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Methylmercury - Environmental Health Criteria 101
(1990)
This monograph focuses on the risks to human health from compounds of monomethylmercury and examines the data
that have become available since the publication of Environmental Health Criteria 1: Mercury (WHO, ...
Directory of Organizations and Institutes Active in Environmental Monitoring – Second Edition
(1993)
This report enhances the compatibility and quality of information on the state of the environment world-wide in order to improve the provision to policy making bodies, international programmes and the scientific community ...
How to Save the World: Strategy for World Conservation
(1980)
The World Conservation Strategy, on which this book is based, represents several firsts in nature conservation. It is the first time that governments, non-governmental organizations and experts throughout the world have ...
Tributyltin Compounds - Environmental Health Criteria 116
(1990)
Tributyltin (TBT) compounds are organic derivatives of tetravalent tin. They are characterized by the presence of covalent bonds between carbon atoms and a tin atom and have the general formula (n-C4H9)3Sn-X (where X ...
High and Dry: Mediterranean Climate in the Twenty-first Century
(1989)
This booklet summarizes their discussions and their recommendations, and presents some of the issues involved in predicting climate change and its effects. It will focus on the Mediterranean - why it is important, why it ...
2-Nitropropane - Environmental Health Criteria 138
(1992)
2-Nitropropane (2-NP) is a colourless, oily liquid with a mild odour. It is flammable, only moderately volatile, and stable under ordinary conditions. It is only slightly soluble in water but miscible with many organic ...
Propachlor - Environmental Health Criteria 147
(1993)
Propachlor is a pre-emergence and early post-emergence herbicide derived from acetanilide, and has been in use since 1965. The major formulations are as wettable powder, liquid flowable (suspension concentrate) and as ...
Carbaryl - Environmental Health Criteria 153
(1994)
Carbaryl is the common name for the carbamic acid derivative 1-naphthyl N-methylcarbamate. The technical grade product is a white crystalline solid, with a low volatility; it is poorly soluble in water, which is stable ...
Improving the Environment in the Mediterranean: Lessons for Sustainable Development
(1999)
The Report is a collection of initiatives implemented in the Region and may help in showing the dominant trend towards sustainable development through almost 100 concrete projects. Its aim is to promote the exchange of ...
Implications of Expected Climate Change in the Eastern African Region: An Overview - UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 149
(1992)
This paper reviews the results of a series of papers prepared by members of the Task Team on Implications of Climate Changes in the Eastern African Region, in cooperation with the Oceans and Coastal Areas Programme Activity ...