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Mangrove Forest Cover Fading Fast - UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) - August 2013
The uniquely adapted mangrove forests on the marine-terrestrial interface preserve coastline integrity by buffering wave energy from marine processes. The ecosystem services they provide and their support for coastal ... -
Models for Local Government Organizations (LGOs) Involvement in a Strengthened UNEP - UNEP Perspective Series Issue No. 2
Rio+20 in June 2012 provides the rare opportunity to address sustainable development issues in a unique global setting. In order to address the complex, severe and interconnected challenges that the world is facing, all ... -
Municipal Solid Waste: Is it Garbage or Gold?: UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) - October 2013
Waste management has become an issue of growing global concern as urban populations continue to increase and consumption patterns change. The health and environmental implications associated with garbage disposal are ... -
The Need for Numbers--Goals, Targets and Indicators for the Environment - UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) March 2012
(2012-03)In the run-up to the June 2012 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro (Rio+20), it has become increasingly clear that we need to put "sustainable development" into practice by setting time ... -
Nine of the Ten Hottest Years on Record All in the Last Decade - UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) April 2011
(2011-04)Four of the world's leading climate research centres agree that the 10 hottest years on record have all occurred since 1998. -
North-South Partnerships: Developing Sustainability Together. Tunza Vol.3 No. 2
'Make Sustainable Development the Future’does not have the same ring to it as a sloganas 'Make Poverty History’. Somebody – maybe a TUNZA reader – needs to come up with a snappy way of making it catch the public imagination. ... -
Nuclear Waste: Is Everything under Control? - Environment Alert Bulletin 9
(2007-02)50 years after the opening of the world's first civil nuclear power station, very little radioactive waste produced has been permanently disposed of. Moreover, the average age of today’s reactors is approximately 22 years, ... -
Ombudspersons for Future Generations: A proposal for Rio+20 -UNEP Perspectives No. 6
The proposal for an international Ombudsperson or High Commissioner for Future Generations is included in the first draft of the Zero Draft, “The Future We Want”. The proposal has broad support and interest is growing. ... -
One Planet, How Many People? A Review of Earth’s Carrying Capacity - A Discussion Paper for the Year of RIO+20 - UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) June 2012
(2012-06)It is estimated that global population reached seven billion in late 2011 or early 2012. As global population has doubled since the 1960s, per capita GDP has grown to more than ten times what it was then. The human impact ... -
One Small Planet, Seven Billion People by Year's End and 10.1 Billion by Century's End - UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) June 2011
(2011-06)Even though the global growth rate peaked more than 40 years ago, it is estimated that there will be another billion added over the next 15 years and yet another billion before mid-century. -
Only Scraps of the South American Atlantic Forest Remain—Eastern Paraguay - UNEP Global Environmental Alert Services (GEAS) - September 2010
(2010-09)Prior to the mid-20th century, an extensive subtropical rain forest covered much of the Brazilian coastal plain, eastern Paraguay and part of northern Argentina. The forest supported over 20 000 plant species, many of them ... -
Opportunities and Challenges Facing Farmers in Transitioning to a Green Economy Agriculture Practice - UNEP Perspectives No. 5
This policy paper has been prepared to highlight the key opportunities and challenges confronting farmers throughout the world as they consider and adopt practices that contribute to green economic development, poverty ... -
Our Planet - October 2016: Urban solutions: Making cities strong, smart, sustainable
In this issue of Our Planet, government leaders, environmental policy makers, and experts in settlements and urban health examine the challenges and opportunities of our rapidly urbanizing world. -
Overfishing, a Major Threat to the Global Marine Ecology - Environment Alert Bulletin 4
(2004-08)In 2002, 72% of the world's marine fish stocks were being harvested faster than they could reproduce. Fishing activities have various negative impacts on marine ecosystems. The greatest concern is the rapid depletion of ... -
Ozonaction
Newsletter dedicated to the protection of the ozone layer and implementation of Montreal Protocol. This is UNEP DTIE quarterly publication which details Ozone action programme under the multilateral fund. -
Ozonaction newsletter no. 20
Newsletter dedicated to the protection of the ozone layer and implementation of Montreal Protocol. This is a quarterly publication which details Ozone action programme under the multilateral fund. -
Ozonaction newsletter no. 21
Newsletter dedicated to the protection of the ozone layer and implementation of Montreal Protocol. This is a quarterly publication which details Ozone action programme under the multilateral fund. -
Ozonaction newsletter no. 22
Newsletter dedicated to the protection of the ozone layer and implementation of Montreal Protocol. This is a quarterly publication which details Ozone action programme under the multilateral fund. -
Ozonaction newsletter no. 23
Newsletter dedicated to the protection of the ozone layer and implementation of Montreal Protocol. This is a quarterly publication which details Ozone action programme under the multilateral fund. -
Ozonaction newsletter no. 24
Newsletter dedicated to the protection of the ozone layer and implementation of Montreal Protocol. This is a quarterly publication which details Ozone action programme under the multilateral fund.