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Guide de la gestion éÉcologiquement rationnelle des batteries au plomb usagées en Méditerranée
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2015)Ce guide technique fournit des informations et données de bases concernant les sources et quantité de batteries au plomb usagées, un aperçu des normes disponibles, des spécifiques et lignes directrices techniques concernant ... -
A Guide for Managing Mercury Waste at Household and Community Level
(2011)Mercury pollution has become a global environmental issue in recent years; however, awareness in families and communities is still weak. The most basic, important and difficult part of mercury ... -
Guide for national ozone officers
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2006)This guide introduces and summarises the many important issues about the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer that a National Ozone Officer (NOO) needs to know to perform his/her job effectively. ... -
Guide for negotiators of multilateral environmental agreements
(UNEP, 2007)The guide serves MEA negotiators to acquire knowledge respectively broaden their knowledge on the process of negotiations of MEAs in all stages: From the preparations at home, to the negotiations at conferences and finally ... -
Guide for Reducing Major Uses and Releases of Mercury
(2006)This document is intended to assist countries to identify sources of mercury exposure and to assess main methods of reducing mercury exposures and risks to their people. -
A Guide for the Assessment of the Costs and Benefits of Sustainability Certification
(2016)This study intends to provide a diverse set of tools that can be adapted to the specific focus of the question the user is trying to answer. It will guide the user through the most relevant steps of the analysis, and provide ... -
GUIDE PRATIQUE RÉDUIRE L’UTILISATION DU MERCURE DANS LE SECTEUR DE L’ORPAILLAGE ET DE L’EXPLOITATION MINIÈRE ARTISANALE
GUIDE PRATIQUE RÉDUIRE L’UTILISATION DU MERCURE DANS LE SECTEUR DE L’ORPAILLAGE ET DE L’EXPLOITATION MINIÈRE ARTISANALE -
A Guide to Afghanistan's 2007 Environment Law
(2008-03-01)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 Guide to Assessing Coral Reef Resilience for Decision Support
(2017)This Guide supports environmental managers assess, map and monitor coral reef resilience, based on which management actions that support resilience in the face of climate change can be identified and prioritized. An overview ... -
A Guide to Cooperation on the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions
(2004)This short booklet briefly outlines various concrete and practical ways of achieving the desired synergies. It is based on a series of regional and sub-regional workshops organized by UNEP for convention focal points. -
Guide to Environment and Development Sources of Information on CD-ROM and the Internet
(1998)The purpose of the "Guide to Environment and Development Sources of Information on CD-ROM and the Internet" is to assist users in locating relevant information sources on environment and sustainable development. This Guide ... -
A Guide to Environmental Administration in-Service Training
(1984)This guide sets out the case for the training of generalist and specialist personnel in environmental administration, and is intended to be used to justify, encourage, plan and help carry out such training. The ultimate ... -
Guide to Short-Term Tests for Detecting Mutagenic and Carcinogenic Chemicals - Environmental Health Criteria 51
(1985)This document represents the views of ICPFMC and is published by IPCS in an attempt to stimulate scientific discussion, as well as to provide guidance on the use of genotoxicity tests in chemical safety programmes. Although ... -
A Guide to Tailings Dams and Impoundments: Design, Construction, Use and Rehabilitation
(1996)The design of sate tailings dams is discussed in detail and the control and ope-rational procedures necessary during the protracted construction of tailings dams are described. Many things can change during the construction ... -
Guide to the Ratification and Accession to the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization
(2018)The Guidebook is a “how to” guide on the steps towards ratification of, acceptance of, approval of or accession to, the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising ... -
A Guide to World Data Center on Microorganism with a List of Culture Collections in the World - First Edition
(1989)Biological materials are the basis of research and development of biotechnology and life sciences. -
Guidebook for Environmentally Efficient Restaurants and Dining Establishments: SwitchMed in Israel - SwitchMed Programme [Factsheet]
(2020)Better environmental performance by businesses, restaurants and eateries in particular, attracts new environmental conscience customers who take sustainability into account when making their choices. Under the SwitchMed ... -
Guidebook for implementation of codes of good practice: phasing out ODS in developing countries, refrigeration sector
(UNEP, 1998)This publication was developed to help developing countries phasing out the use of ozone-depleting substances. It provides guidance to the National Ozone Unit and industry on how to design and implement codes of good ... -
Guidebook for policy and legislative development on conservation and sustainable use of freshwater resources
(UNEP, 2005)Integrated water resource management (IWRM) incorporating an ecosystem approach is a key building block for achieving the water, sanitation and human settlement targets of the Millennium Development Goals. It is evident ... -
Guidebook for the development of a nationally appropriate mitigation action on efficient lighting
(UNEP, 2013)This Guidebook emphasizes the role of energy efficient lighting and its potential for rapidly reducing carbon emissions and delivering economic and environmental benefits through Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions ...