UNEP also has six regional offices and various country offices.

UNEP has also been active in funding and implementing environment related development projects.

It has also been defined as " the arrangements, activities and inputs people undertake in a certain land cover type to produce, change or maintain it " ( FAO, 1997a ; FAO / UNEP, 1999 ).

He has been Chair or co-chair of other international scientific assessments, including the IPCC Working Group II, the United Nations Environment Programme / World Meteorological Organization ( UNEP / WMO ), and the UNEP Global Biodiversity Assessment. Professor of Environmental Sciences ; Director of Strategic Development, Tyndall at the University of East Anglia,

" Other awards she has received include the Global 500 Award of the United Nations Environment Programme ( UNEP ) in 1993, and the Earth Day International Award of the United Nations ( UN ) for her dedicated commitment to the preservation of the planet as demonstrated by her actions, leadership and by setting an example for the rest of the world.

This has led to pressure from more powerful institutions, such as The Bank itself as well as the UNDP and UNEP, to help promote the expansion of the free-market onto the environment, renamed " natural resources ," thus giving wealthy investors and multinationals the right to purchase rights to things previously considered intangible and common property, such as water, genetic resources, and the right to pollute the atmosphere.

The World Health Organization, in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ( FAO ) and the United Nations Environmental Program ( UNEP ), has developed guidelines for safe use of wastewater.

He has written several books on sustainable management practices, including Sustainable Sport Management ( UNEP, 2001 ) and Greening Our Games: Running Sports Events & Facilities that Won't Cost the Earth ( Centurion, 1994 ), and the electronic publication Greening Campuses and their Communities ( IISD / ACCC / UNEP, 1996 ).

It is also an observer organisation with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ( UNFCCC ) and has regular cooperation with UNEP, UN-OCHA and UN-HABITAT as well as other international organisations.

UNEP has taken notice of this campaign in its A Billion Tree Campaign in which almost 45 million seedlings have been planted.

He has worked with the United Nations Environmental Program ( UNEP ) and the Coral Reef Action Network ( ICRAN ).

As director of UNEP, he has had a key role in gauging and attempting to remedy the environmental costs of the 2004 Asian tsunami.

Additionally, the UN has two bodies charged with coordinating environmental and development activities, the United Nations Environment Programme ( UNEP ) and the United Nations Development Programme ( UNDP ).

The United Nations Environmental Program ( UNEP ) has approved only two processes for making the chemical bleach chlorine dioxide, which produce 99. 8 % chlorine dioxide and contain only 0. 2 % elemental chlorine.

* Introductory note to the Basel Convention by Dr. Katharina Kummer Peiry, Executive Secretary of the Basel Convention, UNEP on the website of the UN Audiovisual Library of International Law

The principles of the IPCC operation are assigned by the relevant WMO Executive Council and UNEP Governing Council resolutions and decisions as well as on actions in support of the UNFCCC process.

In 2010, the International Resource Panel, hosted by the United Nations Environment Programme ( UNEP ) published reports on metal stocks that exist within society and their recycling rates.

In 2010, the United Nations Environment Programme ( UNEP ) published a report on the voluntary emissions reduction pledges made as part of the Copenhagen Accord.

The World Meteorological Organization and UNEP established the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ( IPCC ) in 1988.

The WMO and United Nations Environment Programme ( UNEP ) jointly created the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ( IPCC ).

* UNEP / GEF Regional Task Force on Economic Valuation

In 2010, the International Resource Panel, hosted by the United Nations Environment Programme ( UNEP ) published reports on metal stocks that exist within society and their recycling rates.

Subsequently, when the United Nations Environment Programme ( UNEP ) organized a follow-up international project, the subject of study was renamed the Atmospheric Brown Cloud with focus on Asia.

* UNEP ( UN Environment Programme ) reports on the Asian brown cloud.

The concept of an environmental management system evolved in the early nineties and its origin can be traced back to 1972, when the United Nations organized a Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm and the United Nations Environment Programme ( UNEP ) was launched ( Corbett & Kirsch, 2001 ).

