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Biogeochemical Studies of Selected Pollutants in the Open Waters of the Mediterranean (MED POL VIII): Final Reports of Principal Investigators
(1986)
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), in co-operation with the relevant specialized United Nations Agencies (FAQ, WHO, WMO, IOC), presented to the Intergovernmental Meeting of Mediterranean countries (Barcelona, ...
Chemical Risk Assessment: Human Risk Assessment, Environmental Risk Assessment and Ecological Risk Assessment - Training Module No. 3
(1999)
There has been a dramatic increase in the use of chemicals in recent years, many of them new compounds and mixtures whose toxicological properties have not previously been studied and which might prove to be harmful to ...
Monitoring Tropical Forests : A Review with Special Reference to Africa - MARC Report Number 5
(1977)
This report reviews the available published literature on monitoring techniques and procedures relevant to certain features of tropical forests. Discussion focuses on the range, applicability and shortcomings of techniques ...
Exposure Commitment Assessments of Environmental Pollutants Volume 1 Number 1: Exposure Commitment Concepts and Application; Summary Exposure Assessments for Lead, Cadmium and Arsenic - MARC Report Number 23
(1981)
This paper gives the definitions, notation, and basic concepts of the method and briefly discusses the application to the transfer of pollutants from sources to man. Exposure commitments give a basis for comparing contributions ...
Problems And Prospects Desertification of Desertification Control in the ESCAP Region
(1983)
Desertification has always been one of the major environmental problems of the developing countries in Asia as well as Australia. To focus world attention on this serious problem, the United Nations Conference on Desertification ...
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 ...
Environmental Aspects of the Pulp and Paper Industry : An Overview
(1982)
This operational guideline is designed to give an overview of the major environmental concerns, parameters and constraints pertaining to the pulp industry, covering raw material preparation, pulping, manufacturing and ...
Public and Leadership Attitudes to the Environment in for Continents : A Report of a Survey in 14 Countries
(1988)
This report presents the results of a large multinational survey of public and leadership attitudes to environmental issues; conducted in 14 countries by Louis Harris and Associates for the United Nations Environment ...
Development of a New Method of Desertification Evaluation of the Sahel Region : The Land Use Component is Analized by Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques 1950-1990 - Final Report of Stage 1
(1993)
The projects objective is to develop a method allowing for an evaluation of a possible environmental degradation occurred in various Sahelian countries in the last decades. In case this method (after improvement as recommended ...