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Pacific Island Mangroves in a Changing Climate and Rising Sea - UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 179
(2006)The report identifies national and regional priority needs for technical and institutional capacity-building and discusses how results from this Pacific Island study could contribute to other relevant regional and ... -
Palm Oil Paradox : Sustainable Sustainable Solutions to save the great Apes
(UNEP / GRASP, 2016)This report highlights the need for the conservation community and the oil palm industry to find common ground on which to collaborate, and works towards the development of a global sustainable palm oil strategy for the ... -
Payments for Ecosystem Services: Getting Started - A Primer
(2008)This primer is designed to provide you with a solid understanding of what Payments for Ecosystem Service (PES) are and how PES deals work. It is intended for an audience interested in exploring the potential of PES either ... -
People and Reefs: Successes and Challenges on the Management of Marine Protected Areas - UNEP Regional Seas Report and Studies No. 176
(2004)This publication contains case studies from four Regional Seas Programmes -
Perspectiva de la Gestión de Residuos en América Latina y el Caribe
(2018)Este informe, que ha contado con el aporte de numerosos gobiernos y expertos de la región, analiza las tendencias actuales y propone un conjunto de acciones en torno a una eficiente gestión de residuos que permita la ... -
Perspectivas del Medio Ambiente Urbano - GEO Andino
(Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente (PNUMA)Comunidad Andina, 2003)El Informe GEO Andino 2003: Perspectivas del Medio Ambiente que presentamos es el resultado de un esfuerzo conjunto entre el Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente y la Secretaría General de la Comunidad ... -
Perspectivas del Medio Ambiente Urbano - GEO Centroamérica
(Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente (PNUMA)Comisión Centroamericana de Ambiente y Desarrollo (CCAD), 2004)El presente informe es el primero sobre Centroamérica de la serie GEO, auspiciada por el Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente (PNUMA), y su oficina regional para América Latina y el Caribe, con sede en ... -
Phasing out ODS in developing countries: policy design and setting up legislation
(UNEP, 1998)All Parties to the Montreal Protocol must eliminate the production and consumption of ozone depleting substances (ODS) according to specified phase-out schedules. Consumption is in this context defined as imports plus ... -
Phytotechnologies: A Technical Approach in Environmental Management - Freshwater Management Series No. 7
(2003)The purpose of this publication is to provide a conceptual overview of phytotechnologies and their importance in relation to various environmental problems and potential solutions. Although it does not address all aspects ... -
Planning for change: guidelines for national programmes on sustainable consumption and production
(UNEP, 2008)These guidelines show how national governments can plan, develop, implement and monitor a national programme on sustainable consumption and production (SCP). This is a flexible approach to SCP programme development which ... -
Planning, designing and implementing policies to control ozone depleting substances under the Montreal Protocol: a handbook of policy setting at the national level
(UNEP, 2003)This Handbook provides developing countries with guiding principles and practical advice on planning, designing, implementing and sustaining appropriate and effective policies for complying with the Protocol. This Handbook ... -
Plant for the planet: the billion tree campaign
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2008)This publication is about Tree Billion Campaign. It is intended to convey the range of partners moved to action: from children to giant corporations, from women’s groups to technocrats, dancers to diplomats, farmers to ... -
Plastic in Cosmetics: Are We Polluting the Environment through our Personal Care? - Plastic ingredients that contribute to marine microplastic litter
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2015)This paper focuses on the emerging issue of plastic particles in personal care and cosmetic product (PCCP) formulations as a possible source of micro-sized plastic litter. Known as ‘microbeads’, when used in PCCPs, these ... -
Policy Implementation and Fisheries Resource Management: Lessons from Senegal
(UNEP, 2004)The objective of this project is to formulate an action plan that would contribute to a better preservation and promotion of the Senegalese piscatorial resources. The two measures represented in the action plan of this ... -
Policy implementation and marine resource management: lessons from Senegal
(UNEP, 2004)This project draws on the experience and lessons learned from a first UNEP Senegal Country Study on policy implementation and marine resource management. -
Policy implications of warming permafrost
(UNEP, 2012)This report describes the current and potential future status of permafrost and makes policy recommendations to address the impacts of permafrost degradation in a warming climate. Climate projections in the fifth Assessment ... -
Policy implications of warming permafrost
(UNEP, 2012)This report describes the current and potential future status of permafrost and makes policy recommendations to address the impacts of permafrost degradation in a warming climate. Climate projections in the fifth Assessment ... -
Policy Options to Eliminate Additional Marine Plastic Litter By 2050 Under the G20 Osaka Blue Ocean Vision: An International Resource Panel Think Piece
(2021)The Osaka Blue Ocean Vision, agreed under the Japanese G20 presidency in 2019, voluntarily commits G20 countries to “reduce additional pollution by marine plastic litter to zero by 2050 through a comprehensive life-cycle ... -
Practical Sourcebook on Mercury Waste Storage and Disposal
(2015)The Practical Sourcebook aims to enhance the capacity of governments and other relevant stakeholders to store and dispose mercury wastes in an environmentally sound manner.
