Browsing Publications and Documents by Subject "LAKES"
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The Changing Aral Sea - Foresight Brief No. 003 October 2017
(2017)The Aral Sea was once the world’s fourth largest inland lake. Its hydrological balance is strongly determined by inflows from the Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers which are fed by glacial melt waters from the southwestern ... -
Compendium of Environmental Laws of African Countries Volume VIII: Sectoral Environmental Laws and Regulations
(1998)The Compendium of Environmental Laws of African Countries was published for the first time in 1996. The 1996 Edition of the Compendium is produced in about four volumes. The first volume contains the framework environmental ... -
Data Book of the World Lake Environments: A Survey of the State of the State of World Lakes
(1987)This data book is the major output from a joint ILEC/UNEP project. Survey of the State of World Lakes. The International Lake Environment Committee (ILEC) and the Lake Biwa Research Institute (LBRI) are jointly responsible ... -
Data Book of World Lake Environments: A Survey of the State of World Lakes (1991 Report)
(1991)This is the fourth report from the Joint ILEC/UNEP project "Survey of the State of World Lakes", compiling geographical, limnological, socio-economic and environmental data on 38 lakes and reservoirs from Mongolia, Russia, ... -
Diagnostic Analysis of the Lake Xingkai/Khanka Basin (People's Republic of China and Russian Federation)
(2001)Lake Xingkai/Khanka is the largest freshwater lake in Northeast Asia, located on the border between the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation. Its basin is a part of the WusulifUssuri-Heilong/Amur basin. ... -
Guidelines of Lake Management Volume 2: Socio-Economic Aspects of Lake Reservoir Management
(1989)Contents: Utilization of Water Resources and Problems of Lake Management / T. Kira; Understanding of the state of the lake environment from a socio-cultural perceptive - an example of Lake Biwa, Japan / Y. Kada; Profile ... -
Guidelines of Lake Management Volume 3: Lake Shore Management
(1990)The scope of this book is to demonstrate the importance of the lake shore in a holistic lake management framework and discuss how the ecotone between lake and land can be maintained as an effective protection zone for the ... -
Guidelines of Lake Management Volume 7: Biomanipulation in Lakes and Reservoirs Management
(1995)This volume of the ILEC/UNEP guideline book series offers a general introduction to the role of biomanipulation in lake management with emphasis on the control of excessive algal growth in lakes suffering from eutrophication. ... -
Guidelines of Lake Management Volume 9: Reservoir Water Quality Management
(1999)This book was designed for use by anyone who is interested in reservoir water quality. The book specifically stresses reservoirs as opposed to lakes, however, reservoirs and lakes have much in common and reservoirs are ... -
International Waters of the Middle East: From Euphrates-Tigris to Nile - Water Resources Management Series 2
(Oxford University Press, 1994)This book studies the three major river basins and address the many difficulties faced by countries in this region. While political differences often stand in the way of cooperation between countries, the contributors to ... -
Lake Urmia: Signs of Recovery - Foresight Brief No. 004 - November 2017
(2017)Lake Urmia, located in a mountainous region between the provinces of East and West Azerbaijan in northwestern Iran is one of the country’s most important ecosystems. Recent indications are that the lake is recovering. The ... -
Nile River Basin: Nile Basin Adaptation to Water Stress: Comprehensive Assessment of Flood & Drought Prone Areas
(2015)This report is a contribution to the UNEP project “Adapting to climate change induced water stress in the Nile River Basin”. It summarises the technical developments and assessments carried out under Work package WP1.1 ... -
The Pollution of Lakes and Reservoirs -UNEP Environment Library No. 12
(1994)This publication documents the state of the world's lakes and reservoirs, and suggests ways of managing them better. It insists that good management of the world's lakes and reservoirs depends on people understanding the ... -
Saving Lake Faguibine - Foresight Brief No. 001 - August 2017
(2017)The Faguibine system, located in the Tombouktou region in Mali is a series of five interlinked lakes (Télé, Takara, Gouber, Kamango and Faguibine). In the late 19th century the floodplain extended over an area of 1,000 ... -
The State of the Environment 1976
(1976)The report is based upon the viewpoints expressed in discussions with various members of the scientific communities on emerging environmental problems of wide international significance keeping in view the decisions of the ... -
Sustainable Consumption and Production Action Plan for the Industrial Sector in Lebanon 2015: SCP National Action Plan - SwitchMed Programme
(2015)The SCP approach holds ‘life cycle thinking’ at its core. It involves considering and understanding the environmental and social impacts that a product, service or solution causes at each stage of its lifecycle, from the ... -
Transboundary lakes and reservoirs: Status and future trends - Volume 2: Lake basins and reservoirs
(2016)This document - volume 2 summary for policy makers - highlights the main findings a global baseline assessment of 204 transboundary lake and reservoirs, including delineation of their basins, and identifies 53 threats to ... -
Uganda Wetlands Atlas - Volume I
(Ministry of Water and Environment, Uganda, 2015)This publication has been driven by the need to address the rising concerns about the impact of human activities on wetlands in Uganda, particularly those around the Kampala metropolitan area. This visual portrayal is ... -
Uganda Wetlands Atlas - Volume II
(Ministry of Water and Environment, Uganda, 2016)Wetlands underpin the livelihoods of people and their integrity is fundamental to national development. The Uganda Wetlands Atlas, Volume II presents a comprehensive overview of the state and pressures on the wetlands in ... -
Water Quality of World River Basins: Global Environment Monitoring System (GEMS) - UNEP Environment Library No. 14
(1995)The Water Quality of World River Basins selectively summarizes data contributed by countries participating in the GEMS/WATER Programme over the period 1976-90. The book also includes information gathered from many other ...