Infobox organization name UNEP OzonAction image Hand UNEP.jpg image border size 175 172 pixels alt hand over the earth caption UNEP OzonAction logo map Logo UNEP.gif msize 160 172 pixels malt mcaption UNEP logo abbreviation motto formation 1991 extinction type UNEP Branch status Organization purpose Consulting and Capacity Building headquarters Paris, France location Nairobi Kenya , Bangkok Thailand , Panama City Panama , Manama Bahrain coords region served Worldwide membership language leader title Head leader name Jim Curlin main organ parent organization United Nations affiliations num staff num volunteers budget website URL http www.unep.org ozonaction Home tabid 5467 Default.aspx UNEP OzonAction remarks OzonAction is a branch of the United Nations Environment Programme UNEP which has its main office in Paris , and is part of UNEP s Division of Technology, Industry and Economics DTIE . Created in 1991, today it has staff located in five regional offices of UNEP, namely in Africa Nariobi, Kenya , Asia & the Pacific Bangkok, Thailand , Latin America and the Caribbean Panama City, Panama , and West Asia Manama, Bahrain . Rajendra Shende , the Head of Branch, retired 31 July. ref http www.unep.org ozonaction News Features 2011 RajShenderetires tabid 56173 Default.aspx ref No one yet has been appointed to replace him, but there is an Interim Head of Branch, Jim Curlin, until a definite Head is appointed. ref http www.unep.org ozonaction AboutTheBranch StaffContacts Paris tabid 6191 Default.aspx UNEP staff Bot Generated title ref UNEP OzonAction assists developing countries and countries with economies in transition CEITs so that they can achieve and sustain their compliance ... title ref UNEP OzonAction has implemented over 1,000 projects and services that have benefited more ... Sweden and UNEP Team Up to Help Developing Countries Phase Out of Ozone Depleting HCFCS publisher Solutions ... 07 24 ref UNEP s OzonAction branch is one of the Fund s implementing agencies, along with others ... more details
Cleanup date March 2009 GRID Arendal is an office in the United Nations Environment Programme UNEP , located in Arendal , Norway . The office is part of the UNEP GRID network of environmental data and information centers, under the UNEP Division of early warning and assessment. GRID centers The Global Resource Information Database GRID was established in 1985 in the framework of United Nations System wide Earthwatch Earthwatch to provide timely and usable environmental data to the world community of researchers and policy makers. ref http www cger.nies.go.jp grid e grid2 e.html What is UNEP GRID? ref GRID also supports the developing countries through training programs and transfer of the technologies pertinent to the geographic information system and remote sensing. http www.grida.no Arendal, Norway http www.eapap.unep.org Bangkok, Thailand UNEP Environment Assessment Programme for Asia and the Pacific EAPAP http www.gridbp.ktm.hu indexa.htm Budapest, Hungary Department for Environmental Information Systems http www.gridc.canterbury.ac.nz Christchurch, New Zealand University of Canterbury http www.grid.unep.ch Geneva, Switzerland Geneva Executive Centre GEC http www.unep.org unep eia ein grid icimod ICIMOD at UNEP http www.icimod.org Kathmandu, Nepal International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development ICIMOD http gridmsk.infospace.ru Moscow, Russia http gridnairobi.unep.org Nairobi, Kenya http www.unep.org unep eia ein grid ottawa Ottawa, Canada Canada Centre for Remote Sensing http www.dpi.inpe.br grid home San Jose dos Campos, Brazil Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espacias INPE http na.unep.net Sioux Falls, USA EROS Data Center http www.gridtb.org Tbilisi, Georgia http www.gridw.pl Warsaw, Poland Environmental Information Centre Maps The GRID Arendal web site provides access to an extensive collection of useful maps, including topographic maps of many countries ... Enviromental Programme Global Ressource Information Database no UNEP GRID Arendal uk Global Resource ... more details
