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Cleaner production assessment in dairy processing
(UNEP, 2000)
A guide to the application of Cleaner Production in the dairy industry, with a focus on the processing of milk and milk products at dairy processing plants. Its purpose is to raise awareness of the environmental impacts ...
Water quality outlook
(2007)
This report presents a snapshot of global water quality issues as they relate to achieving the internationally agreed goals on water, sanitation and biodiversity. Evidence suggests that there have been improvements in the ...
Pacific Islands: GIWA regional assessment
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2004)
This report presents the GIWA assessment of the Pacific Islands region, which comprises more than 20 Island nations or territories that exhibit enormous geomorphological, climatic, cultural and demographic diversity within ...
Leveraging expertise of civil society in developing countries: communication programme of methyl bromide synthesis report 2004
(UNEP, 2004)
This publication presents the saga of the unique efforts of these NGOs from developing countries. Methyl bromide, a soil fumigant, was included as a controlled substance under the Montreal Protocol in 1997 when for the ...
Tourism and biodiversity: mapping tourism's global footprint
(UNEP, 2003)
Tourism is often described as the world's largest industry on the basis of its contribution to global gross domestic product (GDP), the number of jobs it generates, and the number of clients it serves. The scale of the ...
Tore and the town on thin ice
(UNEP, 2006)
A children's environmental storybook based on the theme of climate change and on what children can do to mitigate effects of climate change. Tore and the Town on Thin Ice is part of the Tunza Environmental Series for Children.
Guide for national ozone officers
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2006)
This guide introduces and summarises the many important issues about the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer that a National Ozone Officer (NOO) needs to know to perform his/her job effectively. ...
Transboundary diagnostic analysis (T.D.A.) for the Mediterranean sea
(UNEP, 2005)
The purpose of conducting a Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis (TDA) is to scale the relative importance of sources and causes, both immediate and root, of transboundary waters problems, and to identify potential preventive ...
Protecting coastal and marine environments from land-based activities: a guide for national action
(UNEP, 2006)
This handbook provides guidance for environmental managers and policy makers on how to implement the GPA in their own countries. In this revision it is stressed that, to be successful, institutional, financial, legislative, ...
GEO Year Book 2007
(UNEP, 2007)
The GEO Year Book 2007 is essential, informative, and authoritative reading for anyone with a role or an interest in our changing environment. The 2007 Year Book includes global and regional overviews of significant ...