Documents and publications

This discussion paper aims to address the complexity of risk in this ‘two-way system’ between environment and human societies.

Regions at Risk draws upon the nine regional case-studies - Amazonia, the Aral Sea basin, the Nepal middle mountains, the Ukambani region of Kenya, the Llano Estacado of the North American Southern High Plains, the Basin of Mexico, the North Sea, the

Coastal Zone Management Handbook comprises the first complete manual on coastal resource planning and management technology. Written by an international consultant, this handbook reflects a global perspective on the natural resources, sensitivities

Global Environment Outlook 3 (GEO-3) - the flagship report on the state of the global environment of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) - comes 10 years after the Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 and 30 years after the Stockholm

This book takes stock of the distinctive challenges posed by global environmental risks, the capacity of knowledge systems to identify and characterize such risks, and the competence of human society to manage the unprecedented complexity. Particular

A long-term management plan for the sustainable use of mangrove ecosystems is urgently needed. Monitoring, research, and evaluation are vital components of a successful conservation strategy for natural, managed, and man-made mangrove forests.

Mangrove

Environmental Hazards covers all major rapid-onset events, whether natural, human or technological in origin, which directly threaten human life on a community scale.
This substantially revised and expanded 2nd edition includes important new global case

The report is published with the objective of presenting in a clear and timely manner, an analytical overview of the state of the environment focusing on issues, policies and strategies of the key environmental challenges confronting the Maldives today