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Air quality guidelines - global update 2005
(WHO, 2006)
The WHO air quality guidelines offer guidance on reducing the effects on health of air pollution. This book presents revised guideline values for the four most common air pollutants - particulate matter, ozone, nitrogen ...
Tools and methods for integrated resource planning
(UNEP, 2002)
This book resulted from the recognition of the need to the systematic teaching and training material on energy efficiency, end-use analysis, demand side management and integrated resource planning.
Methodological and technological issues in technology transfer
(UNEP, 2000)
Summary for policy makers to Methodological and Technological Issues in Technology Transfer.
Guidelines for the Establishment of Environmental Quality Objectives and Targets in the Coastal Zone of the Western Indian Ocean (WIO) Region
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), 2009)
This report describes the main ecotones of the WIO region and reviews the pressures on these ecosystems, with emphasis on those arising from land-based activities. The sensitivity of these ecotones and key species which ...
Desk study on the environment in Iraq
(UNEP, 2003)
This Desk Study has been prepared by UNEP as a contribution to tackling the immediate post-conflict humanitarian situation in Iraq, and the subsequent rebuilding of the country's shattered infrastructure, economy and ...
Checklist of CITES Species 2003
(UNEP, 2003)
This edition of the Checklist of CITES Species takes into account the amendments of the CITES Appendices and the changes in nomenclature adopted at the 12th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CITES ( Santiago 2002 ...
A guide to world resources 2002-2004: decisions for the earth
(UNEP, 2002)
In this issue of World Resources, we focus on environmental governance—the processes and institutions we use to make decisions about the environment. Our four organizations endorse the Monterrey Consensus, which contains ...
The State of the Worlds Indigenous Peoples
(United Nations(UN), 2009)
The United Nations is commonly seen as one of humankinds’ most ambitious projects, striving to attain human rights, development and peace and security for all. In many ways, the ambitious, lofty nature of its goals is both ...
Review of small cetaceans: distribution, behaviour, migration and threats. Regional Seas reports and studies no. 177
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2005)
This reference book is intended for experts in the field of marine biology, students, and conservationists as well as for interested laypersons. No comparable encyclopedia on whales has been published so far. With the ...
Handbook on the implementation of conventions related to biological diversity
(UNEP, 2000)
Biodiversity Implementation handbook