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UNEP: A Partner in the Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity - IV Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity
(1998-05-15)
IV Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity
Environmental Quality Criteria for Coastal Zones in the Wider Caribbean Region: a Compilation - CEP Technical Report No. 14
(1992)
The purpose of this document is to contribute to the process of development of an environmental quality criteria to scientifically address the ecological, cultural and socio-economic conditions of the Wider Caribbean region, ...
Hepatic Mixed Function Oxidase Induction in Fish as an Environmental Monitoring Technique - Reference Methods For Marine Pollution Studies No. 60
(1992)
This Reference Method was designed to provide the user with reliable techniques for the determination of certain specific biological effects of chemical contaminants. This is the first in a series of techniques which are ...
Implications of Expected Climate Change in the Eastern African Region: An Overview - UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 149
(1992)
This paper reviews the results of a series of papers prepared by members of the Task Team on Implications of Climate Changes in the Eastern African Region, in cooperation with the Oceans and Coastal Areas Programme Activity ...
Integrated Coastal Area and River Basin Management: ICARM Technical Report Series No. 1
(1997)
This paper intends to explore the relationship of integrated coastal zone management and river basin management. To achieve this it is necessary to investigate the characteristics if coastal areas and river basins and their ...
A Review of the Geology of Coral Reefs in the Red Sea. UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 152
(1992)
This review has been written in response to the rapid expansion of work on Red Sea reefs over the last two decades, and is an attempt to summarise our present-day knowledge about the kinds of reefs known in the Red Sea, ...
Assessment of the Economic Impacts of Hurricane Gilbert on Coastal and Marine Resources in Jamaica. UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 110
(1990)
Hurricane Gilbert struck Jamaica on 12th September 1988, causing loss of life and considerable property damage. Government and the scientific community acted quickly to establish several working groups to assess the damage ...
Technical Annexes to the Report on the State of the Marine Environment - UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 114/1
(1990)
This publication contains 16 technical annexes which were used in preparing the report on the state of the marine environment.
Infoterra: 15 Years of Making a Difference - Exchange of Environmental Experience Series No. 4
(1992)
The series, entitled Exchange of Environmental Experience, grew out of a recognition that a great deal of valuable experience on the environment was being shared through the INFOTERRA network, and perhaps much of this ...
Our Common Seas: Coasts in Crisis
(1990)
Most of the world's population lives on or near the coasts. Every nation not completely landlocked has used the sea as its supposedly self-cleansing garbage dump. Now the effects are being felt. There is not a coast in the ...