Promoting transparency and accountability governance structures for equitable access and use of natural resources and to help countries develop their capacity to “mainstream” poverty-environment linkages into national development planning processes, such as PRSP’s and MDG Achievement Strategies
There as a lack of synthesized information on resource alternatives and efficiencies as well as a need by government ministries and policy makers for more timely alerts of impending resource scarcities. This project addresed this need by assessing scarcities, unsustainable resource flows, and resource alternatives. Findings were translated into national policy approaches for more efficient and equitable use of resources.The project delivered targeted knowledge management products for resource efficiency, environmental alerts, and resource efficiency outlooks to targeted audiences, especially environmental ministries and national level policy makers. The project was executed as three components: Component 1: Environmental Alerts for Resource Scarcities; Component 2: Database Development and On-line Targeted Knowledge Management Products; Component 3: Resource Efficiency: Economics and Outlook reports and Support for Regional Capacity Building. The project addresed the need for improved access to relevant data sources related to emerging resource scarcities and built capacity for environmental ministries to identify emerging resource scarcities and improve efficiencies.The project had both a global and regional focus. Global level datasets and core indicators wiere incorporated into UNEP’s GEO Data Portal and also feed into the Environmental Data & Indicators Platform (EDIP) and alerts generated from this system as resource scarcities emerge world-wide. In addition, four critically affected countries or subregions were focused of Resource Efficiency: Economics and Outlook reports and received capability building support around the subject of resource efficiency and scarcity.
To develop individual and institutional capacities for undertaking an economic valuation of global environmental goods and services as potentially impacted by proposed development policies, programmes, plans and projects
The MSP “Supporting Sustainable Land Management in Steppe and Semi-arid Zones through Integrated Territorial Planning and Agro-environmental Incentives project” aimed at re-directing current agricultural subsidies to finance environmentally friendly, yet economically profitable, agricultural practices via a system of agro- environmental incentives. This resulted in overall improvement of living standards of rural population including food availability and security. The potential financial incentives through so called agro environmental incentives for better pasture and crop field use brought even greater benefits, both to the overall rural economy and the country.
The project objectives is increase awareness on the most problematic environmental issues in water management, environmental governance and climate change (CC) to enhance regional and EU-CA cooperation and partnership
Publication: Environment and Security in the Amu Darya River Basin
The UNDA project “Accountability System for Sustainable Forest Management in the Caucasus and Central Asia” supports the development of national forest reporting systems in the CCA. A functioning reporting system for SFM enables countries to monitor progress on SFM and its implementation. This project assists 5 countries to develop such monitoring or reporting systems. The development of monitoring or reporting systems based on the set of criteria and indicators by countries enhances the capacity of countries to implement sustainable forest management, and forest protection and monitor progress in its implementation.
The objective of the project is to strengthen the capacities of UNCTs and national institutions for enhanced integration of environmental sustainability in UNDAFs and UN common country programming processes as well as in national and sectoral plans
Objective is to strengthen the capacity of the Caspian states for regional ecosystem-
based fisheries management and to strengthen the regional environmental governance capacity of the Caspian states through the Tehran Convention and its interim Secretariat
To achieve improved quality of the marine and coastal environment of the Caspian Sea through the Caspian Environment Programme (CEP), in particular to support to the implementation of the Caspian Environmental Protection Convention, incl. for elaboration of 4 protocols
