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Atlas of Our Changing Environment: Arab Region
(UNEP, 2013)Increasingly, and through satellite images, we see stark evidence of the impact human activities are having on the planet. Viewing the Earth from this remarkable range and scale allows us to better comprehend the environmental ... -
Atlas of Our Changing Environment: Zambia
(UNEP, 2013)The Zambia Atlas of Our Changing Environment is one way of increasing awareness on environmental trends and is a call to all for improved management of our natural resources. The Atlas aims at providing scientifically-based ... -
Atlas of Rwanda's Changing Environment - Implications for Climate Change Resilience
(Rwanda Environment Management Authority, 2011)The Atlas of Rwanda's Changing Environment is a visual account of Rwanda's state of natural resources revealed through maps, current and historical satellite images, aerial and ground photographs as well as narrative based ... -
Atmospheric Brown Clouds: Emission Inventory Manual
(2013)Atmospheric brown clouds (ABCs) are widespread layers of regional scale plumes of air pollution consisting of a mixture of anthropogenic sulfate, nitrate, organics, black carbon, dust, and fly ash particles. Recent scientific ... -
Atmospheric Pathways of Sulphur Compounds: A General Report - MARC Report Number 7
(1978)This report broadly reviews the atmospheric transport of sulphur compounds on a regional scale. It lists estimates of present global emissions and summarizes present knowledge concerning transport models needed to estimate ... -
Atrazine Health and Safety Guide - Health and Safety Guide No. 47
(1990)The first three sections of this Health and Safety Guide present essential technical information and the hazard evaluation. Section 4 includes advice on preventive and protective measures and emergency action; health workers ... -
Auditing the Implementation of Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs): A Primer for Auditors
(2010-10)This publication underscores that environmental audits, such as those conducted by Supreme Audit Institutions (SAI) can and do play a crucial and vital role with regard to the implementation of MEAs and can evaluate whether ... -
Australia: State of the Environment Report 2011 In Brief
(2011)The Australia state of the environment 2011 report was prepared by an independent committee using a range of best available information to support assessments of environmental condition, pressures, management effectiveness, ... -
AUTO – AVALIAÇÃO DAS CAPACIDADES NACIONAIS PARA A GESTAO GLOBAL AMBIENTAL - PERFIL TEMÁTICO NA ÁREA DAS MUDANÇAS CLIMÁTICAS
(Ministério do Ambiente e Agricultura, 2006)As Mudanças Climáticas foram reconhecidas pela primeira vez como um problema maior e de envergadura mundial em 1979, durante a primeira conferência climática organizada em Genéve pela Organização Meteorológica Mundial ... -
AUTO – AVALIAÇÃO DAS CAPACIDADES NACIONAIS PARA A GESTÃO GLOBAL AMBIENTAL - PERFIL TEMÁTICO NA ÁREA DA CONSERVAÇÃO DA BIODIVERSIDADE
(MINISTÉRIO DO AMBIENTE E AGRICULTURA, 2006)Uma viagem retrospectiva ao conceito de desenvolvimento sustentável conduz-nos, ate dois eventos marcantes da história: Maurice Strong, quem enquanto Secretario Geral da Conferencia de Stockholm, em 1972, introduziu o termo ... -
Availability of Biodiversity Information for East Africa
(UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 1992)The project AvailabUity of Biodiversity Information for East Africa came about in response to the need for a systematic review of the data holdings for the region in support of conservation and sustainable development. ... -
Avancer grâce aux technologies pour l’eco-innovation - Résumé
(2017)Executive summary of the report 'Moving Ahead with Technology for Eco-innovation': As part of the Eco-innovation project, this report aims to inform about technological aspects of eco-innovation emphasizing the role of ... -
Avian Influenza and the environment: an ecohealth perspective
(UNEP, 2006)This report argues for a balanced approach: taking the necessary steps to restore healthy human-dominated ecosystems and wild ecosystems as major strategies for reducing human health vulnerabilities to avian influenza. The ... -
Aviation and the Global Atmosphere
(Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), 2008)This report provides accurate, unbiased, policy-relevant information to serve the aviation industry and the expert and policymaking communities. This report considers gases and particles such as carbon dioxide, methane and ... -
Avoiding Future Famines : Strengthening the Ecological Foundation of Food Security through Sustainable Food Systems - A UNEP Synthesis Report
(UNEP, 2012)The report provides detailed analysis of the many factors threatening the world’s food supplies and its ability to continue to generate calories and proteins in the 21st century. It also provides a series of forward-looking ... -
Awards for improving the coastal environment: the blue flag example
(UNEP, 2006)This publication describes how tourism can be better integrated with the coastal environment through an award scheme that has done much to improve environmental awareness in coastal areas. The first part of the publication ... -
Awards for Improving the Coastal Environment: The Example of the Blue Flag
(1996)This publication describes one way in which tourism is being better integrated with the coastal environment: the European Blue Flag campaign. Now a decade old, the Blue Flag campaign is an award system in which European ... -
Awareness Creation and Capacity Building on Ecolabelling for the Agricultural Sector - South Africa
(2017)The objective of the project is to build capacity to ensure policy support for Eco labelling, equip producers/service providers with relevant skills for effective implementation of Eco labelling practices and establish ... -
Azerbaijan Country Report: EEA
(European Environment Agency (EEA), 2011)This report reflects the current State of Play and future development needs of the three SEIS components – inter-institutional cooperation, content and infrastructure – and identifies the country’s capacity for taking SEIS ... -
Azerbaijan Environmental Performance Reviews: Second Review
(United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), 2011)This is the second EPR of Azerbaijan to be published by UNECE. The review takes stock of the progress made by Azerbaijan in the management of its environment since the country was first reviewed in 2003. It assesses the ...