The UNEP GEO Data Portal ref cite web url http geodata.grid.unep.ch title GEO Data Portal accessdate 16 December 2009 ref is the authoritative source for data sets used by the United Nations Environment Programme UNEP and its partners in the Global Environment Outlook Global Environment Outlook GEO report and other integrated environment assessments. Its online database holds more than 500 different variables, as national, subregional, regional and global statistics or as geospatial data sets maps , covering themes like Freshwater, Population, Forests, Emissions, Climate, Disasters, Health and GDP. One can display them on the fly as maps, graphs, data tables or download the data in different formats. References Reflist Category United Nations Environment Programme ... more details
The United Nations Environment Programme s World Conservation Monitoring Centre UNEP WCMC is an executive agency of the United Nations Environment Programme , based in Cambridge in the United Kingdom . UNEP WCMC has been part of UNEP since 2000, and has responsibility for biodiversity assessment and support to policy development and implementation. ref UNEP 2004 UNEP Programmes and Resources for Environmental Education and Training. UNEP, Nairobi, Kenya & Earthprint, UK. ref The World Conservation Monitoring Centre was previously an independent organization jointly managed by IUCN, UNEP and WWF established in 1988, and prior to that the Centre was a part of the IUCN Secretariat. Areas of work The activities of UNEP WCMC include biodiversity assessment, support to international conventions such as the Convention on Biological Diversity CBD and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora CITES , capacity building and management of both aspatial and spatial data on species and habitats of conservation concern. UNEP WCMC has a mandate to facilitate the delivery of the global indicators under the CBD s 2010 Biodiversity Target on the rate of loss of biological diversity, and works alongside the CITES Secretariat producing a range of reports and databases. It also manages the World Database of Protected Areas in collaboration with the World Conservation Union IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas. A series of world atlases on biodiversity topics have been published by UNEP WCMC through University of California Press . UNEP WCMC itself is composed ... Marine Decision and Support Protected Areas and Species. ref UNEP WCMC 2010 Annual Report 2009. UNEP WCMC, Cambridge, UK. ref See also Earthdive database of ocean observations References Reflist External links http www.unep wcmc.org UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre Category International ... Monitoring Centre de UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre es Centro de Monitoreo de la ... more details
Infobox United Nations name United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative image UNEP FI Logo.gif image size 150px caption type Programme acronyms UNEP FI head Yuki Yasui interim status Active ... footnotes The United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative UNEP FI is a public private partnership established between the United Nations Environment Program w UNEPUNEP and the financial sector. It counts over 200 members among leading banks, investment funds, and insurance companies. UNEP ... 900 signatories. UNEP FI counts as one of the three conveners of the Natural Capital Declaration , a statement .... History UNEP FI rose from the combined forces of a small group of commercial banks and UNEP .... In 1992, the UNEP Financial Institutions Initiative was created, followed by the UNEP Insurance Initiative ..., UNEP FI broke new ground with the so called Freshfields report, which affirmed, for the first ... ESG . In 2006, UNEP FI played a crucial role in accelerating the momentum worldwide around ... development action across the globe. UNEP FI s latest breakthrough are Principles for Sustainable Insurance, or UNEP FI PSI, which seek to align the global insurance industry on sustainability principles. The UNEP FI PSI have received instant support from the insurance and re insurance industry and will be launched at the 2012 UN Conference on Sustainable Development . Statement The UNEP ... through improved CSR Caroll, 1999 . Organisation UNEP FI s Secretariat is located in the UN ... climate change, biodiversity, water, and property. UNEP FI also offers training programmes, which ... Roundtable Every second year, UNEP FI holds a global summit, the http www.unepfi.org grt Global Roundtable ... will be hosted in Beijing in 2013. Notable contributions UNEP FI has been responsible for authoring ... UNEP FI website http www.unepfi.org publications catalogue index.html Publications by UNEP FI http www.unepfi.org grt UNEP FI Global Roundtables website Category United Nations Environment Programme ... more details
