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A selection of global environmental assessments, mostly produced by partners in the UN System-Wide Earthwatch.

Millennium Ecosystem Assessment

     
Global Assessment Reports
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, 2005/2006 , ISBN: 1-59726-042-8
The MA synthesized information from the scientific literature and relevant peer-reviewed datasets and models. It incorporated knowledge held by the private sector, practitioners, local communities, and indigenous peoples. The MA did not aim to generate new primary knowledge, but instead sought to add value to existing information by collating, evaluating, summarizing, interpreting, and communicating it in a useful form.
 
     

Ecosystems and Human Well-being: Synthesis Report
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, 2005.
ISBN: 1-59726-040-1
Island Press, 8.5x11, 160 Pages, Maps.
The first set of products presenting the findings of the assessment consists of one over-arching synthesis and 5 others that interpret the MA findings for specific audiences. The MA, World Resources Institute, and Island Press will publish these reports.

 
     
Living Beyond our Means : Natural assets and Human well-being
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, 2005.
This statement was developed by the Board governing the MA process, whose membership includes representatives from U.N. organizations, governments through a number of international conventions, nongovernmental organizations, academia, business, and indigenous peoples..
 
     

UN MDGs

Report of the Secretary Général on the Work of the Organisation
United Nations, New-york, 2007. ISSN 0082-8173
This, my first annual report, comes at a time when the Member States and the peoples of the world are asking the United Nations to do more — in more spheres of activity, in more locations, in more challenging circumstances — than at any point in the Organization’s history. While the surging demand for our services is daunting, we must not shrink from this challenge. Indeed it should be welcomed. This is a sign not only of the many pressing needs in the world today, but also of the increasing recognition that they can best be addressed collectively, through the world’s only truly universal instrument, the United Nations.
   
     
Report of the Secretary Général on the Work of the Organisation
United Nations, New-york, 2006. ISSN 0082-8173
In this, my tenth and last annual report, I have sought to provide an overview of the Organization’s main achievements and challenges during the past 12 months in the light of the critical developments in the decade since I took office at the beginning of 1997. I have also subsumed in a single report both the work of the Organization as such and the progress made in implementing the Millennium Declaration, which in previous years has been the subject of a separate report.
   
     

Progress towards the Millennium Development Goals, 1990-2005
United Nations, 2005.
A status report prepared by 25 UN agencies and international organizations on reaching the internationally endorsed Millennium Development Goals.

 
     

UNEP

GEO Yearbook 2007
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2007.
ISBN: 978-92-807-2786-9
Earthscan Publications Ltd, London.
The GEO Year Book 2007 is essential, informative, and authoritative reading for anyone with a role or an interest in our changing environment. The 2007 edition covers fisheries to forestry and climate to freshwater management underlining risks and opportunities of globalization.

 
     

GEO Yearbook 2006
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2006.
ISBN: 92-807-2668-4
Earthscan Publications Ltd, London.
The GEO Year Book 2006 is the third annual survey of the changing global environment produced by the United Nations Environment Programme, in collaboration with many world experts in environmental research and action.

 
     

One Planet, Many People: Atlas of Our Changing Environment
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2005.
ISBN: 92 807 2571 8
One Planet, Many People: Atlas of Our Changing Environment provides a comprehensive, visual presentation of scientifically variable information, on changes in the global environment—both the good and the bad—acquired and assessed through state-of-the-art remote sensing technology.

 
     

GEO Yearbook 2004/05
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2005.
ISBN: 92-807-2544-0
Earthscan Publications Ltd, London.
GEO Year Book 2004/5, is the second in the annual GEO series. The report highlights significant environmental events and achievements during the year, raises awareness of emerging issues from scientific research and presents indicators of progress towards environmental sustainability. In particular there is a chapter in response to the Tsunami disaster and the potential effects on the environment.

