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A Directory of Environmentally Sound Technologies for the Integrated Management of Solid Liquid and Hazardous Waste for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the Indian, Mediterranean and Atlantic Region
(United Nations Environment Programme, 1999)
This directory has been prepared, to identify and describe ESTs which are suited to the environmental, economic, climatic, cultural, and social context of the IMA/SIDS Region. This directory is structured around 7 separate ...
Developing Baseline Estimates of Mercury Use in Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining Communities: A Practical Guide
(2015)
This guide is an educational and training document that can be used as a practical introduction to conducting baseline estimates of mercury use in artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) communities.
Environmental Training Course for Employers' Organisations - Module 5: Pollution Prevention Pays
(1980)
Environmental protection often Involves Costs to the enterprise. In the first four units, we have analysed the reasons why these costs must be accepted, how to minimize them, how to anticipate and plan for effective ...
Toxicology in the Classroom: Understanding Chemicals Risks to Human Health and the Environment - Children's Edition
(2012)
The project aims to raise awareness and educate young schoolchildren on the adverse effects of hazardous chemicals. This book aims to provide basic understanding of chemical risks. It is illustrated with easy-to-understand ...
Interim Guidelines on the Hazardous Characteristic H12-Ecotoxic Basel Convention Series/SBC No. 2003/4
(2003)
The present document proposes criteria for the ecotoxicological hazard of wastes. It is an aim of the Basel Convention that the management and transboundary movement of hazardous waste are consistent with the protection ...
Standardized Toolkit for Identification and Quantification of Dioxin and Furan Releases - First Edition
(2003)
This Toolkit is a methodology to help countries just developing their inventories to estimate releases of PCDD/PCDF and also leads them through the process of how to enhance and refine these inventories. The Toolkit’s goal ...
A Guide to Cooperation on the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions
(2004)
This short booklet briefly outlines various concrete and practical ways of achieving the desired synergies. It is based on a series of regional and sub-regional workshops organized by UNEP for convention focal points.
Responsible Production Training Package: Trainers support package on Responsible Production and Chemical Hazard Management for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises
(2009)
The package is intending at raising awareness to chemical hazards and risks, and to the benefits of systematical chemical safety management, within a value-chain approach. For teaching the factual knowledge base of the ...