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Monitoring Ambient Air Quality for Health Impact Assessment
(WHO, 1999)
This publication can assist national and local agencies responsible for protecting public health from the adverse effects of ambient air pollution and for monitoring ambient air quality. It continues a series of monographs ...
Guidebook for policy and legislative development on conservation and sustainable use of freshwater resources
(UNEP, 2005)
Integrated water resource management (IWRM) incorporating an ecosystem approach is a key building block for achieving the water, sanitation and human settlement targets of the Millennium Development Goals. It is evident ...
Analyzing the resource impact of fisheries subsidies: a matrix approach
(UNEP, 2004)
This publication builds on earlier UNEP work that developed a matrix as an analytical framework for assessing the impact of subsidies. Using this framework, the study offers a detailed assessment of the impact of eight ...
Making Tourism more Sustainable: A Guide for Policy Makers
(2005)
Tourism is a major economic force whose development can have a fundamental impact on societies and the environment, both positive and negative. This guide shows governments how they can make tourism more sustainable. It ...
Training module: introduction to capacity building for environment, trade and sustainable development
(UNEP, 2004)
This introductory training module is designed to support capacity building for trade, environment and sustainable development and is part of UNEP's larger initiative for capacity building on integrated policy design and ...
Air quality guidelines - global update 2005
(WHO, 2006)
The WHO air quality guidelines offer guidance on reducing the effects on health of air pollution. This book presents revised guideline values for the four most common air pollutants - particulate matter, ozone, nitrogen ...
Handbook for the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer (1985) - Eighth edition (2009)
(UNEP, 2009)
The publication of this eighth edition of the Handbook for the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer (1985) incorporates the full text of the treaty and an updated list of all decisions adopted by the ...
The 25 largest un-fragmented wilderness Areas in the Arctic
(2001)
The main purpose of this project was to explore where the last remote wilderness areas, resorts for nature, man and biodiversity can be found in the Arctic, as well as the pressures they are subjected to and their main ...
Implications of Expected Climate Changes in the South Pacific Region: Overview. UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 128.
(UNEP, 1990)
In spite of the uncertainties surrounding the predicted climate changes, greenhouse gases seem to have accumulated in the atmosphere to such a level that the changes may have started already and their continuation may now ...