The dramatic depletion of natural resources in the last century now threatens our planet and the livelihood of future generations. Our Common Future, a report by the World Commission on Environment and Development published in 1987, introduced for the first time the notion of “sustainable development: development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future gen...

Geographical systems are in many respects the most complex phenomena that we confront, because they constitute the nexus of physical, ecological, and human systems. To be usefully understood, they must be treated as an integrated whole—but also in their parts, and in detail, since many of the most important interactions among their components take place locally. The problem of understanding the...

Disclaimer The views expressed in this publication are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the United Nations, UNDP, UNEP, UNEP Risoe Centre or their Member States. Executive Summary Forests play an important role in the global carbon balance. As both carbon sources and sinks, they have the potential to form an important component in efforts to combat global climate ch...

February 18, 2016 Professor Gio Batta Gori Editor, Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology, 525B Street, Suite 1900, San Diego, CA 92101-4495, USA. Professor Gori, We are writing on behalf of four associations to express our regret and concern regarding the comments made towards the crop protection industry in the December 2015 commentary by Bergman et al. (2015) entitled “Manufacturing Doubt Ab...

The views expressed in documents by named authors are solely the responsibility of those authors. The illustrations of the cover page are from the WHO photo library. III Preface T his book is part of a World Health Organization (WHO) series on teaching material and provides an introduction to the basic principles and methods of human exposure assessment. It constitutes a complement to Basic Epi...

with comments received from OSCE, UNEP, UNDP and members of the project steering committee. The contents do not necessarily reflect the views of UNEP, UNDP or OSCE.ABSTRACT Consensus is emerging that cooperative and effective management of natural resources, and national, regional, and international security, are closely linked. For this reason, UNEP, UNDP and OSCE have initiated a process to b...

Ecosystems of the Azerbaijan Republic have a lot unique characteristics that demand special focus in context environmental protection. Taking into account their importance, it is necessary to apply whole potential international cooperation including institutional dimension. The purpose article describe participation activities United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP), Council Europe and Co...

1. At its eighth meeting, in decision VIII/19 A.(4), the Conference of the Parties requested the Executive Secretary to complete the assessment on unauthorized harvesting of fauna (including bushmeat) as proposed in document UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/11/INF/12. Pursuant to this decision, and as a contribution to the in-depth review of the programme of work on forest biodiversity, the Executive Secretary ...