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  1. Library Resource
    Peer-reviewed publication
    Reports & Research
    May, 2022
    Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Sao Tome and Principe, Guinea-Bissau, China, Myanmar, Pakistan

    L’année 2021 marque l’achèvement de la troisième année complète de mise en oeuvre de l’Initiative pour la restauration (TRI). Malgré les difficultés persistantes liées à la pandémie mondiale de covid-19, 2021 a vu des progrès encourageants. Les exigences de travail à domicile et autres restrictions ayant été levées, les participants aux projets ont pu retourner sur le terrain et mettre en oeuvre les analyses, les recommandations relatives aux stratégies et les plans de restauration et de gestion du paysage élaborés en 2020 pour accélérer les actions de restauration. 

     

  2. Library Resource

    Alors même que le monde cherche à intensifier ses efforts pour réduire les émissions de gaz à effet de serre, la nécessité de s'adapter aux effets du changement climatique déjà enclenchés est tout aussi importante. 

    Reports & Research
    November, 2021
    Africa, Middle Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, Eastern Europe, Oceania

     La sixième édition du Rapport 2021 sur l'écart entre les besoins et les perspectives en matière d'adaptation aux changements climatiques : la tempête qui se lève, examine comment le monde s'adapte à ces impacts croissants.

    Le rapport constate qu'il est urgent d'augmenter le financement de l'adaptation aux changements climatiques. Les coûts d'adaptation estimés dans les pays en développement sont cinq à dix fois supérieurs aux flux actuels de financement public de l'adaptation, et le fossé du financement de l'adaptation se creuse.

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    Le rapport rassemble une base de données pour démontrer de manière incontestable la nécessité de renforcer la coordination de la gouvernance entre les activités terrestres et les ressources marines.

    Reports & Research
    June, 2021
    Africa, Asia, Oceania

    Les ressources côtières, y compris les poissons, les minéraux et l'énergie, sont essentielles pour les personnes, la nature et l'économie, et sont au cœur de l'agenda émergent de l'économie bleue durable. Il est reconnu depuis longtemps qu'un défi particulier dans les zones côtières est la gestion des activités terrestres qui génèrent des effets néfastes sur les ressources côtières dans l'environnement marin.

  4. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    March, 2021
    Global

    Facts and Figures: ➡ Every minute, 23 hectares of arable land are lost due to drought and desertification. ➡ Over the last two decades, approximately 20 per cent of the Earth’s vegetated surface has shown persistent declining trends in productivity, mainly due to unsustainable land and water use and management practices. ➡ Every year, 13 million hectares of forest are lost that are home to more than 80 per cent of all land-based species and which provide livelihood to 1.6 billion people.

  5. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2012
    Global

    This report presents results and conclusions from a Pilot exercise undertaken to assess the experience of
    affected country Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) with
    reporting on impact indicators under the Convention’s Performance Review and Assessment of the
    Implementation System (PRAIS). The experiences and recommendations presented in this report should
    be used to guide the 2012–2013 reporting and review process.

  6. Library Resource
    Natural Resource Management and Peacebuilding in Afghanistan
    Reports & Research
    May, 2013
    Afghanistan

    This report looks at the ways in which natural resource management—the institutions, policies and practices that govern land, water, forests, minerals, hydrocarbons—interact with violent conflict in Afghanistan.

  7. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2014
    Africa

    The report confirms that mangroves are among the most carbon-rich ecosystems in the world and seeks to provide the basis for their sustainable management, conservation and restoration. It highlights the high ecological and economic values of mangroves, and the threats that exist across the region. (Executive summary in Spanish and French)

  8. Library Resource
    Webinar Report: Land in Post-Conflict Settings
    Reports & Research
    June, 2019
    Uganda, Myanmar, Global

    Post-war societies not only have to deal with continuing unpeaceful relations but also land-related conflict legacies, farmland and forest degradation, heavily exploited natural resources, land mines, a destroyed infrastructure, as well as returning refugees and ex-combatants. In the aftermath of war, access to and control of land often remains a sensitive issue which may precipitate tensions and lead to a renewed destabilization of volatile post-conflict situations.

  9. Library Resource

    A Summary of Progress from UNEP’s Environmental Cooperation for Peacebuilding Programme 2008-2015

    Reports & Research
    October, 2015
    Global

    This report provides a comprehensive overview of the different outputs for each pillar and the results achieved. It also summarizes key lessons, with a future outlook for UNEP in the coming years under the ECP framework. ECP delivery partners and partnerships are also duly recognized. It also informs UNEP’s approach for address- ing con ict risks and peacebuilding opportunities from natural resources and the environment in the context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, in- cluding the newly established Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

  10. Library Resource

    Unlocking the Peacebuilding Potential

    Reports & Research
    November, 2013
    Global

    Thirteen years after the adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 1325, investment in women as agents of change in peacebuilding remains inadequate. One of the unexplored entry points for strengthening womens contributions to peacebuilding relates to the way in which they use, manage, make decisions on and benefit from natural resources.

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