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About the United Nations Environment Programme - UNEP Safeguarding the environment for future generations The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the United Nations’ leading global authority on the environment, driving transformational change on the triple planetary crisis: the crisis of climate change, the crisis of nature, land and biodiversity loss, and the crisis of pollution and waste
CAMLR Convention | UNEP - UN Environment Programme Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources A Overview Antarctica is surrounded by an unbroken and dynamic body of water known as the Southern Ocean, which constitutes about 10% of the world's total ocean surface For about 200 years, Antarctica's resources have been unsystematically harvested In many cases the intense level of exploitation resulted in the severe
Ecosystem management | UNEP - UN Environment Programme Ecosystem management Ecosystem management focuses on sustaining and restoring ecosystem health while balancing ecological, economic and social needs By recognizing the interconnectedness of natural systems and human activities, the integrity and resilience of ecosystems can persevere in the face of challenges like climate change, habitat degradation and over-exploitation This approach is
About Montreal Protocol - UNEP The Montreal Protocol The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer is the landmark multilateral environmental agreement that regulates the production and consumption of nearly 100 man-made chemicals referred to as ozone depleting substances (ODS)
Protecting Restoring Blue Carbon Ecosystems - UNEP We work to protect and restore coastal ‘blue carbon’ ecosystems for the sustainable provision of ecosystem services to people and environment Mangroves and seagrass meadows are coastal ecosystems that cover a small portion of the total ocean area but collectively are widely distributed on every continent except Antarctica Mangroves are found in 123 countries worldwide with an estimated
Rebuilding the ozone layer: how the world came together for the . . . - UNEP At that time, they didn’t know the scale of the problem But in 1985, a hole was confirmed in the ozone layer over Antarctica The world’s natural sun shield, which protects humans, plants, animals and ecosystems from excessive ultraviolet radiation, had been breached
Debunking eight common myths about climate change - UNEP The world is warming at a record pace, with unseasonable heat baking nearly every continent on Earth April, the last month for which statistics are available, marked the 11th consecutive month the planet has set a new temperature high Experts say that is a clear sign the Earth’s climate is
Could microbes, locked in Arctic ice for millennia, unleash a . . . - UNEP In the unusually hot summer of 2016, a bacterium that causes anthrax killed more than 2,500 reindeer in Siberia’s remote Yamal Peninsula, according to one study Normally locked deep in a layer of permanently frozen land, or permafrost, the once-dormant pathogen eventually spread to humans