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Status of Desertification and Implementation of the United Nations Plan of Action to Combat Desertification - Report of the Executive Director
(1991)
Desertification is land degradation in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas (drylands) resulting mainly from adverse human impact. By General Assembly's Resolution 44/172 of December 1989, the Governing Council and the ...
Survey of the Status of Oil Pollution Control in the South American Sub-Region of the Wider Caribbean Region: UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 111
(1990)
This mission was initiated by IMO/UNEP at the request of the Third Meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Action Plan for the Caribbean Environment Programme, held in November, 1983. The primary purpose of the mission ...
GESAMP: Long-Term Consequences of Low-Level Marine Contamination: An Analytical Approach - UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 118
(1990)
This document is based on the work of the GESAMP Working Group on Long-term Ecological Consequences of low-level Contamination of the Marine Environment.
Resource Guide on Training and Technical Assistance Activities of International Organizations Related to the Environmentally Sound Management of Chemicals - First Edition
(1994)
The first edition of the Resource Guide includes training and technical assistance activities conducted by the present IPCS member organizations, ILO, WHO and UNEP and the relevant activities conducted by UNITAR in association ...
Environmentally Sound Management of Toxic Chemicals : Task Managers Report for the UN Commission on Sustainable Development
(1994)
UNCED acknowledged the large number of national and international initiatives concerned with chemical safety. However it saw a need for, and proposed that, international cooperation relating to the environmentally sound ...
Perspectiva Regional sobre las Fuentes de Contaminación de Origen Terrestre en la Region del Gran Caribe: Informe Técnico del PAC No. 33
(1994)
Durante los ultimos veinte años se ha hecho más patente la toma de conciencia publica frente al aumento constante en los niveles de contaminación de las areas marinas y costeras de la Region del Gran Caribe
Final Reports on Research Projects Dealing with Biological Effects (Research Area III): MAP Technical Reports Series No. 103
(1996)
This volume is the one-hundred and third issue of the Mediterranean Action Plan Technical Reports Series. This series contains selected reports resulting from the various activities performed within the framework of the ...
Incorporating a Human Health Component into the Integrated Development and Management of the Lower Mekong Basin: A Mission Report - PEEM River Basin Series No.1
(1994)
The PEEM mission to the Lower Mekong Basin provides a case study of the status of health and environmental components in river basin development and management.
Mineral Fertilizer Use and the Environment
(1998)
This document aims to present a balanced view of, on the one hand, the benefits of using mineral fertilizers and on the other hand the environmental risks involved. This review presents the evidence supporting the view ...