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The Ecological Management of Arid and Semi-Arid Rangelands in Africa and the Near and Middle East (EMASAR): Formulation of an International Cooperative Programme - Report of an International Conference held in Rome
(1975)
In May 1974 an expert consultation was held in Rome, sponsored jointly by FAO and UNEP, to advise on the formulation of an international programme on the ecological management of arid and semi-arid rangelands in Africa and ...
Residue Utilization Management of Agricultural & Agro-industrial Residues: Seminar Papers & Documents - Volume 1
(1977)
From the first session of the UNEP Governing Council, held in June 1973, the importance of environmental issues associated with industrial development was recognized and a programme of activities on environmental problems ...
The Methodology of Conservation of Forest Genetic Resources: Report on a Pilot Study on the Methodology of Conservation of Forest Genetic Resources
(1975)
The purpose of the report is to formulate guidelines to the methodology of conservation of forest genetic resources, as a basis for long-term action on conservation within a global programme. It consists of an introductory ...
The State of the Environment: Ten Years after Stockholm - Project Plan
(1979)
The main focus of the state of the environment is the changes - positive and/or negative - that occur in the different components of the natural environment (atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, etc), with particular ...
The State of the Environment: Selected Topics - 1977
(1977)
This is the first of the annual state of the environment reports which, instead of covering a broad range of environmental issues, focuses on a limited number of environmental problems of international importance - in this ...
Water Quality Criteria for European Freshwater Fish: Report on Cadmium and Freshwater Fish - European Inland Fisheries Advisory Commission Technical Paper No. 30
(1977)
This is the eleventh technical paper on water quality criteria for European freshwater fish, for the European Inland. Fisheries Advisory Commission (EIFAC) - an inter-governmental organization with a membership of 23 ...
The State of the Environment 1976
(1976)
The report is based upon the viewpoints expressed in discussions with various members of the scientific communities on emerging environmental problems of wide international significance keeping in view the decisions of the ...
The State of the Environment 1975
(1975)
During 1974, United Nations Conferences were held on several issues which have been the subject of increasing concern by the world community in recent years: Population, Food, the Law of the Sea. Part I of this report takes ...
Detection and Control of Forest fires for the Protection of the Human Environment: Proposals for a Global Programme
(1975)
This report describes the adverse effects of forest fires on the human environment; identifies three areas of the world which are highly susceptible to fires (Mediterranean, Central American, and African Savanna regions); ...
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) ...