the efficacy of the current United Nations Environmental Program UNEP at dealing with the scope ... those demands. The UNEP has been hindered by its title as a Programme as opposed to a Specialized ... for UNEP reform, and following the publication of IPCC Fourth Assessment Report Fourth Assessment Report ... read out by French President Chirac and supported by 46 countries, called for the UNEP to be replaced ... UNEP Limiting Factors A number of factors have limited the UNEP s ability to fulfill its mandate. Designation as a Programme The decision to establish the UNEP as a program as opposed to a Specialized Agency like the WHO has had enormous implications for UNEP s performance. In the UN hierarchy, Programmes have the least independence and authority, and this has made it difficult for UNEP to establish ... uneo wp.pdf Assessing UNEP as Anchor Institution for the Global Environment Lessons for the UNEO ... pg 9?tag artBody col1 UNEP Retrospect and prospect options for reforming the Global Environmental Governance Regime ref Location The UNEP has been handicapped by its location in Nairobi, Kenya. The first ... findarticles.com p articles mi qa3970 is 200207 ai n9090123 pg 9?tag artBody col1 UNEP Retrospect and prospect options for reforming the Global Environmental Governance Regime ref UNEP s headquarters .... ref http www.yale.edu gegproject uneo wp.pdf Assessing UNEP as Anchor Institution for the Global Environment Lessons for the UNEO Debate ref Funding Many of UNEP s struggles can be traced back to a lack of funding, and that lack of funding can be traced back to the UNEP s unique funding system. Unlike other international organizations, the UNEP does not have mandatory assessments, but instead is reliant on the voluntary contributions of UN member states. UNEP s unreliable and highly discretionary ... beyond the current budget cycle, and its autonomy as well as making the UNEP too dependent on certain member states which then hold undue influence in UNEP agenda setting. Voluntary contributions ... more details
GEO 2000 is the United Nations Environment Programme UNEP Global Environment Outlook 2000. The UNEP launched the Global Environment Outlook in 1995 to assess environmental issues and to have them published. The first report was published in 1999 . As well as some of the more well known issues the report identified new threats such as nitrogen s harmful impact on ecosystems increased severity of natural disasters species invasion as a result of globalization increased environmental pressures caused by urbanization decline in the quality of governance in some countries new wars which impact on both the immediate environment and neighbouring states the impact of refugees on the natural environment External links http www.grida.no geo2000 UNEP official GEO 2000 portal Category Environment Category United Nations Environment Programme Category United Nations reports Category 1999 works Category 1999 in international relations Category 1999 in the environment environment stub ... more details
The Ecosystem Approach is considered one of the most important principles of sustainable environmental management . The Fifth Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity defined the Ecosystem Approach in Decision V 6, Annex A, section 1 as a strategy for the integrated management of land, water and living resources that promotes conservation and sustainable use in an equitable way Essentially it requires the taking into consideration of the effects of actions on every element of an ecosystem , based on the recognition that all elements of an ecosystem are linked. Supporting the 15th Conference of the Parties meeting in Copenhagen The ecosystems approach is intended to tackle not just climate change mitigation and adaptation, but also poverty alleviation, disaster risk reduction, biodiversity loss and many other environmental issues ref Citation title UNEP Ecosystems Approach papers supporting COP 15 MLURI url http www.macaulay.ac.uk copenhagen author UNEP publisher UNEP date 2009 11 23 ref . See also Ecosystem based fisheries External links http www.macaulay.ac.uk copenhagen UNEP Ecosystems Approach papers supporting COP 15 climate change conference MLURI http www.cbd.int programmes cross cutting ecosystem Convention on Biological Diversity Ecosystem Approach http www.cbd.int decisions ?lg 0&m cop 05&d 06 Convention on Biological Diversity Decision V 6 References reflist Ecology stub Category Ecology Category Environment Category Article Feedback 5 et kos steemne k sitlus fr Approche cosyst mique fi Ekosysteemipalvelut tr Ekosistem yakla m ... more details
