services activities in Iraq
(Ministry of Planning and Development CooperationKurdistan Region StatisticMinistry of Health, 2008)
Medical services sector provides citizens with health care through the services it offers in fields of examination, treatment and surgery. While this sector endeavors to protect citizen’s health and prevent spread of ...
Converting Waste Plastics into a Resource-Assessment Guidelines
(UNEP, 2009)
This document pertains to the methodology for waste plastics characterization and quantification (mainly for conversion into resource/fuel) and the assessment of current waste management system including the identification ...
UNEP's action to meet the challenge of illegal trade in chemicals
(UNEP, 2005)
Environmental crime is a big and increasingly lucrative business. Local and international crime syndicates earn an estimated US$ 22-31 billion annually from illegal trade in environmentally sensitive commodities such as ...