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Profiting from Green Consumerism in Germany, Opportunities for Developing Countries in Three Sectors

Leather and Footwear, Textiles and Clothing, and Furniture

Series: Analytical Studies on Trade, Environment and Development
( Print: October 1999 )

Green consumerism has been on the rise in Germany and is increasingly bearing upon markets of key export interest to developing countries. This publication reviews the consequences of this phenomenon...

Green consumerism has been on the rise in Germany and is increasingly bearing upon markets of key export interest to developing countries. This publication reviews the consequences of this phenomenon...


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Economic Aspects of Development of Agricultural Alternatives to Tobacco Production and Export...

Series: Analytical Studies on Trade, Environment and Development
( Print: September 2002 )

This report assesses a number of potential agricultural alternatives to production and export marketing of tobacco from Malawi. It provides analysis and findings on current profitability of...

This report assesses a number of potential agricultural alternatives to production and export marketing of tobacco from Malawi. It provides analysis and findings on current profitability of...


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United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management

Report on the second session (13-15 August 2012)

Series: Report of the Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management
( Print: October 2013 )

Report on the Second Session of the United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management

Report on the Second Session of the United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management


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Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management

Report on the Third Session

Series: Report of the Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management
( Print: June 2014 )

Report on the Third Session of the United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management

Report on the Third Session of the United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management


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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United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management

Report on the fourth session (6-8 August 2014)

Series: Report of the Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management
( Print: October 2015, PDF: December 2015 )

Official Records of the Report on the Fourth Session of the United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management

Official Records of the Report on the Fourth Session of the United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management


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Report of the Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management 2015

Report on the Fifth Session (5-7 August 2015)

Series: Report of the Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management
( Print: January 2016, PDF: December 2015 )

This is the official report of the Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management on its fifth session for the period of 5 to 7 August 2015.

This is the official report of the Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management on its fifth session for the period of 5 to 7 August 2015.


Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management

Report on the sixth session (3-5 August 2016)

Series: Report of the Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management
( Print: July 2017 )

This is the official report of the Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management on its sixth session for the period of 3 to 5 August 2016.

This is the official report of the Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management on its sixth session for the period of 3 to 5 August 2016.


Rubber and the Environment

Proceedings of the Joint Workshop of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the...

Series: Analytical Studies on Trade, Environment and Development
( Print: August 2000 )

This publication reviews two specific aspects of the cycle of rubber products. The first one, is the use of international instruments for making scrap tyre management as environmentally sound as...

This publication reviews two specific aspects of the cycle of rubber products. The first one, is the use of international instruments for making scrap tyre management as environmentally sound as...


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...