Weasel date August 2010 The Africa Environment Outlook for Youth , also known as AEO for Youth, was a United Nations Environment Programme UNEP project that established Africa s first ever youth environmental network. This network worked with young people from at least 41 African countries and mobilised them to write a vibrant youth oriented book known as AEO for Youth . The book captured the views and perspectives of young people from all over Africa. History During UNEP s Global Youth Retreat GYR 2003, held at the UNEP Headquarters in Nairobi , the African caucus endorsed a proposal to develop a youth version of the Africa Environment Outlook AEO . AEO for Youth targeted young people between the ages of 16 and 30. It updated and highlighted the main AEO environmental themes in a way that was interesting, attractive and appealing to youth in Africa. The resultant product was an image intensive, vibrantly designed book that was launched at the Africa Ministerial Conference on the Environment in Congo Brazzaville , in 2006. The AEO for Youth Project was led by David Bwakali together with sub regional coordinators from all of Africa s six sub regions. External links http www.unep.org dewa africa youth AEO for Youth United Nations Environment Programme UNEP official site DEFAULTSORT Africa Environment Outlook For Youth Category United Nations Environment Programme ... more details
Infobox protected area name Capiro Calentura National Park iucn category II photo photo alt photo caption photo width map Honduras relief 1 map alt map caption Location of Capiro Calentura in Honduras map width location Honduras nearest city lat d 15 lat m 52 lat s 38 lat NS N long d 85 long m 56 long s 06 long EW W coords ref ref name unep region area convert 50 km2 sqmi abbr on ref name unep established 1 January 1992 ref name unep visitation num visitation year governing body world heritage site url Capiro Calentura National Park is a national park in Honduras . It was established on 1 January 1992 and covers an area of 50 square kilometres. ref name unep cite web title Honduras Capiro Calentura url http sea.unep wcmc.org wdbpa sitedetails.cfm?siteid 41011 publisher United Nations Environment Programme accessdate 1 March 2010 ref References reflist National Parks of Honduras Category National parks of Honduras Category Protected areas established in 1992 ... more details
Infobox protected area name Cerro Azul de Cop n National Park iucn category II photo photo alt photo caption photo width map Honduras relief 1 map alt map caption Location of Cerro Azul de Cop n in Honduras map width location Honduras nearest city lat d 15 lat m 07 lat s 42 lat NS N long d 88 long m 54 long s 37 long EW W coords ref ref name unep region area convert 154.6 km2 sqmi abbr on ref name unep established 1 January 1987 ref name unep visitation num visitation year governing body world heritage site url Cerro Azul de Cop n National Park is a national park in Honduras . It was established on 1 January 1987 and covers an area of 154.6 square kilometres. It has an altitude of between 1,800 and 2,285 metres. ref name unep cite web title Honduras Cerro Azul de Cop n url http sea.unep wcmc.org wdbpa sitedetails.cfm?siteid 18813 publisher United Nations Environment Programme accessdate 1 March 2010 ref References reflist National Parks of Honduras Category National parks of Honduras Category Protected areas established in 1987 ... more details
