{"id":13436,"date":"2010-07-20T14:24:42","date_gmt":"2010-07-20T18:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/?p=13436"},"modified":"2010-07-20T14:24:42","modified_gmt":"2010-07-20T18:24:42","slug":"un-body-calls-for-comprehensive-environmental-policies-in-the-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/regional\/un-body-calls-for-comprehensive-environmental-policies-in-the-region\/","title":{"rendered":"UN body calls for comprehensive environmental policies in the region"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/news241.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-13438\" title=\"news24\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/news241.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/news241.jpg 200w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/news241-126x113.jpg 126w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>UNITED NATIONS, CMC \u2013<\/strong> The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says the  region needs to take a step forward to sustainably manage its natural resources  and effectively counteract the forces that are leading to environmental degradation.<\/p>\n<p>UNEP notes that the greatest challenge in the region is to guarantee the  development of environmental strategies, the creation of bodies specialized in the establishment of institutional and legal frameworks, and the  ratification of international conventions.<\/p>\n<p>UNEP, which will soon release a report entitled \u201cLatin America and the  Caribbean: Environment Outlook? GEO LAC 3,\u201d said it highlights the positive efforts  already being carried out to encourage the incorporation of alternative fuel  sources.<\/p>\n<p>The report points to the \u201curgent necessity\u201d of achieving consensus \u201cthat effectively promotes sustainable development, integrates environmental considerations and the value of ecosystems and environmental services  into development policy\u201d in the run-up to the Rio+20 meeting to be held in  Brazil in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>According to the study, some countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have  advanced in the transition process towards an environmentally sustainable  economy.<\/p>\n<p>It cites the experiences of Brazil, a world leader in recycling, with a  national industry employing nearly 170,000 people, and the Caribbean Hotel Energy  Action Programme, which it says encourages the implementation of  energy-efficiency practices in the tourism sector.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYet, in spite of these advances, the environment in the region does not  receive the level of priority it deserves,\u201d the report said.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the limited existence of comprehensive and cross-cutting environmental policies, the GEO LAC 3 report emphasises the need to  improve action, and coordination between the countries of the region.<\/p>\n<p>It also notes the importance of being able to rely on quality data  concerning the state of the environment, and to increase the level of investment for  achieving environmental and social sustainability, essential for the continued development in the region.<\/p>\n<p>According to the study, greater prosperity and development in the region depends  on the joint efforts of national and local governments, citizens and civil  society organizations, which it says must work together in a consensual manner  to resolve the environmental challenges facing Latin America and the  Caribbean.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe growing interest and willingness to tackle environmental themes is  evident in the agendas of different sectors, national and local governments, civil  society and business organizations and universities and research institutes,\u201d  the report said.<\/p>\n<p>It says climate change, loss of biological diversity, environmental  degradation, emergencies caused by natural disasters, water scarcity and accelerated  urbanisation that the region is experiencing \u201cmake it necessary to make urgent and  decisive changes in environmental management.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>UNEP says regional countries face the challenge of designing and implementing efficient strategies for sustainable water use.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven though the region as a whole contains a great quantity of water,  disparities are present within a single country, with areas where critical water  shortages exist and where the inhabitants of the Caribbean islands have the  greatest limitations on the availability of fresh water.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis situation is compounded by the fact that there is a notable increase in  water demand, due to human consumption, as well as, among other factors, an  increase in the extent of irrigated agriculture,\u201d the report said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UNITED NATIONS, CMC \u2013 The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says the region needs to take a step forward to sustainably manage its natural resources and effectively counteract the forces that are leading to environmental degradation. 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