United Nations Environment Programme [UNEP] Related

United Nations Atlas of the Oceans:: Information system designed for use by policy makers who need to become familiar with ocean issues and by scientists, students and resource managers who need access to underlying data bases and approaches to sustainability.

Food and Agriculture Organizations of the United Nations:: Provides links to FAO information on a wide range of topics including desertification, sustainable development, food standards, animal genetic resources, post-harvest operations, agro-biodiversity and farming systems.

United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification:: The Convention promotes new approaches to managing dryland ecosystems. Official documents, reports, action programmes, regional and general information about desertification.

United Nations Multilateral Fund Secretariat:: Created to assist developing country parties with the implementation of the Montreal Protocol on ozone depleting substances (ODS).

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change:: Online newsletter concerning issues on and about the UN's convention on long term weather change. Page includes list of meetings and the background behind the Kyoto Protocol.

FAO: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations:: Achieving food security for all is at the heart of FAO's efforts - to make sure people have regular access to enough high-quality food to lead active, healthy lives. FAO's mandate is to raise levels of nutrition, improve agricultural productivity, better the lives of rural populations and contribute to the growth of the world economy.

Caribbean Environment Programme:: Promoting regional co-operation for the protection and development of the marine environment of the Wider Caribbean Region.

Atmosphere, Climate and Environment Information Programme:: Monthly air quality measurements from 2000 until 2004, from about a dozen UK monitoring stations. Support for programme and website withdrawn in 2005.

Asian Regional Research Programme in Energy, Environment and Climate, ARRPEEC:: Conducting research on energy-environment-climate issues in Asia. Objectives include mitigation of greenhouse gases and other hazardous emissions. Centered in Bangkok, Thailand.

Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities:: The GPA aims at preventing the degradation of the marine environment from land-based activities by facilitating the duty of States to preserve and protect the marine environment.

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