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Radar Design for Determining the Strength of Tropical Cyclones in the Bay of Bengal : MARC Report Number 6
(1977)An especially severe and recurring natural disaster is the tropical cyclone particularly as affecting the land surrounding the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea. A particularly well documented case there was the cyclone ... -
Radiation: Doses, Effects, Risks
(1985)Few scientific issues arouse so much public controversy as the effects of radiation. Scarcely a week seems to go by in developed countries without some expression of public feeling— and, as some developing Countries advance ... -
Radiation: Doses, Effects, Risks - 2nd Edition
(1991)Few scientific issues arouse so much public controversy as the effects of radiation. Scarcely a week seems to go by in developed countries without some expression of public feeling— and, as some developing Countries advance ... -
Radiation: Effects and sources
(2016)This publication is based on the major scientific reports of the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) published in the last 25 years and aims to expand public knowledge on levels ... -
Radioactivity in the South Pacific - UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 40
(1984)This Report is the outcome of the Technical Group's efforts. The Report can be said to have three overall objectives: (i) to provide the general reader with some basic information needed to understand the scientific issues ... -
Radiofrequency and Microwaves - Environmental Health Criteria 16
(1981)Microwave and radiofrequency (RE) radiation constitute part of the whole electromagnetic spectrum. This document is concerned with frequencies lying between 105 and 3 × 1011 Hz (100 kHz and 300 GHz). The term radiofrequency ... -
Rain and Storm Water Harvesting for Additional Water Supply in Rural Areas - Expert Group Meeting 30 October - 2 November 1979
(1979)This document summarizes discussions held on reports of rain and storm water harvesting in Africa, Europe, Central America, Asia, the Middle East, China, Australia and the Pacific, by a group of consultants of the United ... -
Rain Forest Regeneration and Management
(1988)Some two weeks after the formal opening of the dam, Guri was the venue for an international workshop on rain forest regeneration and management. The workshop was concerned with the interface between research and management ... -
Rainwater harvesting : a lifeline for human well-being
(UNEP, 2009)This publication highlights the link between rainwater harvesting, ecosystems and human wellbeing and draws the attention of readers to both the negative and positive aspects of using this technology and how the negative ... -
Rainwater Utilization for the World's People - Proceedings Volume 2
(1995)This paper deals with the semi-and region of Brazil. About 12 % of Brazil's surface is semi-arid land. It is mostly covered with tree and shrub vegetation, called "Caatinga", and located in the Northeast of the country, ... -
Rainwater Utilization for the World's People- Proceedings Volume 1
(1995)This paper presents the role of RWCS in 21st century water management with viewpoints from the public and private sectors reflecting social, economic, environmental, and institutional concerns. In addition, this paper ... -
Raising Awareness
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Raising Awareness
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Raising Awareness about the Need for Lead Paint Laws
(2019)Presentation at the Sub-regional workshop on lead paint elimination for Central Asia and Eastern Europe -
Raising Awareness of Climate Change: A Handbook for Government Focal Points
(2006)UNEP has prepared this 'handbook for government focal points' by drawing on a recent series of UN-sponsored workshops and its own experience in supporting outreach activities. The handbook gathers together a range of ... -
Raising Awareness of Target Stakeholders aimed at Promoting Actions on Eliminating Lead Paint
(2019)Presentation at the Sub-regional workshop on lead paint elimination for Central Asia and Eastern Europe -
Raising Awareness to Support Governments
(2019)Presentation at the Sub-regional workshop on lead paint elimination for Central Asia and Eastern Europe -
Raising the Bar - Advancing Environmental Disclosure in Sustainability Reporting
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2015)This global cross-sector report assesses the environmental dimension of sustainability reporting and provides recommendations to make environmental reporting relevant to all stakeholders. It analyses what the key and most ... -
Rally for Rivers: A Movement to Revitalize India’s Dying Rivers
(2019)Supported by 162 million people, RfR is the largest ecological movement in the world, offering a sustainable long-term solution to water flow depletion. Six Indian states have signed MoUs with Isha Foundation to implement ... -
The Ramped, Vegetated and Healthy Slopes Enable us to Grow Our Food and Protect Our Village from Landslides and Flooding: Haiti - Success Story
(2022-10)Since 2019, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in-collaboration with Partners for Resilience (PfR) have developed and implemented scalable Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction (Eco-DRR) models, working ...
