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Women dig a latrine at Kalma camp, South Darfur Read More>>
UNEP Press Release |
Further Rise in Number of Marine ‘Dead Zones’ Global Programme Action Global (GPA) for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-Based Sources. Oct 2006 Link>>
Sewage discharges are a top global concern for oceans, UNEP reports. Read More>> |
UNICEF factsheets |
Sanitation Helps the Environment
Factsheet Sanitation protects the environment >>
Improved disposal of human waste protects the quality of drinking water sources. Re-use of composted waste for agriculture is an environmental, as well as economic, gain. At present, each year more than 200 million tonnes of human waste – and vast quantities of waste water and solid waste – go uncollected and untreated around the world, fouling the environment and exposing millions of people to disease and squalor.
Additional Resources
Sanitation and Cleanliness for a Healthy Environment
This booklet gives communities information about how significant sanitation improvements can be made by better use of indigenous skills and local resources. UNDP/Hesperian Foundation, 2005. Link>>
The UNEP Global Environment Outlook (GEO) Year Book 2003 includes a report and graphics on ‘Dead Zones’, or low oxygenated areas in the world’s seas and oceans, from land-based sources of water pollution, such as sewage. Link>>
Water Supply and Sanitation Coverage in UNEP Regional Seas – Need for Wastewater Emission Targets? The main objective of this study is to link sanitation provision and
environmental issues and make this relation the central theme for defining objectives, targets and indicators. UNEP, 2003-2004. Section I: Regional presentation of data; Section II: Targets and Indicators for Domestic
Sanitation & Wastewater Treatment; Section III: An Inventory of Regional Specific Data and the Feasibility of developing Regional Wastewater Emission Targets (WET)