Browsing UNEP Publications Pre-2023 by SDGs "SDG 14 - Life Below Water"
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2014 United Nations List of Protected Areas
(UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 2014)The United Nations List of Protected Areas has its origins in the recognition of the importance by the United-Nations of the “national parks and equivalent reserves” for the conservation of the Earth’s natural places and ... -
21 Issues for the 21st century: results of the UNEP foresight process on emerging environmental issues
(UNEP, 2012)The UNEP foresight report contains a description of the 21 emerging environmental issues identified through the UNEP Foresight Process. The process resulted in a list of 21 emerging environmental issues tagged 21 Issues ... -
A handbook for the indigenous and community conserved areas registry
(2010)Indigenous and Community Conserved Areas (ICCAs) are a globally significant type of managed areas governed by local or indigenous communities for conservation and cultural purposes. Their contributions to biodiversity ... -
Africa : Atlas of Our Changing Environment
This Atlas underscores the importance of developing, harnessing and sharing technologies that help provide deeper understanding of the dynamics of the changes. The words and pictures within these pages also serve as a vivid ... -
Africa Environment Tracking: issues and developments
When the first Africa Environment Outlook (AEO) report was presented to the African Ministerial Conference on Environment (AMCEN) in 2002 it was adopted by the Ministers as a tool for African policy makers to use in the ... -
Africa water Atlas
(UNEP, 2010)This Atlas is a visual account of Africa's endowment and use of water resources, revealed through 224 maps and 104 satellite images as well as some 500 graphics and hundreds of compelling photos. However the Atlas is more ... -
Africa's lakes: Atlas of our changing environment
Water is vital for our survival. Africa is the second largest and the second most populous continent after Asia. It is endowed with both natural and artificial lakes and is home to some of the largest lakes in the world. ... -
Analyzing Environmental Trends using Satellite Data: Selected Cases
An analysis of recent and historical satellite imagery collected over the past forty years was carried out for Lake chad in West Africa, the Sundarbans along the India-Bangladesh border, Papua in Indonesia, the Paranaense ... -
Analyzing the resource impact of fisheries subsidies: a matrix approach
This publication builds on earlier UNEP work that developed a matrix as an analytical framework for assessing the impact of subsidies. Using this framework, the study offers a detailed assessment of the impact of eight ... -
Are you a green leader? Business and biodiversity making the case for a lasting solution
(UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 2010)Produced jointly between UNEP-WCMC and UNEP's Division of Technology, Industry and Economics, this document reviews the business case for biodiversity -
Asia Protected Planet Report 2014: Tracking progress towards targets for protected areas in Asia
(UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 2014)This report assesses progress towards the achievement of elements of Aichi Biodiversity Target 11 in 24 selected countries in East Asia, South Asia and South-east Asia. These are referred to as the “Asia Region” throughout ... -
Assessment of environmental hot Spots in Iraq
It is estimated that Iraq has several thousand contaminated sites resulting from a combination of general industrial activities, military activities, post-conflict damage and looting. Many of the sites are derelict and ... -
Awards for Improving the Coastal Environment: The Example of the Blue Flag
(1996)This publication describes one way in which tourism is being better integrated with the coastal environment: the European Blue Flag campaign. Now a decade old, the Blue Flag campaign is an award system in which European ... -
Bamboo biodiversity: Africa, Madagascar and the Americas
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2004)Bamboos are distinct and fascinating plants, with many values and uses, ranging from construction to irrigation systems, musical instruments to food and fuel. But we still know relatively little about most bamboos in the ... -
Becoming #GenerationRestoration: Ecosystem Restoration for People, Nature and Climate
(2021)We can no longer deny that we are a part of our environment, which we are degrading at an alarming rate. In order to embark on a more sustainable pathway, we need both to conserve and restore ecosystems. This report makes ... -
Blue economy: sharing success stories to inspire change
Oceans are vital, not only to a wide array of biodiversity and ecosystems, but also to the food chains, livelihoods and climate regulation for a human population heading towards nine billion people. That is why this report ... -
Blue harvest: inland fisheries as an ecosystem service
(UNEP, 2010)This report focuses on the importance of inland fisheries as an ecosystem service that significantly contributes to food production and livelihoods in many parts of the world but at the same time depends upon a sustained ... -
Building Natural Capital: How REDD+ can Support a Green Economy: Summary for Policy Makers
(UNEP, 2014)This summary report highlights key findings from the report of the international resource panel: building natural capital: How REDD+ can support a Green Economy. It should be read in conjunction with the full report. -
Caribbean Environment Outlook
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2004)Over the last three decades, environmental degradation and the unsustainable use of natural resources have reduced the availability of ecosystem goods and services, with negative consequences for sustainable social and ... -
Cetaceans and Cetacean Research in the Indian Ocean Sanctuary - Marine Mammal Technical Report Number 3
(1991)The contributions in this volume represent some of the work that has been (or is being) carried out on cetaceans in the Indian Ocean. The limitations of the research documented will be apparent. We believe, however, that ...
