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Report of a Short-Term Consultancy on the Grazing Ecosystem in the Mt. Kulal Region, Northern Kenya: IPAL Technical Reports Number E-3
(1977)
The Integrated Project in Arid Lands (IPAL) was established jointly by UNEP and UNESCO in 1976 with the aim of finding direct solutions to the most urgent environmental problems associated with desert encroachment and ...
Oxides of Nitrogen - Environmental Health Criteria 4
(1977)
In the context of this criteria document, the term oxides of nitrogen is understood to include nitric oxide (NO) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2). Other oxides of nitrogen which exist in the atmosphere are not known to have any ...
Lead - Environmental Health Criteria 3
(1977)
A WHO Task Group on Environmental Health Criteria for Lead met in Geneva from 29 April to 5 May 1975. The Task Group reviewed and revised the second draft criteria document and made an evaluation of the health risks from ...
A Report on the Status, Importance and Protection of the Montane Forests: IPAL Technical Report Number D-2a
(1979)
The terms of reference for this study of the montane forests were for "an ecological study of the isolated mountain rain forests within the project working area. It will include preliminary ecological surveys to provide ...
A Preliminary Analysis of Climatological Data from the Marsabit District of Northern Kenya: IPAL Technical Paper Number B-1
(1979)
The Integrated Project in Arid Lands (IPAL) was established jointly by UNEP and UNESCO in 1976 with the aim of finding direct solutions to the most urgent environmental problems associated with desert encroachment and ...
Nitrates, Nitrites, and N-Nitroso Compounds - Environmental Health Criteria 5
(1978)
A WHO Task Group on Environmental Health Criteria for Nitrates, Nitrites and N-nitroso compounds met in Lyons from 16 to 20 February 1976. The Task Group reviewed and amended the second draft of the criteria document and ...
Background Historical of the Mt. Kulal Region of Kenya - IPAL Technical Report Number A-2
(1979)
The objective of this study was to document the various pressures and influences which have been
exerted on the Project's study area both from within it and from the larger Lake Turkana region. This will assist in more ...
Environmental Health Criteria 9: DDT and its Derivatives
(1979)
Although the ecological aspects of DDT, including its possible accumulation in some components of the food chain, its metabolism in micro-organisms and plants, as well as its effects on terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems ...
Principles and Methods for Evaluating the Toxicity of Chemicals Part 1 - Environmental Health Criteria 6
(1978)
The first part contains the broad principles and more general aspects of toxicity testing, the planning and evaluation of acute, subacute, and chronic toxicity tests, chemobiokinetics and metabolism, morphological tests, ...
Sulfur Oxides and Suspended Particulate Matter - Environmental Health Criteria 8
(1979)
The purpose of this document is to review and evaluate available information on the biological effects of sulfur oxides and suspended particulate matter including suspended sulfates and sulfuric acid aerosols, and to provide ...