Capacity Building for Sustainable Development: An overview of

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Chapter 1: Capacity building for sustainable development: an overview of UNEP environmental

capacity development initiatives

9 Capacity building for sustainable development: the role of UNEP

11 The UNEP approach to capacity building

14 Developing and disseminating environmental knowledge products

15 Legal and institutional development and strengthening

18 Multilateral environmental agreements and conventions

20 Strengthening regional and national environmental management capacity

20 UNEP and the media: engaging civil society

21 Sustainable management of natural resources

23 Integrating economic development and environmental protection

24 Emerging issues and challenges for sustainable development

Chapter 2: Legal and institutional development and strengthening

28 Environmental law: the Montevideo Programme

30 Enhancing the role of the judiciary

32 Global training of national legal experts

34 Interlinkages and synergies between MEAs

36 Compliance and enforcement

37 Harmonisation of national reporting

38 Law and institutions in Africa

42 Legal capacity building in Central and Eastern Europe

44 National legal technical assistance

Chapter 3: Sustainable use and management of natural resources

50 The Global Programme of Action

53 The GEF and land-based sources of pollution

54 Capacity building on sewage management

56 The GPA clearing-house mechanism

57 The GPA: building national and regional capacity

60 The UNEP Regional Seas Programme

61 A time for revitalisation

62 Protecting coral reefs

64 Integrated coastal area and river basin management

66 Integrated water resources management: Nairobi River

68 Integrated water resources management: Latin America

70 Inter-American Strategy for Participation

71 Dams: capacity building to move beyond conflict

72 Awareness raising and information exchange

72 Combating desertification and land degradation

74 Implementing the UNCCD in West Asia

75 Land degradation and desertification success stories

76 Integrated land and water management: Limpopo Basin

77 Land care strategies in East and Southern Africa

78 Rehabilitating degraded rangelands

80 Information for soil and water conservation

81 The GEF Desert Margins Programme

82 Conservation and management of biodiversity

83 Conserving biodiversity in Central and Eastern Europe

84 Capacity building and UNEP-WCMC

86 Conservation of below-ground biodiversity

87 Conserving priority species in African forests

88 National biosafety frameworks

Chapter 4: Integrating economic development and environmental protection

92 The Montreal Protocol: protecting the ozone layer

94 The UNEP OzonAction programme

98 The UNEP Sustainable Energy Programme

100 Financing solar photovoltaic systems in South India

102 Brazil rural energy enterprise development

103 Finance for cleaner production

104 Transfer of environmentally sound technology

105 Tools for sustainable production and consumption

106 Trade and environment

108 Trade and environment country projects

110 Sustainable tourism

112 Chemicals and sustainable development

114 Chemicals and waste in West Asia

116 Managing persistent organic pollutants

117 Health and the environment

Chapter 5: Environmental assessment, monitoring and reporting

120 GEO: capacity building for environmental assessment

122 Africa Environment Outlook

124 Capacity building within GIWA

126 Enhancing access to environmental information

130 Mitigation of and adaptation to climate change

132 Environmental emergency management

134 Flood events and their impacts in South Asia

136 Conflict and the environment

138 Awareness and preparedness at local level

Chapter 6: Promoting public participation in environmental management

142 Best practices and success stories

144 Working with NGOs and civil society

146 Environmental education and training

148 Environmental training: Asia and the Pacific

150 Environmental training network for Latin America

151 Eco-schools for sustainable development

152 Women and natural resource management

154 Capacity building for children and youth

157 World Environment Day

158 UNEP: communicating with the world

160 Appendix 1: Acronyms

162 Appendix 2: UNEP contact information