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Burkina Faso country is implementing several multilateral environmental agreements – including the National Economic and Social Development Plan (2016-2020), which envisages “strong, sustainable and inclusive…

Air pollution affects us all to some degree. Whether we live in highly polluted cities or the countryside, there is no escaping the impact dirty air has on our bodies and—as is now becoming apparent—our minds.…

At 47 years old, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is well into maturity. That means it’s seen its fair share of achievements—including realizing the 1987 Montreal Protocol for limiting ozone…

There is growing evidence of an increasing illegal trade in ozone depleting substances such as hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) and in replacement chemicals such as hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). There is a particular…

In December 2018, UN Environment in consultation with the Environmental Quality Authority of Palestine, organized a workshop in Ramallah, Palestine, to building the capacity of national focal points of the…

Only about 10 per cent of banks and finance institutions view climate change as an issue that can have either a positive or negative impact on their balance sheets. In January 2019, the Bank of England, with the…

Corruption remains a key driver of the illegal wildlife trade. At a conference held in October 2018 in the United Kingdom, governments discussed practical ways of building anti-corruption measures into illegal…

If ever an island justified the label “paradise” that tourist brochures liberally apply to destinations, it is Saint Lucia. Shaped like a teardrop, this tiny Caribbean nation has everything. Crescent moon beaches…

This manual intends to inform policy makers, conservation authorities, extension services etc. about the background to human-elephant conflict and the various techniques which could be used as deterrents to keep out of crop fields.

This is a farmer's manual on ways of reducing on human wildlife conflict, with a special focus on elephants.