 
     

GEO Yearbook 2003
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2004.
ISBN: 9280724150
Earthscan Publications Ltd, London.
GEO Year Book 2003 highlights the most significant environmental developments in the year in a visually appealing and reliable volume.

 
     

GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT OUTLOOK 3 (GEO-3)
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2002.
ISBN: 1853838454
Earthscan Publications Ltd, London, 2002. 416 p.

 
     

GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT OUTLOOK 2000
UNEP'S Millenium Report on the Environment. Second Edition.
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Earthscan Publications Ltd, London, 1999. 398 p.

   
     

PACHAMAMA: OUR EARTH - OUR FUTURE
by young people of the world
GEO for youth, based on GEO-2000 - the Global Environment Outlook Report of UNEP.
A joint project of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Peace Child International.
Evans Brothers Ltd, London, 1999. 96 p.

   
     

GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT OUTLOOK - 1997
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Oxford University Press, New York and Oxford, 1997 - 264 p.
Web version: Japan: http://www-cger.nies.go.jp/geo1/
Kenya: http://www.unep.org/unep/eia/geo1/
Norway: http://www.grida.no/geo1/
Switzerland: http://www.grid.unep.ch/geo1/

   
     

THE WORLD ENVIRONMENT 1972-1992: Two Decades of Challenge
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
M. K. Tolba, O. A. El-Kholy et al., editors
Chapman & Hall, London, 1992 - 884 p.
(The next decadal state of the world environment report is planned for 2002.)

   
     

GLOBIO Report - 2001
Global Methodology for Mapping Human Impacts on the Biosphere.
UNEP/GRID-Arendal (Norway).

   
     

WRI

WORLD RESOURCES 2002-2004: Decision for the Earth: Balance, voice and power
United Nations Development Programme, United Nations Environment Programme, World Bank, World Resources Institute. 2003.
ISBN: 1-56973-533-6.
 

 
     

WORLD RESOURCES 2000-2001: People and Ecosystems: The Fraying Web of Life - 2000
A joint publication of the World Resources Institute (WRI), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the World Bank. World Resources Institute, Washington, D.C., 2000. 390 p.
Published every two years.
Web version: http://www.wri.org/wr2000
The executive summary, A Guide to World Resources 2000-2001: People and Ecosystems: The Fraying Web of Life can be downloaded at http://www.wri.org/wri/wrr2000.

   
     

WORLD RESOURCES 1998-1999: Environmental Change and Human Health - 1998
A Guide to the Global Environment. A joint publication of the World Resources Institute (WRI), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the World Bank.
Oxford University Press, New York and Oxford, 1998 - 370 p.

   
     

OECD

Policies for a Better Environment: Progress in Eastern, Caucasus and Central Asia
In coordination with:UNEP; UNDP; UNECE; WHO; The World Bank; PPC/EBRD; REC Russia; REC Central Asia; REC Caucasus; REC Moldova; Eco-Forum Network
ISBN: 9789264027350 . No. Pages 148.
In 2003, the Ministers of Environment of the 12 countries of Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (EECCA), together with their partners in the “Environment for Europe” process, adopted the EECCA Environment Strategy. This book provides a review of progress in achieving the Strategy's objectives, and provides a solid analytical base for discussions on future environmental co-operation between EECCA countries and their partners. Part I of the book looks at progress across the areaa on such strategic objectives as pollution prevention and control and environmental policy integration. Part II provides country profiles.
 
     

OECD ENVIRONMENTAL OUTLOOK - 2001
OECD, 2001. Code 972001011P1.
ISBN: 9264186158. No. Pages 328.
The OECD Environmental Outlook provides projections to 2020 of environmental pressures from key economic sectors (agriculture, forestry, fishery, transport, energy and selected industry sectors) and changes in the state of the environment for selected environmental issues (freshwater, biodiversity, climate change, air quality and waste). Cross-sectoral issues are also examined, such as human health and the environment, the social and environmental interface and resource efficiency.

 
     
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