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Regional Overview of Environmental Problems and Priorities Affecting the Coastal and Marine Resources of the Wider Caribbean Region - CEP Technical Report 02
(1989)
The purpose of this regional overview is to highlight problems and issues of regional concern in order that they will be considered in the preparation of a long-term strategy for the development of the Caribbean Environment ...
Assessment of the Economic Impacts of Hurricane Gilbert on Coastal and Marine Resources in Jamaica - CEP Technical Report 04
(1989)
This report was originally designed as the first compilation of data and professional opinions on the effects of hurricanes on a wide range of coastal and marine resources in Jamaica. It is intended as a framework for more ...
Implications of Climate Changes in the Wider Caribbean Region - CEP Technical Report 03
(1989)
This report presents a study emphasizing the marine and coastal environments of the Wider Caribbean Region and the implications brought on by climate change. The study has a scope limited to a sailor’s view of the coastline, ...
The Action Plan for the Caribbean Environment Programme: Evaluation of Its Development and Achievements (1976-1987) - CEP Technical Report 01
(1989)
The present document constitutes an in-depth evaluation of the Action Plan for the Caribbean Environment Programme. It covers the preparatory activities initiated in 1976 leading to its adoption in April 1981, and its ...
Chemical Analytic Methods of Trichothecene Mycotoxins: Basic Facts about Trichothecenes
(1984)
Among the toxins of microscopic fungi a significant place is occupied by trichothecene mycotoxins (trichothecenes) representing a group of chemically related compounds – derivatives of the 12, 13-apoxytrichothe-9-cene. ...
Childhood Exposure to Environmental Lead - MARC Report Number 34
(1986)
Considerable attention has been given to evaluating the significance of environmental pollution by lead. It has long been known that lead in sufficient quantities is a neurotoxin, but whether general environmental sources ...
Principles of Pesticide Toxicology
(1985)
This book discusses the goals and methods of modern pesticide toxicology and describes quantitative criteria needed to assess their toxicity and hazard to man. it emphasizes the cumulative effect of long-term exposure to ...
Computer Analysis for Environmental Biologists
(1987)
It is appropriate that a training course in computer based quantitative methods for environmental biologists be held at this time and it is especially appropriate that it be held in Singapore. For developing countries, ...
Combating Oil Pollution In The Kuwait Action Plan Region - United Nations Environment Programme Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 44
(1984)
This paper estimates that, during 1979, a total of about 144,000 metric tonnes of oil polluted the Kuwait Action Plan (KAP) Region and that, during the 10 years from 1980 to 1989, more than 1.5 million metric tonnes will ...
Conservation, Science and Society Volume 1: Contributions to the First International Biosphere Reserve Congress, Minsk, Byelorussia/USSR, 26 September - 2 October 1983
(1983)
The First International Biosphere Reserve Congress was held in Minsk, Byelorussia/USSR on 26 September to 2 October 1983 and was jointly organised by Unesco and UNEP, in cooperation with FAO and IUCN, to review the experience ...