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Global overview of the conservation of migratory Arctic breeding birds outside the Arctic
(CAFF, 1998)
This report focuses on migratory waterbirds that breed in Arctic, as defined by CAFF member states, and migrate to winter quarters outside CAFF countries. It investigates those international mechanisms (conventions, ...
Etat du milieu marin et littoral de la region mediterraneenne: MAP technical report series
(1996)
Etat du Milieu Marin et Littoral de la Region Mediterraneenne - MAP Technical Report Series No. 101.
GESAMP: Pollutant Modification of Atmospheric and Oceanic Processes and Climate: Some Aspects of the Problem - UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 117
(UNEP, 1990)
Regional Seas Reports and Studies to provide advice relating to the scientific aspects of marine pollution , to prepare periodic reviews and identify problems.
Cultural and spiritual values of biodiversity
(UNEP, 1999)
Weaving together philosophical, historical, legal, scientific and personal viewpoints, this book gives a rich sample of the vast web which makes up our cultural, spiritual and social diversity. The volume highlights the ...
APELL for Port Areas: preparedness and response to chemical accidents in ports
(UNEP, 1996)
This handbook sets out a procedure to enable decision-makers and technical personnel to improve community awareness of activities involving hazardous substances in port areas and to improve or create coordinated emergency ...
Tourism and Coastal Resources Degradation in the Wider Caribbean
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 1996)
This report of Tourism and Coastal Resources Degradation includes Island Resources Foundation’s assessment of the extent of coastal resource degradation due to tourism and recommends approaches to address this degradation ...
IUCN Directory of Protected Areas in Oceania
(International Union for Conservation ot Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN), 1990)
The islands of the Pacific conjure up visions of warmth, beauty and colour set in a vast ocean ... a paradise captured in words by James Michener and Oscar Hammerstein. This image perhaps accounts for the fact that, for ...
Ecologically sensitive sites in Africa. Volume 4: West Africa
(UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 1993)
This publication is made in response to requests from task managers in the Africa region who wanted to know the location and properties of the ecologically sensitive sites in Africa to which they could refer while implementing ...
Wildland fires and the environment: a global synthesis
(UNEP, 1999)
Fire has been an agent of disturbance for thousands of years. Forest and wildland fires have occurred long before the advent of humans, shaping landscape structure, pattern and ultimately the species composition of ecosystems. ...
Environmental Policy in Estonia
(European Parliament, 1998)
In terms of environmental policy, Estonia faces the problem of the legacy of the Soviet era and obsolete industries, while at the same time - in common with most of the CECs it has valuable and untouched natural areas. ...