Publication Date: March 2014 The Compendium on human rights and the environment takes stock of the normative and jurisprudential developments in the field of human rights and the environment. It describes international instruments...
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Publication Date: 2012 Peru’s BioTrade sector offers tremendous potential, with its vast biodiversity, to develop new production lines that will help consolidate its current range of goods and services. Peru has 84 of the world’s...
Issue date: 2012 The report finds that the contribution of BioTrade to Namibia's economy could increase by 50 per cent over the next 10 years, to 7 per cent of GDP. In terms of poverty reduction, BioTrade has the potential to...
Publication Date: 2012 This report examines the potential for growth of biotrade of medicinal and aromatic plants in Nepal. The report shows the incentive for Nepal to protect its biodiversity and hence these plants, which could...
Publication Date: May 2013 This report argues that greening global trade is a vital step towards achieving sustainable development, and developing countries with abundant renewable resources are well-positioned to capitalize on...
Abuse of the environment is the fourth largest criminal activity in the world. Worth up to USD 258 billion, it is increasing by five to seven per cent every year and converging with other forms of international crime. It is...
This issue of UN Environment's flagship magazine, Our Planet focuses on Environmental Crime and features in-depth commentary, analysis and recommendations from a number of qualified contributing authors on this most topical of...
A publication encapsulating the case studies and projects from Phase 1 of the European Commission-funded ACP MEAs programme, which focuses on capacity building in the implementation of multilateral environmental agreements in...