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The Greenhouse Gases - UNEP/GEMS Environment Library No. 1
(1987)
The Earth's climate, over the millennia of its existence, has been shaped by the cosmic forces of nature—by the cooling of the Earth's core, variations in the intensity of the Sun, changes in the tilt of our planet. These ...
Environmental Impact of Large-Scale Mining in Papua New Guinea: Mining Residue Disposal by the Ok Tedi Copper-Gold Mine
(1995)
The Ok Tedi copper-gold mine, located in the eastern part of the central mountain range of New Guinea, discharges daily approximately 80,000 tons of ore processing residues and a similar volume of waste rock and overburden ...
Environmental Impact Assessment: Issues, Trends and Practice
(1996)
The main objective of the EIA: 155ue5, Trends and Practice document is to enhance the capacity of countries, particularly developing countries and countries in transition to market economies, to devise suitable country ...
Environmental Impact Assessment: Operational Cost Benefit Analysis - MARC Report No. 42
(1988)
This guideline report concentrates on the operational aspects of applying CBA to evaluate projects when there are significant environmental impacts. It is addressed to the need for officials and planners in developing ...
Environmental Impacts of Structural Adjustment Programmes: Synthesis and Recommendations
(1996)
The major question explored in this paper is: "What are the environmental effects of stabilization and structural adjustment programmes?" Implicit in this question is a desire for policy makers and advisors to provide the ...
The El Nino Phenomenon - UNEP/GEMS Environment Library No. 8
(1992)
Places as far apart as Australia and North America, Peru and India are affected by recurrent climatic anomalies known as El Niño. Originating in the Pacific region, El Niño effects a reversal in the direction of winds and ...
The African Elephant - UNEP/GEMS Environment Library No. 3
(1989)
The way in which the human species treats his fellow animals is often scandalous. The story that unfolds in these pages is one of the worst examples: over the past decade, elephant numbers in several African countries have ...
The Impacts of Climate on Fisheries - UNEP Environment Library No. 13
(1994)
This volume of the UNEP Environment Library summarizes the potential implications of climate change and variability on fisheries and on the societies that depend on them. It is based on a review of several fisheries case ...
Baseline Study of the Vitogo River and Associated Environment - UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 93
(United Nations Environment Programme, 1988)