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United Nations Environment Programmes’s (UNEP) efforts in developing regional partnerships, networks and capacity building in environmental data issues converged with AGEDI objectives. The Initiative was launched as a UNEP Type 2 Initiative with the main responsibility for the implementation at the local level with The Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi (EAD) while the regional and global levels lay with UNEP.

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As part of regional level efforts, UNEP and AGEDI conducted a study and produced reports on relevant experience relating to best practices in the development of environmental data/information systems. Contributors include 11country partners from the West Asia region and 4 regional authorities. An integrated study of both the region and the world were also compiled.

Why Best Practice Reports?

Recent experiences with environmental issues have highlighted the need to improve data and information baseline upon which decision can be made. Rapid access to and integration of available environmental information resources is essential to support decision-making process for environmental management issues.

The reports present a cursory global, regional and country level overview on the experiences, best practices and status of environmental data and information systems in West Asia from a global perspective.