Mr. B. C. Perera — Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to UNEP
On the occasion of the Presentation of Credentials as the Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to UNEP by Mr. B. C. Perera, who is also the Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Kenya.
Mr. Perera is seen signing the visitors book at UNEP H/quarters fla...
B. Wahibla
Food for Work
This U. N. "Food for Work" project in the Highlands of Ethiopia is mobilizing villages in a soil terracing project. The need is urgent: the UN estimates that each year Ethiopia loses 1,000 million tonnes of precious topsoil. (UNEP/Charles Stewart)
United Nations Environment Programme
"Desertification Means Famine"
Desertification Means Famine. Food aid came too late for two of the three children of this Ethiopian mother; days after this photo was taken they died. According to UNEP each year 21 million hectares of once productive land is rendered useless for...
United Nations Environment Programme