Global Marine Assessment

Global International Waters Assessment

Global strategy for regional and global assessment activities

B. Assessment of global trends

Efforts will also be undertaken to strengthen its participation in global assessments, such as, inter alia, Global International Waters Assessment, Global Marine Assessment, World Water Assessment and Global Forest Resources Assessment, as well as activities of the global environmental observing and monitoring systems, such as, inter alia, Global Ocean Observing System and Global Earth Observation System of Systems.

Source FAO, Global Forest Resource Assessment 2000.

In addition, the UNEP Division of Early Warning and Assessment is involved in other global environmental assessment activities, such as the Global International Waters Assessment and the Global Marine Assessment, for which UNEP provides leadership and coordination, and the Land Degradation Assessment in Drylands and the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, in which UNEP is a key partner.

Development of the global land degradation assessment (GLADA)

C. Global and regional guidance for the assessment reports

The first phase of the Global Marine Assessment the so called assessment of assessments will be important.

Assessment of developments in the global markets of distribution services

GCG and RIGs Organize preparation of the Global Assessment Report

II Global assessment of the state of the marine environment

Regional assessments, again following an agreed global format, would provide the basis for a global assessment report.

Besides the assessment of land based activities being prepared by GESAMP for 1999, UNEP is also undertaking a project funded by the Global Environment Facility concerning Global International Waters Assessment (GIWA).

The only available global assessment of soil degradation is the UNEP and ISRIC Global Assessment of Soil Degradation (GLASOD) study carried out during the 1980s at a scale of 1 5 million.

3 FAO, Global Forest Resources Assessment 2000, FAO Forestry Paper, No. 140 (2001).

It reviews progress on global and sub global assessments currently under way, such as the Global Environment Outlook and the Global Marine Assessment, for which continuing support from Governments is necessary.

Further, the first global monitoring report will need to reflect the results of global data collection and the assessment of that data.

It highlights findings of recently completed assessments such as the 2005 2006 GEO Yearbook, the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment and the Global International Waters Assessment (GIWA).

As a result of the global land degradation assessment it will be possible to identify

The assessment is founded on a framework for conducting integrated agricultural assessments at local, national, regional and global scales, based on the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment framework.

Moreover, products entering global markets have to be tested against international standards and conformity assessment requirements.

P. South South network of Global Environment Outlook collaborating centres for integrated environmental assessment and reporting

Reports on global assessment of fresh water resources and critical trends in sustainable development , 24 April

(c) Assessment of agricultural biological diversity, based on existing information and global assessments in relevant areas

The Meeting noted that the Division of Early Warning and Assessment of UNEP had a Scientific Assessment Branch that produced global, regional and thematic assessments and reports, such as the Global Environment Outlook, as well as sections dealing with ecosystems, the global environment outlook and capacity building and partnership.

The UNEP series of Global Environmental Outlook reports is predicated on an interactive assessment process which has four main thrusts, namely, assessment and report coordination, networking, data and communications.

Regular process for global reporting and assessment of the state of the marine environment, including socio economic aspects

Regular process for global reporting and assessment of the state of the marine environment, including socio economic aspects

Regular process for global reporting and assessment of the state of the marine environment, including socio economic aspects

Regular process for global reporting and assessment of the state of the marine environment, including socio economic aspects

Regular process for global reporting and assessment of the state of the marine environment, including socio economic aspects

We consider appropriate the decision to initiate the regular global assessment of the state of the marine environment.

Regular process for global reporting and assessment of the state of the marine environment, including socio economic aspects

Global Coordinating Group (GCG) Prepares a draft guidance document for collection of information and conduct of the assessment

Regular process for global reporting and assessment of the state of the marine environment, including socio economic aspects

The European Union welcomes the decision to launch the first regular phase of the Global Marine Assessment (GMA).

In 2004, Governments had agreed to strengthen existing UNEP assessment activities, in particular the Global Environment Outlook process.

National Capacity Needs Self assessment for Global Environmental Management approved by the GEF CEO on 5 May 2004.

LADA also cooperates with UNEP in the Global Environment Outlook (GEO 4) assessment and with Desertlink and MEDCOASTLAND.

The results from the global LADA assessment will also allow Parties to identify potential actions at regional level.

Regular process for global reporting and assessment of the state of the marine environment, including socio economic aspects

(a) To advance the state of the art of impact assessment in applications ranging from local to global

A common strategy for the completion of the regional, and global assessments An annotated structure for each type of report (regional, global, and environmental transport) An outline of the accountabilities and responsibilities for those involved in the assessment and, The information needs, proposed methodology, and expected deliverables of the regional and global environmental transport assessment.