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ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. Global strategies
  3. Reporting on global environmental status

Reporting on global environmental status

  • Producing world state of environment reports

Broader

Undertaking environmental monitoring and assessments
Presentable
Publishing
Presentable
Reporting
Yet to rate
Informing-Misinforming
Yet to rate

Narrower

Remote sensing by satellite
Excellent
Surveying protected area systems
Presentable
Producing environmental resource inventories
Presentable
Preparing periodic status reports on plant genetic resources
Yet to rate
Assessing earth's carrying capacity
Yet to rate

Facilitates

Ensuring comprehensive system of protected areas
Excellent
Improving knowledge on environmental issues
Yet to rate

Facilitated by

Developing national strategies for sustainability
Excellent
Disseminating environmental information
Presentable
Establishing a high-level Commission on Sustainable Development
Yet to rate

Value

Status
Yet to rate
Nonglobalized
Yet to rate

Reference

World Commission on Environment and Development: Our Common Future
Conservation Foundation: State of the Environment: a view toward the nineties
United Nations Environment Programme: The World Environment 1972-82: a report
World Resources Institute: World Resources: a guide to the global environment
DocTer Institute for Environmental Studies, Milan: European Environmental Yearbook 1991
Brown, Lester R, et al: State of the World
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development: OECD Environmental Data Compendium
Brown, Lester R, et al: Vital Signs: the trends that are shaping our future
United Nations Research Institute for Social Development: Demographic, Social and Environment Statistics, Patterns of Consumption: Qualitative aspects of development
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development: The State of the Environment 1991
United Nations Environment Programme: Environmental Data Report
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe: Environment in Europe and North America: annotated statistics
Groombridge, Brian: Global Biodiversity: status of the earth's living resources
United Nations Environment Programme: The State of the Environment
Global Environmental Monitoring System: Global Freshwater Quality: a first assessment
Eurostat: Environment Statistics 1989
United Nations Conference on Environment and Development: Nations of the Earth Report: National Reports Summaries
Earth Council: Earth Charter Campaign Status Report for 1999-2000

Web link

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #12: Responsible Consumption and ProductionSustainable Development Goal #15: Life on LandSustainable Development Goal #16: Peace and Justice Strong Institutions

Metadata

Database
Global strategies
Type
(C) Cross-sectoral strategies
Subject
  • Industry » Production
  • Government » Nation state » Nation state
  • Environment » Environment
  • International relations » Planetary initiatives
    • Content quality
    Unpresentable
     Unpresentable
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    J0323
    DOCID
    12003230
    D7NID
    198246
    Last update
    Jul 17, 2018