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Asean Heritage Parks and Reserves
(1988)
the Second ASEAN Ministerial Meeting in Bangkok, on 29 November 1984, issued the important Declaration on Heritage Parks and Reserves which created the first group of 11 Heritage Sites described in this book.
Arsenic and Tin in Foods: Reviews of Commonly Used Methods of Analysis (Revised September 1978)
(Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 1979)
Arsenicals have been known for centuries to be toxic to all forms of life. The trivalent form of arsenic is considerably more toxic than the pentavalent form. The use of arsenic trioxide as a poison prompted investigations ...
Baseline Study of the Vitogo River and Associated Environment - UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 93. SPREP Topic Review No. 28
(1988)
The Vitogo River enters the sea near Lautoka, the second largest city in Fiji. This area has not been influenced by any major environmental changes arising from industrial development. However, the construction of the ...
A Coast in Common: an Introduction to the Eastern African Action Plan
(1989)
The coastline of Eastern Africa is an area of great physical beauty, rich in living resources. Palm fringed beaches of white coral sand lead down to tranquil lagoons enclosed by spectacular coral reefs with their wealth ...
Compendium of Judicial Decisions on Matters Related to Environment: International Decisions - Volume I
(1998)
The compendium of judicial decisions was devised with two objectives. First, it aims to create awareness and
enthusiasm among lawyers and non-lawyers alike on the current trends in the jurisprudence related to ...
A Rapid Assessment of the Impacts of the Iraq-Kuwait Conflict on Terrestrial Ecosystems Part Three: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
(1991)
This report gives an overall assessment of the effects of the Iraq-Kuwait conflict on the terrestrial ecosystems in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It also provides a description of the state of the environment in the Kingdom ...
A Guide to Tailings Dams and Impoundments: Design, Construction, Use and Rehabilitation
(1996)
The design of sate tailings dams is discussed in detail and the control and ope-rational procedures necessary during the protracted construction of tailings dams are described. Many things can change during the construction ...
A Report on the Conservation Monitoring Centre : Data Holdings and Data Management
(United Nations Environment Programme, 1988)
The CXC was established by the IUCN in 1982 to act as a provider of information on global conservation. This was to be accomplished by developing a central database with a global coverage of the status of living natural ...
Report of the First Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Convention for the Protection, Management and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the Eastern African Region
(1985-07-12)
The Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Protection, Management and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the Eastern African Region was convened by the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment ...
A Review of the Geology of Coral Reefs in the Red Sea. UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 152
(1992)
This review has been written in response to the rapid expansion of work on Red Sea reefs over the last two decades, and is an attempt to summarise our present-day knowledge about the kinds of reefs known in the Red Sea, ...