Infobox protected area name Cerro Azul Me mbar National Park iucn category II photo photo alt photo caption photo width map Honduras relief 1 map alt map caption Location of Cerro Azul Me mbar in Honduras map width location Honduras nearest city lat d 14 lat m 50 lat s 15 lat NS N long d 87 long m 53 long s 43 long EW W coords ref ref name unep region area convert 300 km2 sqmi abbr on ref name unep established 1 January 1987 ref name unep visitation num visitation year governing body world heritage site url Cerro Azul Me mbar National Park is a national park in Honduras . It was established on 1 January 1987 and covers an area of 300 square kilometres. It has an altitude of between 1,800 and 2,047 metres. ref name unep cite web title Honduras Cerro Azul Me mbar url http sea.unep wcmc.org wdbpa sitedetails.cfm?siteid 18807 publisher United Nations Environment Programme accessdate 1 March 2010 ref References reflist National Parks of Honduras Category National parks of Honduras Category Protected areas established in 1987 ... more details
Infobox protected area name Monta a Santa B rbara National Park iucn category II photo photo alt photo caption photo width map Honduras relief 1 map alt map caption Location of Monta a Santa B rbara in Honduras map width location Honduras nearest city lat d 14 lat m 54 lat s 56 lat NS N long d 88 long m 07 long s 54 long EW W coords ref ref name unep region area convert 121.3 km2 sqmi abbr on ref name unep established 1 January 1987 ref name unep visitation num visitation year governing body world heritage site url Monta a Santa B rbara National Park previously named Santa B rbara National Park is a national park in Honduras . It was established on 1 January 1987 and covers an area of 121.3 square kilometres. It has an altitude of 2,777 metres. ref name unep cite web title Honduras Monta a Santa B rbara url http sea.unep wcmc.org wdbpa sitedetails.cfm?siteid 102221 publisher United Nations Environment Programme accessdate 1 March 2010 ref Its peak can be reached from the southeast side, ascending from the village of Los Andes. References reflist National Parks of Honduras Category National parks of Honduras Category Protected areas established in 1987 ... more details
Infobox protected area name Monta ade Yoro National Park iucn category II photo photo alt photo caption photo width map Honduras relief 1 map alt map caption Location of Monta ade Yoro in Honduras map width location Honduras nearest city lat d 15 lat m 00 lat s 17 lat NS N long d 87 long m 04 long s 20 long EW W coords ref ref name unep region area convert 154.8 km2 sqmi abbr on ref name unep established 1 January 1987 ref name unep visitation num visitation year governing body world heritage site url Monta ade Yoro National Park previously named Monta a de Yoro National Park is a national park in Honduras . It was established on 1 January 1987 and covers an area of 154.8 square kilometres. It has an altitude of between 1,800 and 2,245 metres. ref name unep cite web title Honduras Monta ade Yoro url http sea.unep wcmc.org wdbpa sitedetails.cfm?siteid 18811 publisher United Nations Environment Programme accessdate 1 March 2010 ref References reflist National Parks of Honduras Category National parks of Honduras Category Protected areas established in 1987 ... more details
Infobox protected area name Patuca National Park iucn category II photo photo alt photo caption photo width map Honduras relief 1 map alt map caption Location of Patuca in Honduras map width location Honduras nearest city lat d 14 lat m 25 lat s 55 lat NS N long d 85 long m 26 long s 47 long EW W coords ref ref name unep region area convert 3,755.84 km2 sqmi abbr on ref name unep established 1 January 1999 ref name unep visitation num visitation year governing body world heritage site url Patuca National Park is a national park in Honduras . It was established on 1 January 1999 and covers an area of 3755.84 square kilometres. ref name unep cite web title Honduras Patuca url http sea.unep wcmc.org wdbpa sitedetails.cfm?siteid 41013 publisher United Nations Environment Programme accessdate 1 March 2010 ref References reflist National Parks of Honduras Category National parks of Honduras Category Protected areas established in 1999 ... more details
