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WHO guidelines for indoor air quality: dampness and mould
(WHO, 2009)
This document provides a comprehensive review of the scientific evidence on health problems associated with building moisture and biological agents. The review concludes that the most important effects are increased ...
Sand, Rarer than One Thinks: UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) - March 2014
(2014)
Sand and gravel are mined world-wide and account for the largest volume of solid material extracted globally. Formed by erosive processes over thousands of years (John, 2009), they are now being extracted at a rate far ...
The Future of the Aral Sea Lies in Transboundary Co-operation - UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) - January 2014
(2014)
Diversion of water sources has caused the Aral Sea in Central Asia to decline significantly over the past five decades. It has broken into several smaller seas, leaving behind a vast desert and a multitude of environmental, ...
Arctic Flora and Fauna: Status and Conservation
(Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF), 2004)
Arctic Flora and Fauna: Status and Conservation is the first truly circumpolar overview of Arctic biodiversity written for the nonspecialist. It provides the reader with a clear understanding of the importance of the Earth's ...
AMAP Assessment 2013: Arctic Ocean Acidification
(AMAP, 2013)
This assessment report presents the results of the 2013 AMAP Assessment of Arctic Ocean Acidification (AOA). This is the first such assessment dealing with AOA from an Arctic-wide perspective, and complements several ...
AMAP Assessment 2002: Human Health in the Arctic
(AMAP, 2002)
The Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) was established in 1991 to monitor identified pollution risks and their impacts on Arctic ecosystem. This human health assessment considered the health risks associated ...
Forests in sustainable development: a quick report card on progress since RIO
(UNEP, 2002)
Initiatives that treat forestry as a "sector" seem to be increasingly prone to failure. Forests are resources that other sectors use, in many different and often competing ways, to produce both public and private goods and ...
Inter-linkages between the ozone and climate change conventions
(UNEP, 2002)
This report presents the linkages between the Ozone and Climate Change Conventions.
Environment and human rights: a new approach to sustainable development
(UNEP, 2001)
This paper examines the background to current discussions on Environmental and Human Rights. It has been produced by ANPED, the Northern Alliance for Sustainability, a network of NGOs in all parts of the Northern hemisphere, ...
Substance register: a guide to the organisation and use of chemical information
(UNEP, 2000)
This guide is an aid for companies that are going to build up a Substance Register, or want to utilise the possibilities of a Substance Register.