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European plants in peril: a review of threatened plants in the European Community (1989)
(UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 1989)
This booklet draws attention to the problems of habitat loss or degradation within the territory of the European Community and presents a selection of those plant species which are, as a consequence, under threat. It ...
The Action Plan for the Caribbean Environment Programme: Evaluation of its Development and Achievements - UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No.109
(1989)
This document constitutes an in-depth evaluation of the action plan for the caribbean environment programme. It covers the preparatory activities initiated in the 1976 leading to its adoption in April 1981 and imlementation
Coastal and Marine Environmental Problems of the United Republic of Tanzania. UNEP Regional Seas and Reports No. 106
(UNEP, 1989)
This report consists of summary describing specific coastal and marine environmental problems in the United Republic of Tanzania such as coral reefs destruction, mangroves cutting, fisheries over-exploitation and unnecessary ...
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 ...
Action on the Environment: The role of the United Nations
(1989)
This pamphlet is meant to explain briefly how the UN system operates as regards the environment, and to put those opera-tions into perspective in terms of the rapidly changing percep-tions of what 'environmental action' ...
Amélioration des conditions d’hygiène de l’environnement dans les habitats pour faibles revenus: Comment définir besoins et priorités au niveau communautaire
(1989)
La présente publication se propose d'aider les communautés a se procurer des informations sur les facteurs écologiques qui affectent leur santé dans leurs zones de résidence. Elles pourront ainsi repérer leurs propres ...
Assessment of the Economic Impacts of Hurricane Gilbert on Coastal and Marine Resources in Jamaica. CEP Technical Report No. 4
(Caribbean Environment Programme, 1989)
Hurricane Gilbert struck Jamaica on 12th September 1988, causing loss of life and considerable property damage. The Government and the scientific community acted quickly to establish several working groups to assess the ...
Assessment of Organotin Compounds as Marine Pollutants in the Mediterranean. MAP Technical Series No. 33
(1989)
The Mediterranean States meeting in Barcelona in 1975, adopted an Action Plan for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea against pollution. The legal framework for this co-operative regional programme is the Convention ...
Biogeochemical Cycles of Specific Pollutants (Activity K)
(United Nations Environment Programme, 1989)
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) convened an Intergovernmental Meeting on the Protection of the Mediterranean (Barcelona, 28 January - 4 February 1975), which was attended by representatives of 16 States ...
A Coast in Common: an Introduction to the Eastern African Action Plan
(1989)
The coastline of Eastern Africa is an area of great physical beauty, rich in living resources. Palm fringed beaches of white coral sand lead down to tranquil lagoons enclosed by spectacular coral reefs with their wealth ...