Infobox protected area name Pico Pijol National Park iucn category II photo photo alt photo caption photo width map Honduras relief 1 map alt map caption Location of Pico Pijol in Honduras map width location Honduras nearest city lat d 15 lat m 11 lat s 50 lat NS N long d 87 long m 34 long s 59 long EW W coords ref ref name unep region area convert 122.1 km2 sqmi abbr on ref name unep established 1 January 1987 ref name unep visitation num visitation year governing body world heritage site url Pico Pijol National Park is a national park in Honduras . It was established on 1 January 1987 and covers an area of 122.1 square kilometres. It has an altitude of between 1,800 and 2,282 metres. ref name unep cite web title Honduras Pico Pijol url http sea.unep wcmc.org wdbpa sitedetails.cfm?siteid 18812 publisher United Nations Environment Programme accessdate 1 March 2010 ref References reflist National Parks of Honduras Category National parks of Honduras Category Protected areas established in 1987 ... more details
Infobox protected area name Sierra de Agalta National Park iucn category II photo photo alt photo caption photo width map Honduras relief 1 map alt map caption Location of Sierra de Agalta in Honduras map width location Honduras nearest city lat d 15 lat m 00 lat s 37 lat NS N long d 85 long m 51 long s 09 long EW W coords ref ref name unep region area convert 207.85 km2 sqmi abbr on ref name unep established 1 January 1987 ref name unep visitation num visitation year governing body world heritage site url Sierra de Agalta National Park is a national park in Honduras . It was established on 1 January 1987 and covers an area of 207.85 square kilometres. It has an altitude of between 1,800 and 2,354 metres. ref name unep cite web title Honduras Sierra de Agalta url http sea.unep wcmc.org wdbpa sitedetails.cfm?siteid 18808 publisher United Nations Environment Programme accessdate 1 March 2010 ref References reflist National Parks of Honduras Category National parks of Honduras Category Protected areas established in 1987 ... more details
Anoraliuirsoq is an uninhabited island of Greenland . The island has an area of 206.2 km and has a shoreline of 115.5 kilometres. ref http islands.unep.ch ITP.htm UNEP ref References Reflist Greenland geo stub Category Uninhabited islands of Greenland coord missing Greenland pl Anoraliuirsoq ... more details
Bjornesk Island is an uninhabited island of Greenland . The island has an area of 236.2 km and has a shoreline of 88.8 kilometres. ref http islands.unep.ch ITP.htm UNEP ref References Reflist coord 77.86 20.00 dim 50000 region GL display title Category Uninhabited islands of Greenland Greenland geo stub pl Bjornesk ... more details
Eila Island is an uninhabited island of the Greenland Sea , Greenland . The island has an area of 143.6 km and has a shoreline of 59.6 kilometres. ref http islands.unep.ch ITP.htm UNEP ref References Reflist Greenland geo stub Category Uninhabited islands of Greenland coord missing Greenland ... more details
Godfred Hansens Island is an uninhabited island of the Greenland Sea , Greenland . The island has an area of 115 km and has a shoreline of 53.7 kilometres. ref http islands.unep.ch ITP.htm UNEP ref References Reflist Greenland geo stub Category Uninhabited islands of Greenland coord missing Greenland ... more details
Hareoen Island is an uninhabited island of Baffin Bay , Greenland . The island has an area of 125.9 km and has a shoreline of 44.3 kilometres. ref http islands.unep.ch ITP.htm UNEP ref References Reflist coord 70.42 54.88 dim 50000 region GL display title Category Uninhabited islands of Greenland Greenland geo stub ... more details
Hazenland Island is an uninhabited island of the Lincoln Sea , Greenland . The island has an area of 205.7 km and has a shoreline of 85.3 kilometres. ref http islands.unep.ch ITP.htm UNEP ref References Reflist Greenland geo stub Category Uninhabited islands of Greenland coord missing Greenland pl Hazenland ... more details
Helges Halvo is an uninhabited island of Greenland . The island has an area of 450.3 km and has a shoreline of 158.8 kilometres. ref http islands.unep.ch ITP.htm UNEP ref References Reflist Greenland geo stub Category Uninhabited islands of Greenland coord missing Greenland pl Helges Halvo ... more details
Ikeq is an uninhabited island of Greenland . The island has an area of 198.9 km and has a shoreline of 89.4 kilometres. ref http islands.unep.ch ITP.htm UNEP ref References Reflist coord 59.94 44.20 dim 50000 region GL display title Category Uninhabited islands of Greenland Greenland geo stub pl Ikeq ... more details
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