Browsing UNEP Publications Pre-2023 by Title
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Food Systems and Natural Resources: Summary for Policy Makers
(2016)The IRP Food Systems and Natural Resources report assesses the current status and dynamics of natural resource use in food systems and their environmental impacts, identifying opportunities to move towards more resource-smart ... -
Food Waste Index Report 2021
(2021)Sustainable Development Goal 12.3 (SDG 12.3) captures a commitment to halve food waste at the retail and consumer level and to reduce food loss across supply chains. This Food Waste Index Report aims to advance progress ... -
Forest Damage in Central European Mountains: Final Report of a Large Area Experiment for Forest Damage Monitoring in Europe Using Satellite Remote Sensing
(1995)The necessity to perform forest damage inventories arose with the occurrence of the first forest decline symptoms in large areas. The individual countries, participating in the LAOE, started from the beginning with research ... -
Forest Ecosystems in the Transition to a Green Economy and the Role of REDD+ in the United Republic of Tanzania
(2015)The main objective of this study is to assess whether there is an economic rationale for the reduction of deforestation in the United Republic of Tanzania, by calculating the economic costs and benefits based on current ... -
Forests in a changing climate: a sourcebook for integrating REDD+ into academic programmes
(UNEP, 2014)This publication was designed to give an overview of the key topics related to forests and climate change, under the overarching and evolving REDD+ narrative. The purpose is to facilitate the integration of this new knowledge ... -
Forests: Investing in Natural Capital - Towards a Green Economy: Pathways to Sustainable Development and Poverty Eradication
The chapter on forests assesses the gap between “business-as-usual” in the forest sector and the role of forests in a green economy. It reviews the current range of green investments in the sector and how they are likely ... -
Forging links between protected areas and the tourism sector: how tourism can benefit conservation
(UNEP, 2005)Many tourism companies include visits to protected areas, including World Heritage sites, as part of their tourism excursions. These visits could also benefit conservation and site protection, but this requires forging ... -
Four scenarios for Europe based on UNEP's third Global Environment Outlook
(UNEP, 2003)The third Global Environment Outlook (GEO-3) was published on the eve of the Johannesburg summit. At that moment in time (autumn 2002), GEO-3 looked back thirty years and forward thirty years. As set of what-if scenarios ... -
Fourth Global Training Programme in Environmental Law
(1999)The objectives of the training programme were:- to in-form participants about legal and institutional developments in the field of environmental law both at the international and national levels; to promote a greater ... -
Freshwater under threat : North East Asia
(UNEP, 2008)As part of an UNEPs global initiative in vulnerability assessment of freshwater resources under changing climate, this report summarizes results from in-depth vulnerability assessment of freshwater resources in the Northeast ... -
Freshwater under threat South East Asia
(UNEP, 2009)This report is one of the outputs of the Vulnerability Assessment of Freshwater Resources to Environmental Change project, presenting a situation analysis with regard to the vulnerability of water resources system in South ... -
Freshwater under Threat – Pacific Islands
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2011)This study undertakes a vulnerability assessment of the freshwater resources of the Pacific Island Countries (PICs), based on input from technical experts and regional resource managers. The approach assumes that the ... -
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Freshwater Under Threat: Vulnerability Assessment of Freshwater Resources to Environmental Change - Africa
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2008)This publication documents the findings of the “Vulnerability of Water Resources to Environmental Change in Africa” study and clearly illustrate that Africa’s water resources are already facing serious risks, with the ... -
From conflict to peacebuilding: the role of natural resources and the environment
(UNEP, 2009)Since 1990 at least eighteen violent conflicts have been fuelled by the exploitation of natural resources. In fact, recent research suggests that over the last sixty years at least forty percent of all intrastate conflicts ... -
From conflict to sustainable development-assessment of environmental hot spots: Serbia and Montenegro
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2004)This report is not a comprehensive list of ‘hot spots' but the independent review of the Programme's work and an assessment of the priorities for the future at the sites and municipalities visited. -
From conflict to sustainable development: assessment and clean up in Serbia and Montenegro
(UNEP, 2004)The assessment report studies the conflicting situation in Serbia, Montenegro and journey towards sustainable development -
From ocean to aquarium: the global trade in marine ornamental species
(UNEP, 2003)UNEP-WCMC Biodiversity Series No. 17. With the total value of the marine ornamental trade amounting to as much as US$330 million a year and an estimated 2 million people worldwide keeping marine aquaria, the industry plays ... -
From Policy to Implementation: Decisions from the Fifth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity
(2000)The fifth meeting was a time to review progress in the implementation of the Convention, to consolidate the gains achieved and to chart the course for the future. Central to this process was the review of the operations ... -
From Pollution to Solution: A Global Assessment of Marine Litter and Plastic Pollution
(2021)This assessment describes the far-reaching impacts of plastics across the planet and in our oceans. The assessment sets out to address four key questions to help guide future actions: • What can new research and evidence ...