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The Costs Benefits and Unmet Needs of Biological diversity in Kenya
(1992)
This Report is concerned with assessing the nature and extent of Kenya's biodiversity, examining why and in what ways it is being changed over time, what the reasons are for that change, what measures need to be taken to ...
Socioeconomic Impacts of Climate Variations and Policy Responses in Brazil
(1992)
This study is an attempt to understand the direct and indirect interactions between climate and society in Brazil. A set of climate impact case studies were identified and experts were selected to undertake these assessments. ...
The Contamination of Food
(1992)
The GEMS/Food monitoring programme aims not only to protect public health, but to promote confidence in the purity of foodstuffs through international information exchange on food contamination, and thus encourage international ...
Preliminary Guidelines for Assessing Impacts of Climate Change
(1992)
This report aims to provide preliminary guidelines on methods of climate impact assessment. It outlines a basic framework for the study of climate-environment-society interactions, with a particular emphasis on assessing ...
The Global Climate System: Climate System Monitoring December 1988-May 1991
(1992)
This report, the fourth biennial review of THE GLOBAL CLIMATE SYSTEM, is based on the current scientific understanding of the climate system and provide.s a basis for the monitoring of global change. This monitoring supports ...
International Conference on Water and the Environment: Development Issues for the 2lst century
(1992)
The International Conference on Water and the Environment (IGWE) was held In Dublin, Ireland, from 26 to 31 January 1992. ICWE provided the major input on freshwater problems to the United Nations Conference on Environment ...
L'eau dans le bassin Méditerranéen: situation et prospective
(1992)
La présente publication, ainsi que toutes celles qui paraissent dans la série des "fascicules du Plan Bleu", ne constitue pas seulement une mise au point sur le theme dont elle traite, et qui fait peut-être lobjet d'autres ...
Preparing for Drought: A Guidebook for Developing Countries
(1992)
The purpose of this guidebook is to describe those unique characteristics of drought that set it apart from other natural hazards (Chapter 1). The guidebook also describes the nature of impacts associated with drought. ...
Meeting of the Eighth Session of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the World Climate Impact Assessment and Response Strategies Programme - GEMS Report Series No.11
(1992)
The Eighth session of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the World Climate Impact Assessment and Response Strategies programme was opened by the Chairman Professor James Dooge, at the Hotel Flamenco, Budapest, Hungary ...
Infoterra: 15 Years of Making a Difference - Exchange of Environmental Experience Series No. 4
(1992)
The series, entitled Exchange of Environmental Experience, grew out of a recognition that a great deal of valuable experience on the environment was being shared through the INFOTERRA network, and perhaps much of this ...