United Nations Resource Management System : an overview of concepts, objectives and requirements

The multifaceted requirements of sustainable development are primarily dependent on the optimal and responsible use of natural resources. A new paradigm of optimising resource efficiency and progressing towards a circular economy is required to realise the need for balanced development of natural resources. The United Nations Resource Management System (UNRMS) is being designed as a unifying framework for the integrated management of resources. UNRMS is based on the globally accepted United Nations Framework Classification for Resources (UNFC), which has incorporated a unique methodology of assessing resources through the triple lenses of environmental-social-economic viability, technical feasibility and confidence in estimates. UNRMS will be a voluntary global standard for sustainable integrated resource management, within the framework of public, public-private and civil society partnerships, that is uniformly applicable to all resources.
1. Introduction -- 2. United Nations Resource Management System : objectives and requirements -- 3. The rationale for transforming the natural resource management paradigm -- 4. Global values, regional circumstances, priorities and needs for resource management.

ix, 52 p. : ill., graphs, tables

Includes bibliographical references.

9789211172591
9789210053099 (eISBN)
1014-7225
2412-0022 (eISSN)