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Air and Water Pollution: Sources of Information and Bibliography
(United Nations Environment Programme, 1989)
This bibliography covers the preliminary aspects of information gathering, the policy and legal aspects of decision-making, and the technical choices regarding treatment and disposal. Within each topic a selection of ...
Aluminum Industry and the Environment: Seminar Papers and Documents
(United Nations Environment Programme, 1975)
From the first session of the UNEP Governing Council, held in June 1973, the importance of environmental issues associated with industrial development was recognized and a programme of activities on environmental problems ...
Biogeochemical Studies of Selected Pollutants in the Open Waters of the Mediterranean (MED POL VIII): Final Reports of Principal Investigators
(1986)
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), in co-operation with the relevant specialized United Nations Agencies (FAQ, WHO, WMO, IOC), presented to the Intergovernmental Meeting of Mediterranean countries (Barcelona, ...
Case Studies on Tailings Management
(1998)
With the cooperation of a large number of experts, ICME has compiled this collection of case studies of tailings management practices in operations in many parts of the world. The first section provides the reader with an ...
A Guide to Tailings Dams and Impoundments: Design, Construction, Use and Rehabilitation
(1996)
The design of sate tailings dams is discussed in detail and the control and ope-rational procedures necessary during the protracted construction of tailings dams are described. Many things can change during the construction ...
Cleaner Production Worldwide - Volume II
(1995)
Cleaner production is a broad term that encompasses the concepts of waste minimization, waste avoidance, pollution prevention and other similar terms. It includes initiatives such as better management and housekeeping, ...
Economic Instruments for Environmental Management: A Worldwide Compendium of Case Studies. Environmental Economics Series No. 25
(1998)
One of the most striking features of this collection of case studies is the diversity of environmental problems which have been targetted by these policy instruments, including air and water pollution, packaging, deforestation, ...
Economic Impact of the Effects of Pollution on the Coastal Fisheries of the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico Regions of the United States of America - FAO Fisheries Technical Paper No.172
(1977)
This report reviews and evaluates the economic impact on the fisheries of the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts of the United States of other human activities. Four types of impact were considered: production of oil and ...
Lead: Environmental Aspects - Environmental Health Criteria 85
(1989)
Lead is a bluish or silvery-grey soft metal. With the exception of the nitrate, the chlorate, and, to a much lesser degree, the chloride, the salts of lead are poorly soluble in water.This document, although based on a ...
2, 4 - Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid (2,4-d): Environmental Aspects - Environmental Health Criteria 84
(1989)
2,4-D is a selective herbicide which kills broad-leaved plants but not grasses or conifers. Its chemical structure is a modification of a
naturally occurring plant hormone. 2,4-D is available as the free acid but is ...