The following text is the concise version of the United Nations Environment Programme's Environmental Observing and Assessment Strategy as updated in February 2000. It will be going forward for approval by the governing structures of UNEP this year. This document is also available on the Earthwatch web site at http://www.unep.ch/earthw/unepstr4.htm. It is supplemented by an Extended Version of the strategy, available on the web at http://www.unep.ch/earthw/unepstr5.htm, and by a list of modular Activities for Strategy Implementation at http://www.unep.ch/earthw/unepstac.htm.

 CONCISE VERSION