Browsing UNEP Knowledge Repository by SDGs "SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being"
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A guide to Afghanistan's 2007 environmental law
(2008)The purpose of this brochure is to give the Afghan people, and other interested persons, a basic overview as to why and how the Law was developed, and the implications of the Law for the ordinary person and the government. ... -
A New Eye in the Sky: Eco-drones: UNEP Global eEnvironmental Alert Service (GEAS) - May 2013
(2013)UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) is a mechanism for identifying, selecting and communicating early warning information on emerging issues to decision makers on a regular basis across UNEPs focus areas. The ... -
A practical guide to landfill management in Pacific Island countries and territories: Volume 1 - Inland-based waste disposal (2nd edition)
(Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), 2010)Solid waste management is an environmental priority for most islands in the Pacific. Unfortunately, lack of recycling and reduction initiatives, poor waste collection systems, open dumpsites, and environmental pollution ... -
A Regional Overview & Assessment of Marine Litter Related Activities in the Western Indian Ocean Region
(2007)The study aims to collate existing information about marine litter in the Region and use it to determine whether or not there is a need to be concerned, and to recommend a way forward. -
A Review of the Environmental Protection Agency
(Environmental Protection Agency Review Group, Ireland, 2011)In reviewing the submissions it received, numerous papers presented to it by the EPA and other parties, and further input received during meetings with key stakeholders, it quickly became apparent to the Review Group that ... -
A training manual on integrated environmental assessment and reporting
(UNEP, 2007)The purpose of the GEO Resource Book is to help build capacity for forward-looking integrated environmental assessment (IEA) and reporting at the sub-global level. -
Abandoned mines: problems, issues and policy challenges for decision makers
(UNEP, 2001)The objective of this workshop was to start discussion in several areas including: a) What is our current state of knowledge with respect to abandoned mines in each of our countries b) What criteria should be used to ... -
Abiotic Air Sampling in Asia
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About International Environmental Technology Centre - UNEP IETC
(2020)Waste is a ubiquitous sight in our environment. PET bottles wash up on shores of the most distant islands, plastic has been found in the deepest trenches of our oceans and grocery bags litter the slopes of the tallest ... -
Acetonitrile - Environmental Health Criteria 154
(1993)Acetonitrile (CH3CN) is a by-product of acrylonitrile manufacture. It may also be formed by the combustion of wood and vegetation. It is a liquid with an ether-like odour. Acetonitrile is a volatile, highly polar ... -
Acrylamide Health and Safety Guide
(World Health Organization, 1991)The purpose of a Health and Safety Guide is to facilitate the application of these guidelines in national chemical safety programmes. The first three sections of a Health and Safety Guide highlight the relevant technical ... -
Acrylic Acid Health and Safety Guide - Health and Safety Guide 104
(1997)Acrylic acid is a colourless liquid with an irritating acrid odour at room temperature and pressure. Its odour threshold is low (0.20-3.14 mg/rn3). It is miscible in water and most organic solvents. -
Acrylonitrile - Environmental Health Criteria 28
(1983)Acrylonitrile is a colourless, volatile, chemically reactive liquid; it does not occur as a natural product. The monomer is used world-wide, on a large scale, in the manufacture of polymers, fibres, and rubbers and as a ... -
Act #ForNature: A Global Online Forum to Support Actions for Nature to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals - Save the date! Oslo, Norway June 7-10 2020
(2020)The Act#ForNature forum is the first global consultation in support of the 5th Session of the world’s highest-level decision-making body on the environment – the UN Environment Assembly – which will be held at the United ... -
Action Plan for Low Carbon and Resource Efficient Accommodation in Mauritius
(2019)The Action Plan for Low Carbon and Resource Efficient Accommodation in Mauritius sets out a roadmap to a sustainable and resilient tourism accommodation sector in Mauritius. It will enable accommodation providers, their ... -
Action Plan for Managing the Natural Resources and Environment of the South Pacific region. UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 29
(1983)The Action Plan is intended to provide a framework for environmentally sound planning and management, suited to the needs and conditions of the countries and people in the region, and to enhance their own environmental ... -
Action Plan for Regional Cooperation on Chemicals and Waste Management in Latin America and the Caribbean 2019-2020 Biennium -Partial Progress Report (September 2019)
(2019)https://www.unenvironment.org/events/un-environment-event/intersessional-meeting-forum-ministers-environment-latin-america-and -
Action plan for the Caribbean environment programme - UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 26
(1993)The principal objectives of the Action Plan are to assist the Governments of the region in minimizing environmental problems in the Wider Caribbean through assessment of the state of the environment and development activities ...