Capacity building for sustainable development:
AN OVERVIEW OF UNEP ENVIRONMENTAL CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES
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Contents

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