This wide-ranging and comprehensive Handbook examines recent developments in international environmental law (IEL) and the crossover effects of this expansion on other areas of international law, such as trade law and the law of the sea.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) possesses diverse and outstanding natural resources which are important for the Congolese populations’ livelihoods as well as being of strategic regional and global significance.

The UNEP Year Book 2010 is essential, informative and authoritative reading and reports on new environmental science plus recent developments in our changing environment.

The UNEP Year Book 2010 is essential, informative and authoritative reading and reports on new environmental science plus recent developments in our changing environment.

The UNEP Year Book 2010 is essential, informative and authoritative reading and reports on new environmental science plus recent developments in our changing environment.

The UNEP Year Book 2010 is the seventh report on our changing environment produced by the United Nations Environmental Programme. The Year Book identifies, selects and analyses new scientific findings of 2009 that are likely to shape important environmental issues and trends in the coming year. It focuses on important scientific questions and developments in UNEP's six thematic priority areas.

The report, "Environment Outlook in the Amazonia - GEO Amazonia", the main product of the assessment for the Amazon Basin that has been implemented by UNEP and the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO), with technical help of Universidad de Pacifico (UoP) and the project's Technical Committee, which is consisted of leading organizations and institutions from all eight Amazonian countries, and those that are known for their technical expertise over Amazonian environmental and socio-economic issues.

This report and its findings are based on field work by a team of international experts deployed by UNEP following its Governing Council’s Decision 25/12 in February 2009, requesting UNEP to assess the environmental damage and carry out an economic evaluation of the rehabilitation and restoration of the environment in the Gaza Strip following the escalation of hostilities in December 2008 and late January 2009.

Behind the life cycle of a product, from the cradle to the grave, there is a story to tell. Not only about its potential impact on the environment, but as well in terms of social and socio-economic impacts - or potential impacts - of its production and consumption on the workers, the local communities, the consumers, the society and all value chain actors.

This publication is a completion report for “UNEP Support for Environmental Management of the
Iraqi Marshlands” project, which was one of the largest environmental projects conducted within
the framework of the United Nations Development Group (UNDG) Iraq Trust Fund. The Publication presents the background of the project, project activities, and major outputs and results. It also makes recommendations on additional initiatives to improve the environmental conditions for the Marshlands area as well as for the country.

The UNEP Year Book 2009 presents work in progress on scientific understanding of global environmental change, as well as foresight
about possible issues on the horizon. The aim is to raise awareness of the interlinkages among environmental issues that can accelerate the rates
of change and threaten human wellbeing.