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Annex 4 – GRID-Arendal publications 2011
A total of eighteen (18) publications were produced by GRID-Arendal in 2011, spanning well-known branded series, such
as ‘state of the environment’, ‘rapid response assessments’, and ‘vital graphics’, but also UNEP flagship & milestone
reports, such as the Africa Environmental Outlook and the Green Economy Report. Specialised assessments and feasi-
bility studies related to emerging issues, such as Blue Carbon, were also undertaken. When combined with the ten (10)
publications generated in 2010, the biennium represents one of the most productive periods in GRID-Arendal’s history.
State of Environment - Information Networking in Rwanda
http://www.grida.no/publications/rwanda-ein/
Prepared by GRID-Arendal and the Rwanda Environment Management
Authority. The report presents the findings of an assessment of the
status of environmental information management undertaken by the
Government of Rwanda in 2009. It provides a number of recommen-
dations for consideration in setting up the Rwanda Environment Infor-
mation Network
Working for the Environment
http://www.grida.no/publications/working-for-the-environment/
Prepared by GRID-Arendal for the Department of Environmental Affairs
(former Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism) of South
Africa. The publication focuses on five ongoing programmes under the
umbrella of the government’s Expanded Public Works Programme and
aims to inform and educate the general public in South Africa on the
vital work currently being done by the government to protect the envi-
ronment and alleviate poverty.
Coalland: Faces of Donetsk
http://www.grida.no/publications/security/book/4547.aspxJointly published by Zoï Environment Network and GA and launched at an
ENVSEC regional meeting for Eastern Europe in Lviv, Ukraine, 16-17 Feb-
ruary 2011. The report was produced within the framework of Assessment
and Capacity-Building for Managing Environment and Security Risks in
Donbas and Salihorsk regions, a UNEP-led ENVSEC project implement-
ed in Ukraine and Belarus to address environmental risk from hazardous
activities, and improve environmental management and awareness.