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Action plan for the Caribbean environment programme - UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 26
(1993)
The principal objectives of the Action Plan are to assist the Governments of the region in minimizing environmental problems in the Wider Caribbean through assessment of the state of the environment and development activities ...
Acrylamide Health and Safety Guide
(World Health Organization, 1991)
The purpose of a Health and Safety Guide is to facilitate the application of these guidelines in national chemical safety programmes. The first three sections of a Health and Safety Guide highlight the relevant technical ...
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 ...
Beyond Silent Spring: Integrated Pest Management and Chemical Safety
(Chapman & Hall, 1996)
More than 32 years ago, Rachel Carson's Silent Spring appeared upon the scene as a landmark of literary achievement which contributed greatly to the foundation of the modern environmental movement. Rachel Carson had designed ...
Bioenergy and the Environment. Westview Special Studies in Natural Resources and Energy Management
(Westview Press, 1990)
This book concentrates on the environmental impacts of the more important bioenergy systems. In order to explain those, some discussion of the various bioenergy processes was necessary. However, the book is not meant to ...
Children and the Environment - The State of the Environment 1990
(1990)
This report, issued as a joint contribution by UNEP and UNICEF, summarizes how children have been affected by environmental changes, and vice versa - and what can be done. Time is running out - but it is not yet too late.
Development and Harmonization of Environmental Laws Volume 2 : Report on the Development and Harmonization of Environmental Standards in East Africa
(1999)
Environmental law is an essential tool for the governance and management of the environment and natural resources. It is the foundation of national and regional policies and actions to ensure that the use of natural resources ...
Development and Harmonization of Environmental Laws Volume 5 - Report on the Development and Harmonization of Laws on Toxic and Hazardous Chemicals
(1999)
Environmental law is an essential tool for the governance and management of the environment and natural resources. It is the foundation of national and regional policies and actions to ensure that the use of natural resources ...
Endosulfan - Environmental Health Criteria 40
(1984)
Technical endosulfan (6,7,8,9,10, 10-hexachloro-1,5,5a,6, 9,9a, hexahydro 6,9-methano-2,4,3-benodioxathiepin, 3-oxide) is a brown crystalline substance consisting of alpha- and beta-isomers in the ratio of approximately ...
Paraquat and Diquat - Environmental Health Criteria 39
(1984)
Paraquat (l,l'dimethyl, 4,4' bipyridyl) is a nor selective contact herbicide. It is produced in several countries including China, Province of Taiwan, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the USA, and it is used world-wide ...