The tragedy of the commons Principles of the Stockholm Declaration The birth of the United Nations Environment Programme World Charter for Nature: general principles Agenda 21 The role of developing countries in the CBD negotiations Mandate of the Commission on Sustainable Development Principles of the Global Compact Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants UN Secretary-General's key proposals presented to the Millennium Summit Once burned, twice shy: the 1997-98 El Niño The costs of global warming
The Human Development Index Trends in global energy production and consumption The Ecological Footprint The enlargement of the European Union Availability of and access to environmental information Energy consumption in Europe Inequities in social development Energy production and consumption: West Asia The importance of subsistence foods Alaskan Oil and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Population controversy Chemicals and land use Urban agriculture in Zimbabwe Land and the International Year of the Mountains: importance of the mountain commons International efforts to improve land management Environmental impact of the land tenure regime on soil conditions in Jamaica Conservation programmes The Madrid Protocol on Environmental Protection
Forest goods and services Where the forest meets the sea Forest certification Agricultural encroachment in Uganda and Kenya Forest plantations: Asia and the Pacific Pan-European criteria for sustainable forest management Forest fires in Latin America and the Caribbean Shade-grown coffee - harnessing the market for sustainable development Clayoquot Sound Forest fragmentation in the Arctic Arctic forests and climate change
The Living Planet Index: a global biodiversity indicator New species in Viet Nam Conservation in Nepal Financial support for biodiversity in Central and Eastern Europe Wetlands and waterfowl Restoration of the Florida Everglades Bio-invasion
The costs of water-related diseases Vision 21: global targets for water supply and sanitation The International Network of Basin Organizations Ministerial Declaration on Water Security in the 21st Century Rainfall variability in the Lake Chad basin Sludge disposal in Cairo Lake Toba-Lake Champlain Sister Lakes Exchange Water pollution in Australia How the Volga and the Ural were not cleaned up The Tegucigalpa Model: water supply for peri-urban settlements The Guarani Aquifer System Health risks from groundwater pollution Water use for irrigation in West Asia
Jellyfish in the Black Sea Addressing coastal and marine degradation Managing ballast water discharges in Australia Hazards and contingency planning for oil spills Impacts of climate change on Pacific salmon and other wild fish stock Chesapeake Bay Coastal and marine action plans in West Asia
Impacts associated with air pollution The background to international cooperation on climate change Climate variability in Africa Urban air pollution in Asia The Asian brown cloud Health effects of air pollution related to road traffic in Austria, France and Switzerland Air pollution increases mortality Dealing with air pollution in Mexico City Ground-level ozone in North America Impact of air pollution on health in North America The cement industry pollutes the atmosphere Long-range transport of pollutants to polar regions The significance of Arctic haze
Facts about cities The ecological footprints of cities Nairobi's garbage The rise of urban farming Urban improvement initiatives Sustainable commuting in Singapore A model for public transport systems Compact urban development and smart growth Urban growth in the Arctic The interplay of rural and urban populations
Socio-economic effects of the 1997-98 El Niño The 1999 earthquake in Izmit, Turkey China committed to risk reduction Prevention and preparedness to reduce the costs of disasters Environmental impacts of refugees in Africa Selected natural disasters: Asia and the Pacific The Aral Sea: a human-induced environmental and humanitarian disaster Being prepared: Viet Nam's disaster reduction programme The Rhine Action Plan on Flood Defence Baia Mare: analysis of a mining accident El Niño and epidemic diseases Ecological and social impacts of earthquakes in El Salvador Vulnerability to natural hazards: a geo-referenced index for Honduras Major floods over the past 30 years Kuwait Bay: a soup for disaster
Vulnerability in a crisis area: Mount Nyiragongo Culture and climate change The hazards of living in high latitudes Floods caused by glacial lake outbursts Africa's Lake Victoria basin: multiple dimensions of vulnerability Watershed management and flooding Arsenic contamination in Bangladesh Food security: is the Green Revolution losing momentum? The cost of resource degradation in India Breakdown of traditional coping mechanisms: Kenyan pastoralists Advantages of foresight: predicting El Niño Famine Early Warning System Network (FEWS NET) Environmental vulnerability of small island developing states A framework for assessing risk
Narratives or numbers Markets First Policy First Security First Sustainability First Imagine ... an Environmental Protection Commission for Africa Imagine ... widespread surface and groundwater contamination in Asia and the Pacific Imagine ... a major food scare in Europe Imagine ... effects on Latin America and the Caribbean of a profound world recession Imagine ... water stress in mid-continental North America Imagine ... a major seven-year drought in West Asia Imagine ... a crash in circumpolar Antarctic krill stocks Reflections on the use of scenarios
What to aim for Suggestions for Action: Improving policy performance monitoring Suggestions for Action: Strengthening international environmental legislation and compliance Suggestions for Action: Changing trade patterns to benefit the environment Technology transfer: lessons from the Montreal Protocol Suggestions for Action: Valuing the environment Suggestions for Action: Making the market work for sustainable development Suggestions for Action: Further voluntary action Suggestions for Action: Participatory management Ways to strengthen local action
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