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• Zambia Atlas of Our Changing Environment aims to provide credible evidence of chang-
es and propose appropriate measures to prevent, manage and/or mitigate adverse
impacts. It is also designed to strengthen Integrated Environmental Assessment and
Reporting processes by linking the atlas to the Zambia Environment Outlook (ZEO) 4
report and environmental indicators.
• Zambezi River Basin: Atlas of the Changing Environment134 provides evidence of changes
that are taking place in the natural resources and environment of the Zambezi River Ba-
sin. Climate change is a common theme that runs through the Atlas. Produced through
a Basin-wide collaborative initiative during 2012, the Atlas was launched in May 2013 at
the Annual Water Ministers Meeting of the Southern African Development Community
(SADC) and in August 2013 at the UN World Tourism Organization General Assembly.
• Deep Sea Minerals135 is a report series that collates information on multiple aspects of
deep sea mineral exploration and extraction and provides a green economy context for
examining how deep sea mining could be profitable, sustainable and meet the needs of
Pacific Island people without sacrificing cultural heritage, community values or the health
of ocean ecosystems. The series, involving a network of some 60 experts, has been com-
piled as part of the EU funded project ‘Deep Sea Minerals in the Pacific Islands Region: a
Legal and Fiscal Framework for Sustainable Resource Management’.
• Seafloor Geomorphology as Bentic Habitat: GeoHAB Atlas of Seafloor Geomorphic Fea-
tures and Bentic Habitats136 was produced by the international GeoHab consortium (www.
) as a guide for decision-makers working in marine conservation (e.g. design
of marine protected areas) to mitigate anthropogenic threats to ocean health. The book
contains 57 case studies from around the world representing a range of habitats where
detailed bathymetric maps have been combined with seabed video and sampling to yield
an integrated picture of the benthic communities that are associated with different types
of habitat. The final chapter examines critical knowledge gaps and future directions for
benthic habitat mapping research. Published by Elsevier in 2012.
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• Clean Energy Postcards is a collection of 12 postcards
featuring facts, figures and trends on clean energy. The
postcards are intended to serve as a quick and easily
accessible source of information for the general public,
journalists, NGOs and policy-makers worldwide, ena-
bling them to easily grasp and communicate effectively
on clean energy. The postcards were launched at the
UNFCCC COP18 in Doha in December 2012 The Energy
Branch of UNEP DTIE has now included postcards in its
communication strategy.
• GRID-Arendal and UNEP are developing innovative ways
for Member States and other stakeholders to access
environmental information interactively. These are be-
ing piloted through the tenth anniversary edition of the
UNEP Year Book series, UNEP Year Book 2014: Revisiting
emerging issues in our changing environment, which will
use the GRID-Arendal e-book platform as well as piloting
the iPad iBook platform as a distribution method. These
innovative tools will be launched at the United Nations
Environment Assembly of UNEP (UNEA) in June 2014.
Building communications capacity among UNEP staff and
beyond
• Two members of GRID-.Arendal’s Communication
Team travelled to Nairobi in February 2012 to give a