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Sustainable financing for protected areas: a comparison of parastatal and state-funded conservation agencies in Africa and the Caribbean
(UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 1996)
An alternative to the dependence on governments for conservation funding is offered by parastatal protected area agencies. A parastatal protected area agency is a semi-autonomous organization that receives a yearly grant ...
Monitoring Ambient Air Quality for Health Impact Assessment
(WHO, 1999)
This publication can assist national and local agencies responsible for protecting public health from the adverse effects of ambient air pollution and for monitoring ambient air quality. It continues a series of monographs ...
Climate Change 1995 - A Report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
(Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), 1995)
This report presents a comprehensive assessment of current scientific understanding of human influences on past, present and future climate. This report forms the standard scientific reference for all those concerned with ...
GESAMP: Atmospheric Transport of Contaminants into the Mediterranean Region - UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 68
(1985)
At the request of the contracting parties of the convention for the protection of the Mediterranean Sea against pollution, the WMO led GESAMP working group on the Interchange of Pollutants between the atmosphere and the ...
Implications of Expected Climate Changes in the South Pacific Region: Overview. UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 128.
(UNEP, 1990)
In spite of the uncertainties surrounding the predicted climate changes, greenhouse gases seem to have accumulated in the atmosphere to such a level that the changes may have started already and their continuation may now ...
World Plant Conservation Bibliography
(UNEP, 1990)
The present collaborative bibliography provides points of reference for those interested in conservation action or theory, in both richer, more studied countries with extensive plant conservation literatures and poorer ...
Global solar UV index: a practical guide
(WHO, 1995)
The Global Solar UV Index (UVI) described in this document was developed in an international effort by WHO in collaboration with WMO, UNEP and ICNIRP
State of the Environment Report - Western Samoa
(South Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), 1993)
This document represents a concise but nevertheless comprehensive report on the State of Environment in Western Samoa. The report summarises the current state of knowledge about the environment of Western Samoa.
State of the Environment Report - The Federated States of Micronesia
(The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), 1993)
This report reviews the past and present status of natural resources and their uses and indicates what trends are occurring to determinc future resource uses and impacts of uses. It suggests possible priorities for ...
State of Environment Report - Tuvalu
(South Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), 1993)
This State of the Environment Report describes the environmental issues in Tuvalu and provides a background and context for the government in its next task of preparing the National Environmental Management Strategy (NEMS). ...