Browsing UNEP Knowledge Repository by Subject "DATA COLLECTION"
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Assessment of the Economic Impacts of Hurricane Gilbert on Coastal and Marine Resources in Jamaica. CEP Technical Report No. 4
(Caribbean Environment Programme, 1989)Hurricane Gilbert struck Jamaica on 12th September 1988, causing loss of life and considerable property damage. The Government and the scientific community acted quickly to establish several working groups to assess the ... -
Assessment of the Economic Impacts of Hurricane Gilbert on Coastal and Marine Resources in Jamaica. UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 110
(1990)Hurricane Gilbert struck Jamaica on 12th September 1988, causing loss of life and considerable property damage. Government and the scientific community acted quickly to establish several working groups to assess the damage ... -
Bilateral Finance Institutions and Climate Change: A Mapping of 2009 Climate Financial Flows to Developing Countries
(2010)The present report is an effort by the UNEP Climate Change Working Group for Bilateral Finance Institutions (‘Working Group’ – see p. iii) to both transparently disclose their part of the present story of climate change ... -
Closing Data Gaps is Essential to Achieving the Environmental Dimension of the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development - SDG Policy Brief No. 008 October 2019
(2019-10)The Sustainable Development Goals Policy Briefs highlight a hotspot of environmental change. The evidence provided builds on the scientific data and information hosted on Environment Live and is complemented by stories ... -
Collecting Baseline Information - Lecture 3
(2017)Estimating Mercury Use and Documenting Practices in Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining (ASGM) - Methods and Tools Version 1.0 -
Concepts and Strategies for Biological Monitoring
(1989)This handbook is the first of three which deal with the design of monitoring programmes using biological monitoring methods, many of which are simple and cheap. The methods discussed are based on the effects on organisms ... -
Consulta de Expertos Sobre el Proyecto Conjunto Coordinado Relativo a Ia Contaminacion en el Mediterraneo: Informe Resumido de Ia Reunion Celebrada
(1975)La consulta estaba encargada de preparar los documentos operacionales de dos proyactos experimentales: estudios basicos y vigilancia del aceite y los hidrocarburos del petroleo en eguas marinas y problemas del transporte ... -
Converting Waste Plastics to Fuels: Baseline Study Project - Activity II-2: Assessment of Plastic Waste Management Systems and Practices
(2009)complement the Plastic Waste Analysis and Characterization Study conducted in Cebu City. The goal of the data collection for waste plastics and the city solid waste management (SWM) system is to develop a viable plan for ... -
Cost Benefit Analysis of NMT Infrastructure Projects
(2015)This report and its supplement aim to advance the development of NMT-PAT for UNEP’s ‘Share the Road’ programme. This advancement is facilitated by testing its suitability for the African context by analysing four case study ... -
Data Profiles for Chemicals for the evaluation of their Hazards to the Environment of the Mediterranean Sea Volume 1
(1978)The present compendium of data profiles for chemicals for the evaluation of their hazards to the environment of the Mediterranean Sea is a first attempt by the International Register of Potentially Toxic Chemicals (IRPTC) ... -
Economic Values and the Environment in the Developing World - Environmental Economics Series No 14
(1994)This volume assesses the state of the art in applying economic valuation techniques to environmental problems in developing countries. It is in fulfilment of a contract between the United Nations Environment Programme ... -
The Egyptian Plant Red Data Book Vol. I: Trees and Shrubs
(1991)This work is based on the data extracted from the A.G. Fahmy's thesis; additional maps and illustrations are obtained from different sources• Further issues of an Egyptian Plant Red Data Book include the following phases: ... -
Guidance for Identifying Populations at Risk from Mercury Exposure
(2008)This “Guidance for Identifying Populations at Risk from Mercury Exposure” is intended to inform countries concerned about the potential health impacts of mercury pollution and, if necessary, to assist in identifying specific ... -
Inventory and Monitoring of Sahelian Pastoral Ecosystems Annex 2: Rainfall in the Ferlo (Sahelian Region of North Senegal) Since 1919 - GEMS Sahel Series No. 2
(1988)The present document, the second in the series, describes the climatic context of the rainfall in the test region, presents the long—term rainfall data of the area, and examines these data with the aid of computer programs ... -
Inventory and Monitoring of Sahelian Pastoral Ecosystems Annex 5: Monitoring Pasture Production by Remote Sensing - GEMS Sahel Series No. 5
(1988)The present document, the fifth in the series, examines the use of radiometers in the estimation of primary production in sahelian pastures, based an the Project's results. It starts with a discussion of the principles and ... -
Joint FAO/WHO Food Contamination Monitoring Programme: Summary of 1980 – 1981 Monitoring Data Received from the Collaborating Centres
(1983)This document contains 1980-1981 data received from the Joint FAO/WHO Collaborating Centres for Food Contamination Monitoring on a number of contaminants in selected foods as well as in the daily diet. -
MAP-X: Mapping and Assessing the Performance of Extractive Industries
(2016-02)This brochure outlines the benefits, key functionalities, scales, and components of the information management platform "Mapping and Assessing the Performance of Extractive Industries (MAP-X)" -
Mercury Release Inventory, Waste Storage and Disposal in Trinidad and Tobago
(2016)Mercury is considered by the World Health Organization (WHO), as one of the top ten chemicals or groups of chemicals of major public health concern. This is primarily because all forms of mercury have been established as ... -
Mobile Data Collection tool for National ASGM Overview – User Guide Version 1.1
(2017)The aim of this manual is to give the reader tailored instructions how to use the tool for the national ASGM overview, and not all aspects of KoBo Toolbox are covered. Readers are encouraged to look at support pages at ... -
Promoting Low Carbon Transport in India – Low Carbon Comprehensive Mobility Plan: Udaipur
(2015)The cities of fast developing countries like India continue to grow rapidly in terms of its spatial extent and population, as a consequent of growth of national of the country. During the last decade, the urban sprawl in ...