United Nations Environment Programme - Environmental Problems and Protection

Forest conservation is a major challenge for the Democratic Republic of Congo, the world's second biggest green lung after the Amazon, amid a paucity of energy production and renewable alternatives.The country's massive tropical forest, four times the size of France, covers some ...

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan Wednesday created a special body to review UN findings on extensive oil pollution in the Ogoniland region and propose remedies, a statement said.The committee will "undertake a holistic review" of the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) report and ...

Too much metal is being thrown away when it could be recycled, wasting an opportunity to save energy and risking shortages in materials used for new green technologies, a UN report warned Thursday.In a landmark study, the first to outline the extent ...

LONDON (Reuters) - The world would not have to dig so much metal out of the ground if it strongly embraced recycling, which could be higher, the United Nations Environment Programme said on Thursday.Smarter product designs and support for developing country waste ...

Growing environmental awareness over the past two decades has resulted in the adoption of a plethora of some 500 conventions, which paradoxically has hindered saving the planet, experts said Thursday.The 100 or so environment ministers gathered this week in Nairobi under the ...

Brown clouds are giant brown layers of thick haze composed of pollutants like soot and other particles, hanging over much of Asia and Indian Ocean every year between January and March. The UNEP Indian Ocean Experiment (INDOEX) first observed such a pollution ...

Deforestation is one of the most urgent environmental problems today, because it affects both human and environmental health in surprising ways.In America, trees are popular for their shade and natural beauty, as well as the many products they provide to humans, including ...

Application of over half a century of perfluorinated compounds, because of the possible damage to human health, going to be the end. 2009 5 9, United Nations Environment Programme re-ranking of "Persistent Organic Pollutants List", perfluorooctane acid and its salts (PFOS) and ...

The world faces the nightmare possibility of fishless oceans by 2050 unless fishing fleets are slashed and stocks allowed to recover, UN experts warned."If the various estimates we have received... come true, then we are in the situation where 40 years down ...

The world faces the nightmare possibility of fishless oceans by 2050 unless fishing fleets are slashed and stocks allowed to recover, UN experts warned Monday."If the various estimates we have received... come true, then we are in the situation where 40 years ...

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Topic: United Nations Environment Programme

DR Congo seeks to keep its green lung breathing

Nigeria sets up body to review UN oil pollution findings

Low metal recycling threatens green economy: UN report

U.N. calls for much more metals recycling

Too many conventions hurting environment: experts

What are brown clouds?

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Ocean fish could disappear in 40 years: UN

Oceans' fish could disappear in 40 years: UN

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