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In Tajikistan, known to some as the "land of rugged mountains", agriculture provides the backbone of the economy and supports the livelihoods of two-thirds of rural communities. Yet the steep terrain that characterizes the…

Nairobi, 10 May 2014 - In a new high-level agreement - endorsed today in Nairobi by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and UN Under-Secretary-General and UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner - UNEP and China agree to harness their…

UNEP lost Senior Chemicals Advisor, Matthew Gubb, who passed away peacefully at his home in France on 4 May 2014. A New Zealander with a doctorate in International Relations from Oxford University and Master's degrees in…

Bonn, Germany / Madrid, Spain / Nairobi, Kenya, 9 May 2014- World Migratory Bird Day 2014 - celebrated in over 70 countries on 10-11 May - focuses on the role sustainable tourism can play in conserving one of the world's…

Bridgetown, Barbados, 9 May 2014 - Barbados, a Caribbean island at the cutting edge of the fight against climate change, will host this year's World Environment Day (WED) global celebrations on 5 June 2014, according to a…

Rome, 7 May 2014 - UN Under-Secretary-General and UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner today held a bilateral meeting with the newly-appointed Minister of the Environment, Land and Sea of Italy, Gian Luca Galletti, in Rome…

Dusseldorf, 7 May 2014 - Leaders from business, government, civil society, research institutions and the United Nations gathered today at the SAVE FOOD Congress 2014 to discuss innovative strategies to reduce food loss and…

Dubai, 7 May 2014 - His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco was among those awarded the prestigious Zayed International Prize for the Environment Award in Dubai today. A renowned conservationist and advocate for the…

Rome, 6 May 2014- Sometimes, to look afresh at the problems of today, we need to take a wider view. Not just decades, or centuries. Not even millennia.   Geologists divide the Earth's existence into periods called epochs.…

Nairobi, 6 May 2014 - A 21-year-old environmental activist and university student from Canada, Fatin Chowdhury, has won the 2014 World Environment Day (WED) Video-Blogging Competition. As the winner of the competition, Mr.…