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Press Coverage: Third Round of Talks on Treaty on Persistent Organic Pollutants
(1999)
Governments convened 6-11 September 1999 in Geneva for the third round of talks on a legally binding global treaty to reduce and/or eliminate persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and so protect public health and the ...
Multilevel Course on the Safe Use of Pesticides and on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Pesticide Poisoning
(1994)
This course is presented to try to meet the need for widescale training in the safe and effective use of pesticides.
PART I opens by outlining the structure of the course. It discusses the techniques that can be used in ...
Papers presented at the FAO/UNEP Meeting on Toxicity and Bioaccumulation of Selected Substances in Marine Organisms - FAO Fisheries Report No. 334 Supplement
(1986)
One of the objectives of the meeting was to provide a forum for Mediterranean scientists to present their work on the subject. This paper describes some preliminary experiments designed to assess the usefulness and accuracy ...
Environmental Training at Tertiary Level in Asia and the Asia-Pacific: Report of the Regional Consultative Meeting on Environmental Training at Tertiary Level in Asia and the Pacific.
(1993)
A regional meeting of experts held in Bangkok in 1985 (UNEP, 1986) formulated a programme of action for environmental education and training in Asia and the Pacific. The development of tertiary level curricula on topical ...
Microbial Nature and Biological Property of Ochratoxins
(1984)
Ochratoxin A, the leading member of the ochratoxin group, was discovered 15 years ago in South Africa during laboratory screening for toxicity of a number of molds isolated from Cereal and legume crops
L'Etat de L'environnement 1981: Selection de Sujets
(1981)
Le present rapport porte sur trois questions dimportance internationale qui ont été retenues par le Conseil dadministration du Programme des Nations Unies pour l'environnement lors de sa huitième session, a savoir les eaux ...
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.
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 ...
Fifth International Conference on Environmental Compliance and Enforcement: Conference - Proceedings Volume I
(1998)
These Proceedings, Volume 1 include papers prepared by speakers, topic experts, conference participants and other interested parties for the Fifth International Conference on Environmental Compliance and Enforcement, ...
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 ...