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Ordos Plateau of China, The

An Endangered Environment

Series: UNU Studies on Critical Environmental Regions
( Print: January 2000 )

The Ordos Plateau of China is an account of the regional human-environmental history of the Ordos Plateau, a dryland region inhabited by Chinese farmers and Mongolian shepherds. It surveys...

The Ordos Plateau of China is an account of the regional human-environmental history of the Ordos Plateau, a dryland region inhabited by Chinese farmers and Mongolian shepherds. It surveys...


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Global Compact International Yearbook 2015

Series: United Nations Global Compact International Yearbook
( Print: January 2016, PDF: December 2015 )

This publication gives a global overview of the achievements of the Global Compact. It offers proactive and in-depth information on key sustainability issues to stakeholders and promotes unique and...

This publication gives a global overview of the achievements of the Global Compact. It offers proactive and in-depth information on key sustainability issues to stakeholders and promotes unique and...


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Global Compact International Yearbook 2009

Series: United Nations Global Compact International Yearbook
( Print: September 2009 )

Since its launch in July 2000, the Global Compact has grown to become the world's largest corporate sustainability initiative. Its more than 6,000 business participants in nearly 140 countries strive...

Since its launch in July 2000, the Global Compact has grown to become the world's largest corporate sustainability initiative. Its more than 6,000 business participants in nearly 140 countries strive...


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Global Compact International Yearbook 2011

Series: United Nations Global Compact International Yearbook
( Print: August 2011, PDF: December 2011 )

Over the last several years, the United Nations has become a trailblazer in promoting corporate responsibility. In the 11 years since its launch, the United Nations Global Compact has been at the...

Over the last several years, the United Nations has become a trailblazer in promoting corporate responsibility. In the 11 years since its launch, the United Nations Global Compact has been at the...


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Global Compact International Yearbook 2010

Series: United Nations Global Compact International Yearbook
( Print: August 2010, PDF: October 2013 )

Looking back at the past 10 years, the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) has left its mark in a variety of ways, helping shape the conversation about corporate responsibility and diffusing the...

Looking back at the past 10 years, the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) has left its mark in a variety of ways, helping shape the conversation about corporate responsibility and diffusing the...


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Global Compact International Yearbook 2012

Series: United Nations Global Compact International Yearbook
( Print: September 2012, PDF: October 2013 )

The main focus of this latest edition is the 2012 UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20). The event marked a crossroad for sustainable development and set the sustainability agenda for the...

The main focus of this latest edition is the 2012 UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20). The event marked a crossroad for sustainable development and set the sustainability agenda for the...


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Global Compact International Yearbook 2013

Series: United Nations Global Compact International Yearbook
( Print: September 2013, PDF: October 2013 )

The aim of the Global Compact International Yearbook is to create a global overview of the achievements of the UN Global Compact (UNGC). The book offers proactive and in-depth information on key...

The aim of the Global Compact International Yearbook is to create a global overview of the achievements of the UN Global Compact (UNGC). The book offers proactive and in-depth information on key...


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Global Compact International Yearbook 2014

Series: United Nations Global Compact International Yearbook
( Print: September 2014, PDF: November 2014 )

The aim of the Global Compact International Yearbook is to create a global overview of the achievements of the UN Global Compact (UNGC). The book offers proactive and in-depth information on key...

The aim of the Global Compact International Yearbook is to create a global overview of the achievements of the UN Global Compact (UNGC). The book offers proactive and in-depth information on key...


Regions at Risk

Comparisons of Threatened Environments

Series: UNU Studies on Critical Environmental Regions
( Print: February 1996 )

Nine critical environmental regions are examined through formal definitions and a detailed look into the concepts of environmental criticality and endangerment. This innovative study provides an up-to...

Nine critical environmental regions are examined through formal definitions and a detailed look into the concepts of environmental criticality and endangerment. This innovative study provides an up-to...


Amazonia

Resiliency and Dynamism of the Land and its People

Series: UNU Studies on Critical Environmental Regions
( Print: December 1997 )

The Amazon basin, site of the world's largest remaining tropical rain forest, is experiencing rapid ecological and socio-economic changes. This book examines the driving forces behind these changes...

The Amazon basin, site of the world's largest remaining tropical rain forest, is experiencing rapid ecological and socio-economic changes. This book examines the driving forces behind these changes...


In Place of the Forest

Environmental and Socio-Economic Transformation in Borneo and the Eastern Malay Peninsula

Series: UNU Studies on Critical Environmental Regions
( Print: January 1998 )

This book describes the course of the modern transformation of Borneo and the eastern side of the Malay Peninsula, an area considered to be 'environmentally critical' because of the massive...

This book describes the course of the modern transformation of Borneo and the eastern side of the Malay Peninsula, an area considered to be 'environmentally critical' because of the massive...