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United Nations Environmental Conservation Programme (UNEP)

UNEP is the principal UN body in the field of the Environment, assisting governments to address global,  regional  and  national  environmental  challenges.  Its  mandate  was  reinforced  at  the  United  Nations  Conference  on  Sustainable Development  (Rio+20)  and  through  the  Rio+20 outcome  document  “The  Future Want” . As a follow up to the Rio+20 Conference, UNEP has … Read more

Important Environmental Treaties

Biodiversity and extinction of species. Green NATIONAL INCOME Account Conventional National Income Accounting does not capture the Environmental Degradation due to production and consumption This omission leads to misrepresentation of improvements in social welfare Since there is no market for many environmental resources, it is difficult to place monetary values on them Index of Sustainable … Read more