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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear All,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">As you may be aware, the GEO-6 report was launched this week at UNEA4. Kindly find below the links to the full report as well as the summary and individual chapters. Please share widely with your networks.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/27539/GEO6_2019.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y">Full report</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/27652/GEO6SPM_EN.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y">English</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/27652/GEO6SPM_AR.pdf?sequence=2&isAllowed=y">Arabic</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/27652/GEO6SPM_CH.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y">Chinese</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/27652/GEO6SPM_FR.pdf?sequence=4&isAllowed=y">French</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/27652/GEO6SPM_RU.pdf?sequence=5&isAllowed=y">Russian</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/27652/GEO6SPM_SP.pdf?sequence=6&isAllowed=y">Spanish</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/27653/GEO6_CH1.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y">Chapter 1 - Introduction and context</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/27654/GEO6_CH2.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y">Chapter 2 - Drivers of environmental change</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><a href="https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/27655/GEO6_CH3.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Chapter 3 - The current state of our data and </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">knowledge</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/27661/GEO6_CH4.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y">Chapter 4 - Cross-cutting issues</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/27660/GEO6_CH5.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y">Chapter 5 - Air</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/27659/GEO6_CH6.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y">Chapter 6 - Biodiversity</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/27658/GEO6_CH7.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y">Chapter 7 - Oceans and coasts</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/27657/GEO6_CH8.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y">Chapter 8 - Land and soil</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/27656/GEO6_CH9.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y">Chapter 9 - Freshwater</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><a href="https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/27663/GEO6_CH10.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Chapter 10 - </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Approach to assessment
of policy effectiveness</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/27662/GEO6_CH11.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y">Chapter 11 - Policy theory and practice</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/27664/GEO6_CH12.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y">Chapter 12 - Air policy</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/27665/GEO6_CH13.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y">Chapter 13 - Biodiversity policy</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/27666/GEO6_CH4.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y">Chapter 14 - Oceans and coastal policy</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/27667/GEO6_CH15.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y">Chapter 15 - Land and soil policy</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/27668/GEO6_CH16.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y">Chapter 16 - Freshwater policy</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><a href="https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/27669/GEO6_CH17.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Chapter 17 - Systemic policy approaches for cross-cutting issues</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/27670/GEO6_CH18.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y">Chapter 18 - Conclusions of policy effectiveness</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/27671/GEO6_CH19.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y">Chapter 19 - Outlooks in GEO-6</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/27672/GEO6_CH20.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y">Chapter 20 - A long-term vision for 2050</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/27673/GEO6_CH21.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y">Chapter 21 - Future development without targeted policies</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/27674/GEO6_CH22.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y">Chapter 22 - Pathways towards sustainable development</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/27675/GEO6_CH23.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y">Chapter 23 - <span style="color:#777777;background:whitesmoke">Bottom-up Initiatives and
Participatory Approaches for Outlooks</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/27676/GEO6_CH24.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y">Chapter 24 - The way forward</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><a href="https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/27677/GEO6_CH25.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y">Chapter 25 - Future data and knowledge needs</a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/27681/GEO6_annex.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y">Annexes</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/27682/GEO6_back.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y">Back Matters</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Helv",sans-serif;color:#4181C0">Abdelkader Bensada
</span></b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Helv",sans-serif;color:#4181C0">– Programme Management Officer - Terrestrial Ecosystems Unit (TEU) - Ecosystems Division<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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