- Pollution
UNEA resolutions on marine litter
The United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) is the world’s highest-level decision-making body on the environment. It addresses the critical environmental challenges facing the world's…
Human Activities Threaten Coral Reefs
Research indicates that 58 per cent of the coral reefs of the world are threatened by human activities. Pollution and global heating represent some…
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The highway through the Ufoyaal Kassa-Bandial marine protected area, Senegal
- Pollution
Marine litter predictive mapping
This pilot project develops a shoreline map to define coastal areas with different likelihood of accumulating beach litter.
Environment and Security: 2050 Scenarios
This paper analyses the relationship between global geopolitical stability and environmental pressures in a 50-year scenario. Many environmental pressures in developing countries are directly…
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Mangroves in the Ufoyaal Kassa-Bandial marine protected area, Senegal
- Nature
Blue Carbon in West Africa
This activity will develop a strategic blue carbon assessment for the West African region.
Global Warming May Lead to Catastrophic Floods in the Himalayas
In Nepal, data from 49 surveillance stations show that there has been a distinct temperature increase since the middle of the 1970s, the greatest…
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Mangroves in the Ufoyaal Kassa-Bandial marine protected area, Senegal
Transboundary WRM – Lake Victoria
The project will produce an Atlas of Lake Victoria’s Changing Environment, including training for local experts to create similar atlases
Along Track Scanning Radiometer World Fire Atlas: Validation of the 1997-98 Active Fire Product
The 1997 Kyoto Convention revealed to the general public that, industrial and agricultural emissions of carbon dioxide, methane and other Greenhouse gases threaten to…
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