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Ultrasound - Environmental Health Criteria 22
(1982)This document comprises a review of data, which are concerned with the effects of ultrasound exposure on biological systems, and are pertinent to the evaluation of health risks for man. The purpose of this criteria document ... -
Ultraviolet Radiation - Environmental Health Criteria 14
(1979)Exposure to ultraviolet radiation (UVR) occurs from both natural and artificial sources. The sun is the principal natural source. The known effects of UVR on man may be beneficial or detrimental, depending on a number of ... -
Ultraviolet Radiation - Environmental Health Criteria 160
(1994)This monograph is concerned with the effects of ultraviolet (UV) radiation exposure on human health and the environment. Such a review of the scientific literature is considered timely in view of the consequences of ... -
UN Calls for Urgent Rethink as Resource Use Skyrockets
(2019)Resource extraction has more than tripled since 1970, including a fivefold increase in the use of non-metallic minerals and a 45 per cent increase in fossil fuel use. By 2060, global material use could double to 190 billion ... -
UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration 2021 – 2030: Initiative proposed by El Salvador with the Support of Countries from the Central American Integration System (SICA) - Concept Note
(2018)During the Bonn Challenge 3.0 high-level meeting in Brazil in March 2018, El Salvador indicated its intention to seek the proclamation of the “UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration 2021 – 2030”. This concept note sets out the ... -
UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021-2030: Ecosystem Specific Social Media Messages
(2020)The UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration will start in 2021, join #GenerationRestoration: https://bit.ly/333EMYF -
UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021-2030: General Social Media Messages
(2020)UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration - please use the #GenerationRestoration hashtag and tag @UNEP and @FAO in any images. -
UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021-2030: Partnership, Outreach and Communication Strategy - Summary Version
(2020)In the context of the Decade, ecosystem restoration refers to a wide continuum of practices ranging from tree planting to increasing the capacity of agricultural fields to store carbon and the recovery of fish stock along ... -
The UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021-2030: Scaling up Restoration of Degraded and Destroyed Ecosystems
(2019)The UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration unites the world behind a common goal: preventing, halting and reversing the degradation of ecosystems worldwide. Forests, grasslands, croplands, wetlands, savannahs, and other ... -
UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration: Partnership Framework
(2020)Organizations and other entities able to make large-scale or long-term contributions to ecosystem restoration can apply to become official partners of the UN Decade. A framework developed under the UN Decade’s guiding ... -
UN Environment & the Global Environment Facility: A Natural Partnership for Our Planet
(2017)As a founding partner of the GEF, with the UN Development Programme and the World Bank, UN Environment has a close and enduring relationship with the Facility. These linkages underpin a natural partnership. Together UN ... -
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UN Environment Africa Office Newsletter - Sep-Oct 2018
(2018)UN Environment Africa Office Newsletter Sep-Oct 2018. This is the bimonthly newsletter of the UN Environment Africa Office. -
UN Environment Africa Office Newsletter July-August 2018
(2018-09)UN Environment Africa Office Newsletter July-August 2018 -
UN Environment Africa Office Newsletter; July-August 2017
(2017-08-01)UN Environment Africa Office Newsletter July-August 2017 -
UN Environment Africa Office Newsletter; March - April 2017
(2017-05)UN Environment Africa Office Newsletter March - April 2017 -
UN Environment Africa Office Newsletter; May-June 2017
(2017-06-01)UN Environment Africa Office Newsletter May-June 2017 -