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Global Digital Datasets for Land Degradation Studies: a GIS Approach - GRID Case Study Series No. 4
(1991)
This report describes GRID's work in assembling the core data sets used in the production of the global and regional sections of the thematic atlas. Its aim is to serve as a source of background information rather than as ...
Greenhouse Earth
(John Wiley and Sons Ltd., 1992)
This book is an attempt to capture the messages in the reports from SCOPE and IPCC as well as some other information and in a way that is accessible to the non-expert reader. The ambition is also to provide the reader with ...
Government Strategies and Policies for Cleaner Production
(1994)
The purpose of this report is to explain to leaders in government and industry that cleaner production is likely to lead to economic benefits as well as environmental ones, that there is now an important window of opportunity ...
Greening Our Games: Running Sports Events and Facilities that won't Cost the Earth
(Centurion Publishing & Marketing, 1994)
Greening Our Games is the first book to show sports decision-makers how to reduce their environmental impact and pocket the savings through 'eco-efficiency.' It covers every issue today's manager and organizer must be ready ...
Report of the Data-definition Workshop: Part of the Zambezi Basin Water Resources Sustainability Assessment Case Study
(1995)
The report contributes to the production of a sustainability assessment of freshwater use throughout the Zambezi-basin. This assessment is part of the UNEP/GEMS-Water Programme
Groundwater: A Threatened Resource
(1996)
This publication is intended to explain to readers how important groundwater is, the extent of the threat to it, and the actions that can be taken to protect it.
Fenvalerate - Environmental Health Criteria 95
(1990)
Fenvalerate is a potent insecticide that has been in use since 1976. It is an ester of 2-(4-chlorophenyl)-3-methylbutyric acid and alpha-cyano-3-phenoxybenzyl alcohol, but lacks a cyclopropane ring. However, in terms ...
Handbook of Environmental Law
(1997)
This Handbook is intended to be a handy reference book of up-to-date information on environmental law. It provides a source of quick and easy reference for governments, institutions, NGOs and the public needing to use basic ...
Permethrin - Environmental Health Criteria 94
(1990)
Permethrin was first synthesized in 1973 and marketed in 1977 as a photostable pyrethroid. Approximately 600 tonnes per year of permethrin is at present used world-wide, mostly for agricultural purposes. It has a potential ...
Handbook for the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer - Third Edition
(1993)
This third edition of the Montreal Protocol Handbook updates the previous 1992 edition with the inclusion of the decisions of the Fourth Meeting in Copenhagen in November 1992. It incorporates into the Protocol the adjustments ...