GEO-2000 is the

United Nations Environment Programme The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is responsible for coordinating responses to environmental issues within the United Nations system. It was established by Maurice Strong, its first director, after the Declaration of the United Nati ...

(UNEP)

Global Environment Outlook Global Environment Outlook (GEO) is a series of reports that review the state and direction of the global environment, issued periodically by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP). The GEO project is a response to the environmental repo ...

2000. The UNEP launched the

in 1995 to assess environmental issues and to have them published. The first report was published in 1997, while the second report, known as GEO-2000, was published in 1999. As well as some of the more well-known issues the report identified new threats such as: *

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's harmful impact on

ecosystems An ecosystem (or ecological system) is a system formed by Organism, organisms in interaction with their Biophysical environment, environment. The Biotic material, biotic and abiotic components are linked together through nutrient cycles and en ...

* increased severity of

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* species invasion as a result of

globalization Globalization is the process of increasing interdependence and integration among the economies, markets, societies, and cultures of different countries worldwide. This is made possible by the reduction of barriers to international trade, th ...

* increased environmental pressures caused by

urbanization Urbanization (or urbanisation in British English) is the population shift from Rural area, rural to urban areas, the corresponding decrease in the proportion of people living in rural areas, and the ways in which societies adapt to this change. ...

* decline in the quality of governance in some countries * new wars which impact on both the immediate environment and neighbouring states * the impact of

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on the natural environment

External links

UNEP
- official GEO-2000 portal United Nations Environment Programme United Nations reports 1999 documents 1999 in international relations 1999 in the environment {{environment-stub