Global Partnership on Nutrient Management (GPNM):

The GPNM was established in June 2007. The overall goal of the partnership is to reduce nutrient over-enrichment of coastal and marine ecosystems and their associated watersheds.  

The objectives of the partnership are to:

• Raise awareness and disseminate information.
• Facilitate the exchange of experience and good practice, and encourage actions by all stakeholders.

The partnership participants will undertake a number of joint activities toward this goal. The UNEP/GPA Coordination Office will provide coordination services to ensure an integrated approach and to allow for synergies and the sharing of information and experience.

Information on nutrient over-enrichment, reactive nitrogen, eutrophication and dead zones can be found here.

Latest News:

4th International Nitrogen Initiative Conference: A workshop entitled “Policies and partnerships to address excess reactive nitrogen in the environment: was held during the 4th International Nitrogen Initiative (INI) Conference that took place from 1 –5 October in Brazil. The meeting report can be found here. Further information on INI can be found here.

During the INI Conference, the Ministry of Environment of the Netherlands, VROM launched an interesting animation tool called Nitrogen Visualisation. The goal of this interactive tool is to provide an integral overview of the sources and effects of reactive nitrogen compounds and the relationships between them. The animation also demonstrates the development of these sources and relationships with time. Please take a look at this tool here:

Launch of the Global Partnership on Nutrient Management: In June 2007, the UNEP/GPA Coordination Office in partnership with the Ministry of the Environment of the Government of The Netherlands (VROM) and the UNEP Division of Technology, Industry and Economics (UNEP DTIE) convened a small group of stakeholders in an informal setting to brainstorm on possible collaborative efforts that could be undertaken to address reactive nitrogen in the environment.  Further details of the meeting, including the final report, can be found here.