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Occupational Exposure to Elemental Mercury in Odontology/Dentistry
(2012)Mercury is recognized as harmful to human health and the environment. It is highly toxic to humans and may harm vital organ systems, including the nervous, digestive, respiratory, renal, and immune systems. As a result, ... -
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Ocean Policies and Institutional Arrangements for Cross-sectoral Cooperation: Case studies for achieving Sustainable Development Goals - UNEP Regional Seas Report and Studies No. 204
(2017)The case studies include: i) Delivering the Mediterranean Strategy for Sustainable Development 2016-2025 through a highly inclusive process to transpose Agenda 2030 and its sustainable development goals at the regional ... -
Ocean wonderland: teachers resource guide
(UNEP, 2003)Ocean Wonderland a 3D underwater movie shot in large format on Australia's Great Barrier Reef and in the Bahamas. The film's goal is to underline the crucial ecological role of coral reefs, and the fact that they are endangered. -
Oceania: Actions Taken by Governments to Improve Air Quality
(2017)This report summarises ten actions being undertaken in the sub-region to improve air quality. In selecting these ten actions, consideration was given to their replicability, global appropriateness to address particular air ... -
Oceans and Coastal Policy - Global Environment Outlook (GEO-6): Healthy Planet, Healthy People Chapter 14
(2019)The impacts of human activities on the oceans have serious social and economic implications, which directly and indirectly affect human health and well-being. As noted in chapter 7 of this report, impacts of great concern ... -
Oceans and Coasts - Global Environment Outlook (GEO-6): Healthy Planet, Healthy People Chapter 7
(2019)Oceans have many uses, and there are too many linkages among marine ecosystems and between the land and adjacent seas to review them all in this chapter. The First Global Integrated Marine Assessment (A/RES/70/235; Inniss ... -
Oceans: Marine Pollution: Keep the Oceans Clean - SDG Policy Brief No. 001
(2017)Marine pollution is the result of deliberate or accidental discharge of untreated wastewater, dumping of solid wastes and other polluted runoff from a variety of land-based activities directly into our rivers and coastal ... -
ODS import export licensing systems resource module
(UNEP, 1998)The objective of this Resource Module is to assist CEITs governments in the design and establishment of import/export licensing systems and in the implementation or improvement. It is primarily written for government ... -
ODS import export licensing systems, resource module phasing out ODS in developing countries
(UNEP, 1998)This publication provides a tool to conduct training for the National Ozone Unit, Customs and relevant Government bodies on how to design and establish national import/export licensing systems for ozone-depleting substances ... -
ODYSSEA - Operating a Network of Integrated Observatory Systems in the Mediterranean Sea
(2018)https://www.unenvironment.org/explore-topics/environmental-governance -
OECD Environmental Performance Reviews: Belgium
(Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), 2007)The principal aim of the OECD’s Environmental Performance Reviews programme is to help member countries improve their individual and collective performances in environmental management. Environmental performance is assessed ... -
OECD-FAO Agricultural outlook 2016-2025
(OECD/FAO, 2016)The twelfth joint edition of the OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook provides market projections to 2025 for major agricultural commodities, biofuels and fish. The 2016 report contains a special feature on the prospects for, and ... -
OECD-FAO Agricultural outlook 2016-2025
(OECD/FAO, 2016)The twelfth joint edition of the OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook provides market projections to 2025 for major agricultural commodities, biofuels and fish. The 2016 report contains a special feature on the prospects for, and ... -
OECD-FAO Agricultural outlook 2016-2025
(OECD/FAO, 2016)The twelfth joint edition of the OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook provides market projections to 2025 for major agricultural commodities, biofuels and fish. The 2016 report contains a special feature on the prospects for, and ... -
OECD-FAO Agricultural outlook 2016-2025
(OECD/FAO, 2016)The twelfth joint edition of the OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook provides market projections to 2025 for major agricultural commodities, biofuels and fish. The 2016 report contains a special feature on the prospects for, and ... -
OECD/UNEP Global PFC Group Synthesis Paper on Per- and Polyfluorinated Chemicals (PFCs)
(2013)The objective of this document is to provide an overview of the current understanding of PFASs, particularly long-chain PFASs, regarding their major historical and current uses, scientific information about their relevance ... -
Oil Palm Plantations: Threats and Opportunities for Tropical Ecosystems - UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) - December 2011
(2011)An international commodity used for food, household and industrial purposes, oil palm is cultivated on approximately 15 million ha worldwide. As global demand for palm oil is expected to double by 2020, researchers have ... -
Oil Pollution and its Control in the East Asian Seas Region - UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 96
(1988)The control of pollution by oil in the marine environment is based on the knowledge of the pathways and fate of this substance upon entering the sea. The fate and pathways of oil are largely governed by the physical processes ...
