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From Soil Carbon to Decommissioning Nuclear Reactors, UNEP Year Book Highlights Key Emerging IssuesFrom Soil Carbon to Decommissioning Nuclear Reactors, UNEP Year Book Highlights Key Emerging Issues
13/ 02/ 2012
Dramatic improvements in the way the world manages its precious soils will be key to food, water and climate security in the 21st century.
Get Snapping for World Environment Day with UNEP and PiictuGet Snapping for World Environment Day with UNEP and Piictu
03/ 02/ 2012
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has partnered with TreeHugger and Piictu in an exciting new photo initiative for World Environment Day 2012.
Countries Adopt Manila Declaration to Strengthen Protection of Global Marine EnvironmentCountries Adopt Manila Declaration to Strengthen Protection of Global Marine Environment
27/ 01/ 2012
Representatives from 65 countries have agreed to step up efforts to protect the world's oceans from land-based activities, while underlining the central role played by the marine environment in the transition to a green economy.
Green Investments in the Marine Sector Can Bring a Tide of Economic and Social BenefitsGreen Investments in the Marine Sector Can Bring a Tide of Economic and Social Benefits
23/ 01/ 2012
Ecological health and economic productivity of marine and coastal ecosystems, which are currently in decline around the globe, can be boosted by shifting to a more sustainable economic paradigm that taps their natural potential
Global Organizations to Expand Cooperation on  Green Growth for DevelopmentGlobal Organizations to Expand Cooperation on Green Growth for Development
12/ 01/ 2012
Four leading global organizations today signed a Memorandum of Understanding to create the Green Growth Knowledge Platform, a cutting edge global initiative that will identify and address major knowledge gaps in green growth theory and practice.
Man and Nature Exhibition with Focus on Environmental Sustainability Opens at UNEP HeadquartersMan and Nature Exhibition with Focus on Environmental Sustainability Opens at UNEP Headquarters
05/ 01/ 2012
The exhibition demonstrates the role of art as an outreach tool for increasing public awareness with a focus on the environmental pillar of sustainable development, as the world heads towards Rio+20 in June 2012
UNEP's Year in Review 2011: July to DecemberUNEP's Year in Review 2011: July to December
03/ 01/ 2012
2011 has proven to be a defining year for the environmental pillar of sustainable development as the world heads towards Rio+20 in June 2012.
UNEP's Year in Review 2011: January to JuneUNEP's Year in Review 2011: January to June
30/ 12/ 2011
From UNEP's contribution to the UN's 'International Year of Forests' to the rapidly evolving analysis of how to catalyze a global transition towards a Green Economy, 2011 has proven to be a defining year for the environmental pillar of sustainable development as the world heads towards Rio+20 in June 2012.
How Farm Waste Provides Clean Energy for Homes in PakistanHow Farm Waste Provides Clean Energy for Homes in Pakistan
27/ 12/ 2011
A project backed by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is working to make clean energy a reality for households in a rural region of Pakistan.

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