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Kenya SoE and Outlook 2010
This state of the environment (SoE) report profiles Kenya's environmental resources as an asset for the country's development.
To this end, the report highlights the opportunities presented by Kenya's natural resource base to support Vision 2030. It also assesses the state and threats to key resources
including land, water, wetlands, biodiversity, forests, coastal and marine resources. In addition, issues related to economics, poverty and gender;
and their interlinkages with the environment are discussed.
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Additional download: Summary for Decision Makers
Keeping Track of Our Changing Environment
This innovative publication, which is based on statistical evidence, illustrates major global environmental, economic and social changes since 1992. The numbers tell the
story of how, in twenty years, the world has changed more than most of us could have ever imagined. The report has been produced within the framework of UNEP's fifth Global Environment Outlook
assessment report, which will be published in May 2012 in advance of Rio+20.
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Africa Water Atlas
The Africa Water Atlas tells the paradoxical story of a continent with adequate renewable water resources, but unequal access because
water is either abundant or scarce depending on the season or the place. Water is the most crucial element in ensuring livelihoods since more than 40 percent of Africa's population
lives in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas and about 60 percent live in rural areas and depend on farming for their livelihoods.
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