Carpathians Environmental Outlook 2007

Abstract

"In order to support the Convention and its various agreements or Protocols, UNEP in cooperation with seven countries has developed the Carpathians Environment Outlook or KEO."--Page 2 The publication is an integrated assessment report on the state of and trends related to the environment of the Carpathian Mountains and wider region, retrospectively over the past 30 years and forward to 2020. This assessment is based on analyses of socio-economic and environmental processes and focuses on sustainable development issues, notably the environmental implications of human and economic activities. The outlook section of the report presents three scenarios of future development for the Carpathians, exploring the relationship and synergies between policy decisions taken, the human situation and the natural environment.--Publisher's description. Background and introduction -- Socio-economic driving forces -- State of the Carpathians' environment and policy measures -- Outlook 2020 : three scenarios for the Carpathian region's future development -- Conclusions and options for action.