Through the use of satellite data, photographs, graphics and site-specific case studies, this 160-page atlas highlights environmental change in Kenya. It looks at the country"s mountains, forests, water bodies and national parks, chronicling the evolution of the country"s environment over the last few decades and the ecological challenges and opportunities facing the country.
Forests are not only important for the 1.6 billion people who depend on them for their livelihoods, but for the world’s population at large. Forests play a critical role in the Earth’s life support system, including global carbon and hydrological cycles. To help communicate the value of forests to policy-makers and the wider public, three United Nations organizations/entities UNEP, FAO and UNFF joined efforts to analyse, synthesize
This publication can introduce but a fraction of the energy and results inspired by the Campaign. It is intended to convey the range of partners moved to action: from children to giant corporations, from womens groups to technocrats, dancers to diplomats, farmers to national governments. Trees are more significant than many of us might imagine. They commemorate births and lives lived. They beautify slums, farms and grand avenues. They provide ...
"Sowing the Seeds of Change" An Environmental and Sustainable Tourism Teaching Pack for the Hospitality Industry is a newly revised version of the teaching pack edition published in 2001. The teaching pack has been complemented by a series of tools that UNEP has developed in partnership during the past years to provide technical assistance to the industry. This is a joint initiative for the United Nations Environment Programme, Division of Tec
Children"s environmental awareness booklet on forests with its fauna and flora. This publication is aimed at sensitizing children to the importance of forests and the need to conserve them and also promote tree planting. "Togu and the Trees of Life" is part Tunza Environmental Series for Children. ""Tunza"" means to treat with care of affection in Kiswahili.
Children"s environmental awareness booklet on forests with its fauna and flora. This publication is aimed at sensitizing children to the importance of forests and the need to conserve them and also promote tree planting. "Togu and the Trees of Life" is part Tunza Environmental Series for Children. ""Tunza"" means to treat with care of affection in Kiswahili.
This Desk Study has been prepared by UNEP as a contribution to tackling the immediate post-coflict humanitarian situation in Iraq, and the subsequent rebuilding of the country"s shattered infrastructure, economy and environment. It is intended for a wide audience and includes information likely to be of value to many of the stakeholders involved in shaping the future of Iraq.
Inappropriate subsidies contribute to widespread overfishing and to the distortion of trade in fisheries products. Current negotiations in the WTO aim to address this problem through binding new subsidies rules, but some fisheries subsidies will undoubtedly continue to be used for years to come.Jointly commissioned by WWF and UNEP, this paper — Sustainability criteria for fisheries subsidies: Options for the WTO and beyond &m
This report presents the results of the GIWA assessment of the Colombia & Venezuela and Central America & Mexico sub-systems – located in GIWA region 3, the Caribbean Sea. The regional team identified habitat and community modification as the priority concern of both sub-systems. In the Colombia & Venezuela sub-system, coastal habitats are being degraded by a multitude of issues, particularly land-based sources of pollution.
This report presents the assessment of Lakes Turkana, Tanganyika, Victoria and Malawi – the largest of the East African Rift Valley Lakes and among the oldest lakes in the world. The lakes are renowned for their high endemism and support a vital socio-economic service as a core for transportation, water supply, fisheries, recreation and tourism. Anthropogenic impacts have significantly altered the ecosystem function of these lakes. Lake
This report presents the GIWA assessment of the Humboldt Current region, located along western South America, stretching from the Ecuadorian-Colombian border to the south of Chile. The world’s largest upwelling area, supporting highly productive fisheries, is located within the boundaries of the region. The economy of the region is primarily based on fisheries, agriculture, oil-related industry, mining and maritime transport. As a result
This report describes a new map-based approach to defining areas best suited for NTFP commercialization. Uganda is used as a case study. As one of the most rapidly growing economies in Africa, its rich natural heritage highlights the conflict between national development efforts and the need for a globally responsible approach to biodiversity conservation.
Seamounts, deep-sea corals and fisheries - an ubiquitous ocean floor feature, a key marine ecosystem, and an important human activity: together they have created one of the most critical ocean issues. The report reveals the global scale of the vulnerability of habitat-forming stony corals on seamounts, and that of associated marine biodiversity and assemblages, to the impacts of trawling, especially in areas beyond national jurisdiction. It pr
This study determines the environmental impacts of Lebanon"s trade in greenhouse agricultural products using methyl bromide and assesses the potential impacts ( environmental, economic, health and social ) that would result from phasing out.
This report prents an integrated assessment of the impacts of trade liberalization on the rice sector of Viet Nam. The assessment was supported by UNEP and carried out in 2002 & 2003 by an interdisciplinary team that involved members of various Vietanmese Agricultural Universities and Research Institutes.
Mangrove forests provide critical economic, social and ecological services for the existence of biophysical and socio-economic subsystems on earth, particularly for tropical mangroves that are rich in both floral & faunal biodiversity.
This project draws on the experience and lessons learned from a first UNEP Senegal Country Study on " Integrated Assessment of Trade Liberalization & Trade-Related Polices : A Country Study on Fiesheries Sector in Senegal ".
World Resources 2002-2004 examines how we make environmental decisions and who makes them, which is the process of environmental goverance. The report argues that better environmental goverence is one of the most direct routes to fairer and more sustainable use of natural resources. Decisions made with greater participation and greater knowledge of natural systems-decisions for the Earth-can help to reverse the loss of forest, the decline of s
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-100.jpg "Plant for the Planet : The Billion Tree Campaign")
-100.jpg "Sowing the Seeds of Change: An Environmental and Sustainable Tourism Teaching Pack for the Hospitality Industry (English & French)")
-100.jpg "Togu et les arbres de vie")
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-100.jpg "Desk Study on the Environment in Iraq")
-100.jpg "Sustainability Criteria for Fisheries Subsidies : Options for the WTO and Beyond")
-100.jpg "UNEP in Iraq : Post-Confilict Assessment, Clean-up and Reconstruction")
-100.jpg "Caribbean Sea/Colombia & Venezuela, Central America & Mexico Giwa Regional assessment 3b, 3c")
-100.jpg "East African Rift Valley Lakes")
-100.jpg "Humboldt Current")
-100.jpg "Non-timber forest products in Uganda : UNEP-WCMC Biodiversity Series No. 18")
-100.jpg "Seamounts Deep-Sea Coral and Fisheries : Regional Seas Report and Studies No 183")
-100.jpg "Effects of Trade Liberalization on Agriculture in Lebanon")
-100.jpg "Integrated Assessment of the Impact of Trade Liberalization : A Country Study Viet Nam Rice Sector")
-100.jpg "Integrated Assessment of the Impact of Trade Liberalization A Country Study Nigerian Rice Sector")
-100.jpg "The Economic Valuation of Alternative Uses of Mangrove Forests in Sri Lanka")
-100.jpg "Policy Implementation and Fisheries Resource Management : Lessons from Senegal")
-100.jpg "World Resources 2002-2004 : Decisions for the Earth : Balance, Voice, and Power")