And the third kind of project something for the local environment.

UNEP will also place an officer in SPREP who will coordinate closely with the UNEP GEF Biosafety Officer already based there.

Managing Information for Local Environments (MILES)

Director General (Environment) Ministry of the Environment, Local Government and Rural

20. Efforts are being made to ensure that environmental concerns are appropriately incorporated into field operations through the inclusion of environmental components in the operations management system tools, the provision of environmental training to the staff of UNHCR and its implementing partners (starting in October 1998), the promotion of field model environmental projects, the support of field environmental workshops and the deployment of field environmental coordinators.

Experience acquired through the implementation of the UNDP UNEP Poverty and Environment project will be applied as relevant.

But population growth also has a negative impact on our local environment.

Also close an environment when an opening command is inserted.

(f) Assessment of environmental sensitivity and proper land use of coastal urban areas.

Development of a UNEP AGEDI regional strategy for environmental information is currently under way.

UNEP will pursue a more active participation at the country level, particularly as it relates to its normative functions, the traditional instruments of environmental management and the implementation of multilateral environmental agreements.

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has an ongoing initiative identifying successful land use practices, using indigenous GE.97 62237 and new technologies.

The stations will serve the information management needs of national and regional environment authorities, as well as UNEP headquarters and regional offices.

This is the proper setting.

More severe penalties for parties involved in any form of environmental demise.

(e) Enabling environment for local economic development established by UNCDF supported local governments

Local authorities could not resolve the issues of AIDS, poverty, the environment, and housing by themselves.

These stations will serve more information management needs of national and regional environment authorities and UNEP headquarters and regional offices.

Geographical and Cultural Situation

(g) Ministry of Mining, Geology and Environment

D. Earth sciences and environment

(a) Remote sensing of the Earth and of the environment

Observation of the Earth and its environment

(a) Land, environment and development

UNEP also supported the joint publication of the book Making Cities Work on the role of local authorities in improving the urban environment.

116. Past analysis of urban environmental problems has tended to focus on management decisions made by local governments and the role of local markets, but many environmental problems are created by outside sources.

These are business and industry organizations, environmental groups, and local government and municipal authorities.

2. In regard to transboundry pollution in Africa, NEN suggests that the organization, the Global Environment Facility (GEF) should act directly on behalf of local peoples and their environment and through NGOs.

Minister for Land Use and Environment

Minister of Environment and Land Management

Environmental reshaping of the Gaza Strip 5 million

The environmental democracy programme should therefore be discontinued.

Where urban geography did not agree with the political geography of councils and States, there was a need to study processes by which we might not have to produce more of the same.

3. Although the interdependence between development and the environment had been recognized, there was a growing trend towards undue emphasis on the environment and away from overall developments.

And so when Tyrone talks about the fetus being trapped in a contaminated environment, this is my contaminated environment.

The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reportedly stated that the Agency would ensure that the Department of Defense complies with federal environmental laws.

ELMS Environment and Land Management Sector

Director, Ministry of Environment and Land Use

2. The Government of Nigeria has been monitoring the activities of Shell as well as those of the other oil companies to ensure that all their drilling and prospecting procedures conform to local environmental laws and attend to the environmental needs of the local population.

And, of course, the question is, can what works in one context provide a model elsewhere?

The lack of update guidelines for environmental management features importantly among that the areas that need attention.

(c) A study of the changes in land use and the estimation of the biomasses involved (financed by UNEP GEF and managed by the Ministry for the Environment)

25. The main difficulties faced by SMEs in implementing an EMS relate to lack of awareness of environmental issues, the initial environmental assessment, devising appropriate policies and programmes to implement the EMS, the actual implementation of the EMS, and problems related to environmental auditing.

1. It is recommended that Governments further support voluntary activities by creating a favourable environment, including through the following policies and measures, and taking into account the local cultural context.

IES engages developing countries in building support for integrated planning both to address local environmental concerns and to reduce associated global GHG emissions.