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Action plan for the Caribbean environment programme - UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 26
(1993)
The principal objectives of the Action Plan are to assist the Governments of the region in minimizing environmental problems in the Wider Caribbean through assessment of the state of the environment and development activities ...
Acrylamide Health and Safety Guide
(World Health Organization, 1991)
The purpose of a Health and Safety Guide is to facilitate the application of these guidelines in national chemical safety programmes. The first three sections of a Health and Safety Guide highlight the relevant technical ...
Amélioration des conditions d’hygiène de l’environnement dans les habitats pour faibles revenus: Comment définir besoins et priorités au niveau communautaire
(1989)
La présente publication se propose d'aider les communautés a se procurer des informations sur les facteurs écologiques qui affectent leur santé dans leurs zones de résidence. Elles pourront ainsi repérer leurs propres ...
Beyond Silent Spring: Integrated Pest Management and Chemical Safety
(Chapman & Hall, 1996)
More than 32 years ago, Rachel Carson's Silent Spring appeared upon the scene as a landmark of literary achievement which contributed greatly to the foundation of the modern environmental movement. Rachel Carson had designed ...
Bioenergy and the Environment. Westview Special Studies in Natural Resources and Energy Management
(Westview Press, 1990)
This book concentrates on the environmental impacts of the more important bioenergy systems. In order to explain those, some discussion of the various bioenergy processes was necessary. However, the book is not meant to ...
Children and the Environment - The State of the Environment 1990
(1990)
This report, issued as a joint contribution by UNEP and UNICEF, summarizes how children have been affected by environmental changes, and vice versa - and what can be done. Time is running out - but it is not yet too late.
Environmental Impact Assessment: An Analysis of the Methodological and Substantive Issues Affecting Human Health Considerations - MARC Report Number 41
(1987)
A principal mission of the World Health Organization (WHO) is the promotion of procedures and approaches to planning by governments that can contribute to the improvement of the standard of human health. One of the major ...
Cadmium in the European Community: A Prospective Assessment of Sources, Human Exposure and Environmental Impact – MARC Report Number 26
(1982)
This study quantifies the sources of cadmium in the European Community (EC), reviews the concentrations found in the physical environment and its biotic components, and assesses current and future human exposure in the ...
The State of the Environment 1980: Selected Topics
(1980)
The present annual state of the environment report deals with five topics of international significance selected by the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme at its seventh session: carbon dioxide ...
The State of the Environment 1986: Environment and Health
(1986)
This report aims to show that the achievement of sustained development, the promotion of health, and the rational use of the environmental resources are absolutely inseparable. Disregard one and, sooner or later, the other ...