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The Ozone Depletion Problem (An Example of Harm Commitment) - MARC Report Number 1
(1976)
The problem of ozone depletion is so interdisciplinary and complex that it is difficult for the non-expert to evaluate its urgency and severity. As a result, this potential threat cannot readily be compared with the myriad ...
Vanadium in the Environment - MARC Report Number 2
(1976)
The purpose of this paper is to review the published literature on vanadium insofar as it relates to environmental problems. A summary is given of vanadium concentrations in soil, water, air, fossil fuels and biological ...
Suggestions for the Development of a Hazard Evaluation Procedure for Potentially Toxic Chemicals - MARC Report Number 3
(1976)
This document presents initial thinking on the development of a methodology designed to identify those chemicals being released into the environment which are likely to cause undue perturbations in essential biological processes.
The State of the Environment 1976
(1976)
The report is based upon the viewpoints expressed in discussions with various members of the scientific communities on emerging environmental problems of wide international significance keeping in view the decisions of the ...
Can Desert Encroachment Be Stopped? A Study with Emphasis on Africa - Ecological Bulletins No. 24
(1976)
This volume in the series Ecological Bulletins deals with the ecological and social problems of desert encroachment. It puts man and his activities into an ecological con- text and outlines the causes of desert encroachment ...
Review of Harmful Substances - GESAMP Reports and Studies No. 2
(1976)
The present Review reflects the state of knowledge available to the experts at the time of its compilation,i.e. the years 1972-1974. Scientific knowledge is continually changing and developing, and as it does so, changes ...
Report of the Second lOC/WMO Workshop on Marine Pollution (Petroleum) Monitoring - Workshop Report No.10
(1976)
Convening of a Second Workshop on Marine Pollution (petroleum) Monitoring was recommended by the fourth joint session of the IOC Working Committee for IGOOS and the WHO Executive Committee Panel on Meteorological Aspects ...
Establishment and Management of Protected Areas in the Gobi region, Mongolian People's Republic: Report of an International Mission (May-June 1976)
(1976)
For a long time it had been the intention of the Government of the Mongolian People's Republic to protect these areas and a formal decision to this effect was taken in 1975. On the ground, measures have already been put ...
Report of the International Workshop on Marine Pollution in East Asian Waters
(1976)
East Asia is probably one of the most complicated areas of the world, with its great diversity of geography, races, societies, economies and environments. It contains the largest part of the world's population. Environmental ...
Mercury - Environmental Health Criteria 1
(1976)
As stated on page 5, the purpose of the criteria documents is to compile, review, and evaluate available information on the biological effects of pollutants and other environmental factors that may influence man's health, ...