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The State of the Environment 1984: The Environment in the Dialogue between and among Developed and Developing Countries
(1984)
The intent of this report is to engender a better understanding of the central role of environmental issues in the broader economic and social context. It is meant to facilitate a more comprehensive approach by demonstrating ...
The State of the World Environment 1987
(1987)
Over the past five years, there has been a marked improvement in the quality of the data base in certain fields and in our understanding of some environmental phenomena like the possible depletion of the ozone layer or the ...
The State of the World Environment 1991
(1991)
The world's population reached 5.3 billion in 1990 and is expected to grow by another one billion to reach 6.3 billion by 2000. About 93 per cent of this population growth will be in the developing countries. Although there ...
UNEP Environmental Management Guidelines for the Integrated Management of Mountain Ecosystems
(1995)
The purposes of these guidelines are first to provide general background information useful for integrated land/soil management in mountain ecosystems. Second, the guidelines detail key techniques for integrated management ...
Detection and Control of Forest fires for the Protection of the Human Environment: Proposals for a Global Programme
(1975)
This report describes the adverse effects of forest fires on the human environment; identifies three areas of the world which are highly susceptible to fires (Mediterranean, Central American, and African Savanna regions); ...
Data Profiles for Chemicals for the evaluation of their Hazards to the Environment of the Mediterranean Sea Volume 1
(1978)
The present compendium of data profiles for chemicals for the evaluation of their hazards to the environment of the Mediterranean Sea is a first attempt by the International Register of Potentially Toxic Chemicals (IRPTC) ...
Definition of Internationally Shared Natural Resources
(1978)
This paper seeks to establish a working base for the formulation of a suitable definition of internationally shared natural resources, for the purpose of policy guidance and law making. It presents a first synthesis of the ...
Economic Instruments for Environmental Management: A Worldwide Compendium of Case Studies. Environmental Economics Series No. 25
(1998)
One of the most striking features of this collection of case studies is the diversity of environmental problems which have been targetted by these policy instruments, including air and water pollution, packaging, deforestation, ...
Determination of Total Mercury in Selected Marine Organisms by Cold Vapour Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry. Reference Methods for Marine Pollution Studies No. 8 Rev. 1
(1984)
This reference method describes the determination of total mercury in biological material by atomic absorption spectrophotometry after the organic matter has been decmposed by wet chemical digestion under pressure. Detection ...