Browsing UNEP Publications Pre-2023 by Author "Ecosystems Division"
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Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region and its Protocols: Protocol Concerning Co-operation in Combating; Protocol Concerning Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife Oil Spills in the Wider Caribbean Region; Protocol Concerning Pollution from Land-Based Sources and Activities
United Nations Environment Programme (2012)With the passage of a general resolution in February of 2009, the United Nations General Assembly called upon the UN system to recognize the Caribbean Sea as a “special area within the context of sustainable development”. ... -
Coral Bleaching Futures: Downscaled Projections of Bleaching Conditions for the World’s Coral Reefs, Implications of Climate Policy and Management Responses
United Nations Environment Programme (2017)The purpose of this report is threefold: 1. to present downscaled projections of coral bleaching conditions (i.e. exposure to the primary climate threat to coral reefs) at a spatial scale that enables use of the data in ... -
Decent Work in Nature-based Solutions 2022
International Labour Organization; United Nations Environment Programme; International Union for Conservation of Nature (2022-12)NbS are increasingly seen as a way to meet the objectives of several global agreements and can be central to a just transition – if the right mix of just transition policies are implemented. But there is currently no ... -
Decent Work in Nature-based Solutions 2022 [with appendices]
United Nations Environment Programme; International Union for Conservation of Nature; International Labour Organization (United Nations Environment Programme, 2022-12)NbS are increasingly seen as a way to meet the objectives of several global agreements and can be central to a just transition – if the right mix of just transition policies are implemented. But there is currently no ... -
Diagnostic Analysis of the Lake Xingkai/Khanka Basin (People's Republic of China and Russian Federation)
United Nations Environment Programme (2001)Lake Xingkai/Khanka is the largest freshwater lake in Northeast Asia, located on the border between the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation. Its basin is a part of the WusulifUssuri-Heilong/Amur basin. ... -
Disarmament, environment and sustainable development: A Time for Action
United Nations Environment Programme (1986)The origins of the present arms race are many and complex. To a large extent they can be found in the political and socio-economic differences between the countries from the two groups of States which later came to form ... -
Drowning in Plastics: Marine Litter and Plastic Waste Vital Graphics
United Nations Environment Programme; GRID-Arendal; Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam, Stockholm Conventions (2021)This publication aims to provide a complete overview of the global challenges related to marine litter and plastic waste through a combination of condensed descriptions of key thematic areas and graphic illustrations that ... -
Economics of Peatlands Conservation, Restoration and Sustainable Management: A Policy Report for the Global Peatlands Initiative
United Nations Environment Programme (2021)This policy report examines the current status of peatlands globally, assesses the benefits and costs of peatlands, and identifies policies for peatlands conservation, restoration and sustainable management. This report ... -
Ecosystems and Biodiversity in Deep Waters and High Seas
United Nations Environment Programme; International Union for Conservation of Nature (2006)The conservation and sustainable use of the vulnerable ecosystems and biodiversity in deep waters and high seas are among the most critical oceans issues and environmental challenges today. Immediate impacts and threats, ... -
Effectiveness of Policy Interventions relating to the Illegal and Unsustainable Wildlife Trade - Policy Brief
United Nations Environment Programme (2019)The Policy brief summarizes the findings of an investigation into the effectiveness of policy interventions addressing illegal and unsustainable wildlife trade, including legislative and enforcement measures, measures to ... -
Enabling Effective and Equitable Marine Protected Areas: Guidance on Combining Governance Approaches
United Nations Environment Programme (2019)This guide provides evidence-based advice on how to use the governance of marine protected areas to promote conservation and share sustainable marine resources. It has been developed using marine protected area (MPA) case ... -
Energy Savings in the Transport Sector - Technical Report No. 25
United Nations Environment Programme (1994)This report examines transport systems and focuses particularly on road transport. It seeks to provide decision-makers in governments at national and local levels, as well as managers of transport systems, with key elements ... -
Environmental Effects of Ozone Depletion: 1994 Assessment
United Nations Environment Programme (1994)The provisions in the Montreal Protocol and its amendments in London (1990) and Copenhagen (1992) have brought about a marked decrease in production and use of ozone depleting chemicals. However, the ozone layer is still ... -
Environmental Guidelines for Afforestation Projects - UNEP Environmental Management Guidelines No. 9
United Nations Environment Programme (1986)The environmental operational guidelines in this series are presented in the belief that dynamics and change induced by development aims are not without environmental hazards and risks. It is necessary to identify such ... -
Environmental Guidelines for Agroforesry Projects - UNEP Environmental Management Guidelines No. 11
United Nations Environment Programme (1986)There is no doubt that Agroforestry can be an environmentally sound and economically feasible means of developing and protecting marginal and ecologically fragile lartds. Agroforestry, however, is a highly com-plex and ... -
Environmental Guidelines for Farming Systems Research - UNEP Environemntal Management Guidelines No. 12
United Nations Environment Programme (1986)Farming Systems Research (FSR) has increased in popularity recently both in academic circles and among administrators of national and international agricultural development programmes. In the expectation that FSR programmes ... -
Environmental Guidelines for Flood Plain Management - UNEP Environmental Management Guidelines No. 16
United Nations Environment Programme (1988)Floods are a natural and recurring event that are only a problem when man competes with rivers for the use of the high water channels of rivers or flood plains. Flood-plain occupancy and use is based on the economic ... -
Environmental Guidelines for Irrigation in Arid and Semi-Arid Areas - UNEP Environmental Management Guidelines No. 2
United Nations Environment Programme (1982)Since the dawn of civilization irrigation has played an important role in helping man satisfy the most basic of all his needs the need for food. However, the impact of irrigation projects is not exclusively beneficial, and ... -
Environmental Guidelines for Pesticide Use on Industrial Crops - UNEP Environmental Management Guidelines No. 1
United Nations Environment Programme (1982)Pest control is directly related to two of man's most pressing problems: the provision of food and agricultural commodities for ever-expanding populations and the maintenance of health by the suppression of vectors of human ... -
Environmental Guidelines for the Diesel Vehicle - UNEP Industry & Environment Guidelines Series
United Nations Environment Programme (1985)Greater use of diesel vehicles in the transportation sector creates opportunities to solve certain environmental problems associated with motor vehicles, such as those arising from emissions of carbon monoxide and to a ...