UNEP/GRID-Sioux Falls

North America's Environment: A Thirty–Year State of the Environment and Policy Retrospective

Focusing on UNEP's North American region, comprised of Canada and the United States, this report provides an integrated analysis of the state of resource assests and 30–year trends in nine major themes: atmosphere, biodiversity, coastal and marine areas, disasters, freshwater, forests, human health and the environment, land, and urban areas.

This report expands on the North American regional contribution to the State of the Environment chapter of GEO-3, published in May 2002.

Complete report (PDF 2mb)

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Seperate Chapters:

Introduction (PDF 172kb)

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Chapter 1 - Socio-economic dynamics and the Environment (PDF 120kb)

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Chapter 2 - Atmosphere (PDF 172kb)

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Chapter 3 - Biodiversity (PDF 248kb)

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Chapter 4 - Coastal and Marine Areas
(PDF 216kb)

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Chapter 5 - Freshwater(PDF 296kb)

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Chapter 6 - Land (PDF 248kb)

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Chapter 7 - Forests (PDF 296kb)

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Chapter 8 - Disasters (PDF 300kb)

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Chapter 9 - Human Health and the Environment (PDF 124kb)

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Chapter 10 - Urban Areas (PDF 220kb)

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Chapter 11 - Analysis and Policy Options/Acknowledgements (PDF 124kb)

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