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Transnational Environmental Crime - A Common Crime in need of Better Enforcement: UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service - January 2013
(2013)
Environmental crime typically refers to any breach of a national or international environmental law or convention that exists to ensure the conservation and sustainability of the world's environment. Five areas are considered ...
Discussion Paper: Improving Public Participation in International Environmental Governance - UNEP PerspectivesnIssue No. 1
(2011)
This discussion paper 1) briefly explores the rationale and principles for “public participation” in IEG; 2) reviews exemplary practice and options of intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) with regard to implementing these ...
UNEP in Latin America and the Caribbean
(UNEP, 2013)
Newsletter of the UNEP Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean.
Korea Environmental Policy Bulletin - Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biological Resources
(Ministry of Environment - Korea Environment Institute - Republic of Korea, 2010)
After the recognition of national ownership of biological resources pursuant to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), competition between nations has been intensifying to acquire biological resources. The Korean ...
Models for Local Government Organizations (LGOs) Involvement in a Strengthened UNEP - UNEP Perspective Series Issue No. 2
(2012)
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 ...
Korea Environmental Policy Bulletin - Development of Experts in the Water Sector through the Integrated Operation of the Local Water Supply and Sanitation System
(Ministry of Environment - Korea Environment Institute - Republic of Korea, 2011)
The Korean government finalized the water industry development plan (Feb. 2006) focusing on restructuring and building up the competitiveness of the water and sanitation sector and developing the water industry to transform ...
The Future of the Aral Sea Lies in Transboundary Cooperation - WMO Bulletin;Based on the UNEP Global Environment Alert Service (GEAS) bulletin January 2014
(World Meteorological Organization (WMO), 2014)
Diversion of water sources has caused the Aral Sea in Central Asia to decline significantly over the past five decades. It has broken into several smaller seas, leaving behind a vast desert and a multitude of environmental, ...
Strengthening UNEP’s Legitimacy: Towards Greater Stakeholder Engagement - UNEP Perspectives No. 11
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2014)
UNEP´s mandate in the international arena has been enlarged by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and its legitimacy increased through the establishment of a new Universal Membership body, the United Nations ...
Tunza vol. 9.4: the Green Economy
(UNEP, 2012)
UNEP magazine for youth.
From Hotspots to Hopespots: Connecting Local Changes to Global Audiences: UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service - July 2013
(2013)
As changes to ecosystems and the environment continue to occur in response to growing population pressure and natural processes, ways to measure and observe these changes on a regular basis will become increasingly important. ...