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Kabul – On a recent Monday morning on 24 July, the Director General of National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA), H.E.Mostafa Zaher and his environment team along with UN Environment and United Nations…

Pastoralism, with its multi-sectoral benefits, is undervalued Nairobi, 9 June 2016 - Pastoralists are stewards of rangelands covering a quarter of the planet’s land surface, providing high value food and protecting…

Discover with our latest version of our newsletter the activities of the UN Environment on the ground in West Asia

UN Environment today launched its combined Annual Report and Programme Performance Report for 2016. The report describes the organization’s accomplishments for the year, highlighting successes and detailing…

Large-scale adoption of green technologies in key sectors like manufacturing and transport is key to boosting air quality in China's major cities, according to United Nations Environment Programme Executive…

​The Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization came into effect in 2014 under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). It aims…

A new, USD $60 million global initiative launched at the International Nitrogen Initiative Conference in Melbourne, Australia, aims to spearhead integrated management of the nitrogen cycle for clean water and air,…

By Robert McDonald Can nature help cities address the twin problems of air that is too dirty or too hot? Based on a new report released by The Nature Conservancy – in collaboration with C40 Cities Climate…

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