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Achievements and Planned Development of UNEP’s Regional Seas Programme and Comparable Programmes Sponsored by Other Bodies. UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 001
(1982)
Bearing in mind the considerable experience that has been accumulated in the protection and development of regional sea areas, the Governing Council of UNEP decided at its eighth session in May 1980 (decision 8/13 A) that ...
Biogeochemical Cycles of Specific Pollutants (Activity K)
(United Nations Environment Programme, 1989)
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) convened an Intergovernmental Meeting on the Protection of the Mediterranean (Barcelona, 28 January - 4 February 1975), which was attended by representatives of 16 States ...
Bibliography of the Marine Environment: Caribbean
(1988)
As part of the continued effort of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to provide technical information which may contribute to the protection of the marine environment and in cooperation with the Food and ...
The State of the Environment 1972-1982
(1982)
The present report focuses on the changes (positive or negative) that occurred in the state of the world environment in the decade following the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment convened at Stockholm in ...
The State of the World Environment 1987
(1987)
Over the past five years, there has been a marked improvement in the quality of the data base in certain fields and in our understanding of some environmental phenomena like the possible depletion of the ozone layer or the ...
Meera Lathmarajah: Pollution and the marine environment in the Indian Ocean - UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 13
(1982)
This report attempts to provide a general idea of the sources, levels and effects of marine pol1utante in the Indian Ocean as well as the existence and extent of marine pollution monitoring systems at present available in ...
Contingency Plan for the Combating of Oil Pollution in the South-East Pacific in Cases of Emergency - UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 43
(1984)
The Contingency Plan set forth below is one of the developments under the Action Plan for the Protection of the Marine Environment and Coastal Areas of the South-East Pacific, signed in Lima on 12 November 1981 by Colombia, ...
Biological Monitoring of Environmental Contaminants (Plants): Executive summary - A Technical Report
(1986)
A wide range of contaminants enter terrestrial, freshwater and marine habitats. Concentrations of specific contaminants can be measured by physicochemical methods; however, the response of plants to elevated concentrations ...
Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Pollution (GESAMP): The Review of the Health of the Oceans - GESAMP Reports and Studies No. 15
(1982)
Although the idea of summarizing the state of marine pollution in the world oceans is probably much older than one might imagine, the specific idea of reviewing the health of the oceans seems to have first arisen in the ...
The Evaluation of the Hazards of Harmful Substances Carried by Ships - GESAMP Reports and Studies No. 35 (Revision of GESAMP Reports and Studies No.17)
(1989)
In 1969 the Assembly of the International. Maritime Organization (IMO) decided to convene an International Conference for the purpose of preparing a suitable international agreement for placing restraints on the contamination ...