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    Pakistan’s annual report to the commission on sustainable development national implementation of Agenda 21

    Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Pakistan, 1993
    Pakistan had formulated its own "Agenda 21" well before the Rio Conference. Pakistan's Agenda 21 is the National Conservation Strategy (NCS), which was approved by the Government of Pakistan (GOP) on March 1, 1992. All reports regarding strategies, policies and programmes for sustainable development are to be drawn up on the basis of the NCS.
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    A programme for the implementation of the obligations of the convention on biological diversity

    Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Pakistan, 1993
    In June 1992, Pakistan joined other countries in signing the Convention On Biological Diversity during the Rio Summit. The Convention places responsibility on the signatories by providing a framework aimed at conserving and sustaining global biodiversity. This paper summarises the framework of the convention under the following broad categories:
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    Implementation of convention on biological diversity in Pakistan

    Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Pakistan, 1998
    Pakistan, covering a land area of 803,940 sq. km, is rich in biodiversity. It has been divided into 10 major ecological zones and contains up to 5,700 species of plants, 188 of mammals, 666 of birds, 174 of reptiles, 125 of freshwater and 400 of marine fish, and insects/invertebrates of 20,000.
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    High level segment of the 6th session of the commission on sustainable development

    Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Pakistan, 1998
    The Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) was set up following the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1992.  The CSD meets annually in New York.  The Department of Policy Coordination and Sustainable Development (DPCSD) in the United Nations Headquarters in New York serves as the secretariat for the CSD.  The C
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    The climate convention: unraveling the Kyoto numbers

    Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Pakistan, 1998
    The third meeting of the Conference of Parties (COP-3) of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) concluded with the signing of the Kyoto Protocol (UNFCCC 1997).
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    The environment-poverty nexus: an institutional analysis

    Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Pakistan, 2000
    While there are clearly hypothesized links between poverty and degradation, attempts to demonstrate such links empirically have yielded mixed results. This paper aims at determining the nature, causes and impacts of poverty in Pakistan.
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    Viable household water treatment methods

    Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Pakistan, 2011
    Access to safe drinking water is inadequate in Pakistan. Public health authorities have not been able to reduce the frequency of waterborne diseases resulting from microbial infection. Empirical evidence shows that the percentage of people with sustainable access to quality drinking water is barely 25%.
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    A legally binding agreement (LBA) - growing need for air pollution reduction and control in South Asia

    Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Pakistan, 2011
    Environmental degradation remains a challenge in most South Asian countries. With increased industrial activity, the exponential growth in number of vehicles and population, the contribution of each country to the south Asia regional air pollution is expected to increase over time.
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    Environmental challenges and constraints to policy issues for sustainable industrial development in Pakistan

    Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Pakistan, 2012
    Like most of other south Asian countries, traditionally, Pakistan’s economy has been centered on agriculture. However, in the recent past, manufacturing and services have also emerged as major contributing sectors. The share of manufacturing sector, from 18.3% in 2007 to 30% by 2030, has been envisioned in Vision 2030.
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    Toxic Mercury and Mercury Amalgam Use in Dentistry – the need to review and revise current BDS curriculum at dental teaching institutions

    Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Pakistan, 2013
    The extreme hazardousness and toxicity of the only known liquid element, mercury, is well established. Mercury has been ranked third in the list of toxic substances and has been adjudged as a toxic substance to the ecosystem, wildlife and human. It also affects the nervous system and functioning of brain, especially of children.

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