Conservation and sustainable management of peatlands*

The United Nations Environment Assembly,

Recalling the commitment made by heads of state and government in the outcome document agreement of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20 Conference) titled “The Future we want” that recognized ecosystem conservation, regeneration, and restoration and resilience as important in the face of new and emerging challenges,

Innovations in sustainable rangelands and pastoralism*

Submitted by the African Group

The United Nations Environment Assembly,

Recalling resolution 2/24 on combating desertification, land degradation and drought and promoting sustainable pastoralism and rangelands,

Noting with concern the limited level of implementation of the above-mentioned resolution on combating desertification, land degradation and drought and promoting sustainable pastoralism and rangelands,

Sustainable nitrogen management*

The United Nations Environment Assembly,

Recognizing the multiple pollution threats resulting from anthropogenic reactive nitrogen, with adverse effects on the terrestrial, freshwater and marine environments, contributing to air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, while acknowledging the benefits of nitrogen use for food and energy production,

Recognizing also that global crop production in the world and the world’s food security is dependent on nutrients, including nitrogen and phosphorus resource use,

Sustainable coral reefs management*

Submitted by Indonesia, Monaco and the Republic of Korea

The United Nations Environment Assembly,

Sustainable management for global health of mangroves*

Submitted by Indonesia and Sri Lanka

The United Nations Environment Assembly,

Noting that the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), in Resolution A/RES/71/257 on Oceans and the law of the sea notes the vital role mangroves play in providing ecosystem services that offer a range of benefits including sustainable livelihoods, food security, biodiversity conservation, and coastal protection,

Protection of the marine environment from land-based activities*

The United Nations Environment Assembly,

Noting that coastal and marine ecosystems have social, economic and strategic values with various functions and benefits for the environment and human life that depends on the resources contained therein and the need for achieving sustainability and healthy coastal and marine ecosystems,

Innovation on biodiversity and land degradation*

The United Nations Environment Assembly,

Recalling the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals, and also acknowledging the importance of conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and land restoration conservation and sustainable management in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals,

Addressing single-use plastic products pollution*

The United Nations Environment Assembly,

Concerned that waste, in particular, plastic waste, is not managed effectively in all member states,

Conscious that only nine percent of the nine billion tonnes of plastics ever produced have been recycled1 and that most of it ends in landfills, dumps and the environment,

Sound management of chemicals and waste*

Submitted by the European Union and its member States, the African Group and Switzerland

The United Nations Environment Assembly,

Recalling the 2030 Agenda target 12.4 to "By 2020, achieve the environmentally sound management of chemicals and all wastes throughout their life cycle, in accordance with agreed international frameworks, and significantly reduce their release to air, water, and soil in order to minimize their adverse impacts on human health and the environment",

Environmentally sound management of waste*

Submitted by the League of Arab States, Chile, Sri Lanka and Turkey

The United Nations Environment Assembly,

Appreciating UNEA 4’s focus on Innovative Solutions for Environmental Challenges and Sustainable Consumption and Production,