Post-conflict environmental assessment. Afghanistan.
Since February 2002 UNEP has been working with the new transitional Afghanistan government to assess the post-conflict environmental needs in the country. This report examines the environmental problems facing the country such as pollution, deforestation, land degradation, erosion and desertificati...
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| Other title: | Afghanistan, post-conflict environmental assessment. |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Switzerland :
United Nations Environment Programme,
2003.
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Table of Contents:
- Country context. Livelihoods
- People
- Topography
- Climate
- Rivers, lakes and wetlands
- Land cover and biodiversity
- Urban environment. Principal findings and conclusions
- Waste management Wastewater
- Water supply
- Public facilities and industrial sites
- Air quality
- Natural resources. Principal findings and conclusions
- Water and wetlands
- Forest and woodland
- Protected areas
- The Wakhan Corridor
- Environmental governance. Institutional framework (Ministry of Irrigation, Water Resources and Environment
- Other relevant environmental management bodies, [etc.])
- Local governance
- Legislative framework. Environmental laws
- Monitoring and enforcement
- Environmental impact assessment
- Policy framework. Environmental policy development
- Environmental information
- International framework. International environmental assistance
- International and regional cooperation. Multilateral environmental agreements
- Clean Development Mechanism, Kyoto Protocol
- Regional environmental cooperation
- Education. Environmental awareness
- Public participation in decision-making
- Recommendations. Cross-cutting environmental management recommendations. Environmental legislation and enforcement
- Capacity building for environmental management
- Environment and job creation
- Environmental planning
- Environmental Impact Assessment procedures
- Industry and trade
- Public participation, training and environmental education
- Sectoral environmental management recommendations. Water supply
- Waste
- Hazardous wastes and chemicals
- Open woodlands
- Eastern conifer forests
- Energy
- Air quality
- Protected areas network and wildlife conservation
- Desertification
- Plant resources for food and agriculture
- International environmental conventions
- Site-specific recommendations. Waste management
- Wastewater
- Water supply
- Hospitals
- Industrial sites
- Protected areas.