On 20 April 2002, Pachauri was elected Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a United Nations panel established by the WMO and UNEP to assess information relevant for understanding climate change.

On 20 April 2002, Pachauri was elected Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a United Nations panel established by the WMO and UNEP to assess information relevant for understanding climate change.

* UNEP / GEF South China Sea Project and its Fisheries Refugia Portal and National Reports on Fish Stocks and Habitats in the South China Sea

The global UNEP Convention on Migratory Species currently covers seven toothed whale species or populations on its Appendix I and 37 species or populations on Appendix II.

As head of UNEP, Strong convened the first international expert group meeting on climate change.

In August 2005, the United Nations Environment Programme ( UNEP ) and the Wuppertal Institute jointly founded the Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production ( CSCP ).

As a member of the globally cooperating UNEP Centres, its mission is to develop practically oriented contributions to the ten-year Sustainable Consumption and Production programme that was agreed upon at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg in 2002.

* UNEP / Wuppertal Institute Collaborating Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production-Homepage

Legarda was named as one of the " Global Leaders for Tomorrow " by the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland in 2000, and was awarded by the United Nations Environmental Program ( UNEP ) in Turin, Italy, for her work on the environment in 2001.

It takes advice on issues needing multidisciplinary expertise from the Joint Group of Experts on Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection ( GESAMP ) which is composed of specialized experts nominated by the IMO, FAO, UNESCO, IOC, WMO, WHO, IAEA, UN, and UNEP.

In 1972, the environmental movement revolutionized advocacy and policies surrounding environmental issues such as those in The United Nations Environment Programme, also known as ( UNEP ).

According the International Water Management Institute and UNEP, well-managed agroecosystems not only provide food, fibre and animal products, they also provide services such as flood mitigation, groundwater recharge, erosion control and habitats for plants, birds fish and other animals.

UNEP blames human water use, such as inefficient damming and irrigation methods, for the rest of the shrinkage.

According to a report by UNEP titled, " Recycling-from E-Waste to Resources ," the amount of e-waste being produced-including mobile phones and computers-could rise by as much as 500 percent over the next decade in some countries, such as India.

" Through participation in environmental partnerships such as with UNEP we aim to support steadfast efforts to solve global environmental challenges ," said Soon-Nam Lee, Director of Overseas Marketing, Kia Motors Corporation.

In 1989 he was awarded the Queen ’ s Service Medal for services to New Zealand ; in the following year he received the Royal Society of New Zealand ’ s Fleming Award for Environmental Achievement ; in 1992 the honorary degree of Doctor of Science was conferred on him by Massey University for his contribution to science ; in 1994 the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds ( UK ) awarded him its medal for his “ international contribution to species survival ” and in 1998 the United Nations Environment Programme ( UNEP ) elected him to its Global 500 Roll of Honour for his “ outstanding contributions to the protection and improvement of the environment .” Don was named one of “ 100 Great New Zealanders of the 20th Century ” in the 60th anniversary issue of the New Zealand Listener ; in 2001 the New Zealand Government presented him with a certificate in commemoration of the United Nations International Year of the Volunteer 2001, for his “ valued contribution toward assisting developing countries to reduce poverty and achieve sustainable development ”; in 2004, BirdLife International awarded him its Conservation Achievement Award for achievements during his 48 year career in the rescue and recovery of endangered birds within New Zealand and elsewhere ; on his retirement from the NZ Department of Conservation in April 2005 the Department granted him Honorary Technical Associate status – the first such recipient ; in 2010 the Royal Forest & Bird Protection Society of NZ presented him with its “ Old Blue Award ” in recognition of his extraordinary and sustained contributions to conservation in NZ and worldwide ”; and in 2011 he became a “ Fellow of the Ornithological Society of NZ in recognition of his “ lifetime contributions to ornithology and to the work of the Society ”.