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Caulerpa Taxifolia, a Growing Menace for the Temperate Marine Environment - Environment Alert Bulletin 1
(2004-01)For the first time in history, a genetically altered seaweed is colonising very large areas of the marine environment in an uncontrollable way. The green alga, mutated by exposure to chemicals and ultraviolet light, has ... -
Citizens’ Advisory Councils to Enhance Civil Society Oversight of Resource Industries - UNEP Perspectives No. 10
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2013)The establishment of Citizens’ Advisory Councils is fundamental to industry’s “social license to operate,” genuine corporate social responsibility, citizen empowerment, environmental justice, government legitimacy, and ... -
Climate change and sustainable development: views from the South
(UNEP, 2002)Kyoto protocol was always an imperfect and has been made all the more imperfect by the fact that world's largest polluter has decided to stay out of the consensus and those who have joined demanded and received changes ... -
Coastal Degradation Leaves the Caribbean in Troubled Waters - Environment Alert Bulletin 11
(2008-02)Recent assessments in the Caribbean indicate that suspended solids in the coastal and marine environment are already leading to severe environmental impacts in the region(a). Key economic sectors are threatened by sedimentation ... -
Cooling Keeps Food Fresh: World Refrigeration Day, 26 June 2022 - OzoNews Volume XXII
(2022-06-26)Cooling Keeps Food Fresh is a global campaign launched by The United Nations Environment Programme, OzonAction, Chefs4thePlanet, and Global Food Cold Chain Council, to celebrate World Refrigeration Day, June 26. The campaign ... -
Cyclone Phailin in India: Early Warning and Timely Actions Saved Lives: UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) - November 2013
(2013)This issue focuses on the lessons learned from Cyclone Phailin and how they can be applied to other disasters such as the recent Typhoon Haiyan. -
The Decommissioning of Nuclear Reactors and Related Environmental Consequences - UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) August 2011
(2011-08)A few decades ago, it was said that the debate on nuclear power had "reached an intensity unprecedented in the history of technology controversies" (Kitschelt 1986). However, the controversy over nuclear power has resurfaced ... -
Desertification Control Bulletin Number 12, 1985
(1985)Desertification Control is an international bulletin published at six-monthly intervals by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to disseminate information and knowledge on desertification problems and to present ... -
Desertification Control Bulletin Number 13, 1986: A Bulletin of World Events in the Control of Desertification Restoration of Degraded Lands and Reforestation
(1986)In this issue: Satellite remote sensing of desert spatial extent; Desertification in Botswana: progress towards a viable monitoring system; Soil at risk; Combating desertification in Zimbabwe; Desertification in India: ... -
Desertification Control Bulletin Number 14 1987: A Bulletin of World Events in the Control of Desertification Restoration of Degraded Lands and Reforestation
(1987)In this issue: Shifting Sands and Human Sorrow: Social response to drought and desertification; Camel Vs Cattle Pastoralism: stopping desert spread; African Drought and its Impacts: Revived interest in a recurrent phenomenon; ... -
Desertification Control Bulletin Number 15, 1987: A Bulletin of World Events in the Control of Desertification Restoration of Degraded Lands and Reforestation
(1987)In this issue: Desertification is a Human Tragedy: a foreword; The Tenth Anniversary of UNCOD; Reflections on the PACD; A Review of Progress since the UN Conference on Desertification; Seven Paths to Desertification; ... -
Desertification Control Bulletin Number 16, 1988: A Bulletin of World Events in the Control of Desertification Restoration of Degraded Lands and Reforestation
(1988)In this issue: Ground Water Resources: the Key to Combating Drought in Africa; Sustainable Development of Arid Lands through Irrigation; Some Agricultural Considerations in the Planning of Runoff Farming; Desert Encroachment; ... -
Desertification Control Bulletin Number 17, 1988: A Bulletin of World Events in the Control of Desertification Restoration of Degraded Lands and Reforestation
(1988)In this issue: Report on the Desert Encroachment Reconnaissance in Northern Sudan; Desertification Monitoring; Amazing Graze; Arid Land Plants; Village Tree Planting in Zambia; Food for Land Security in Africa; Developing ... -
Desertification Control Bulletin Number 18, 1990
(1990)Desertification Control is an international bulletin published at six-monthly intervals by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to disseminate information and knowledge on desertification problems and to present ... -
Desertification Control Bulletin Number 21, 1992: A Bulletin of World Events in the Control of Desertification Restoration of Degraded Lands and Reforestation
(1992)In this issue: UNEP Coverning Council Special Session: Desertification; Implementation of the Plan of Action to Combat Desertification (PACD) 1978-1991; Environmental Degradation and Pessible Solutions for Restoring the ... -
Desertification Control Bulletin Number 22, 1993: A Bulletin of World Events in the Control of Desertification Restoration of Degraded Lands and Reforestation
(1993)In this issue: Desertification - A fresh approach; Agenda 21, Chapter 12: Managing Fragile Ecosystems: Combating Desertification and Drought; Forthcoming Convention on Drought and Desertitication; Desertification Control: ... -
Desertification Control Bulletin Number 23, 1993: A Bulletin of World Events in the Control of Desertification Restoration of Degraded Lands and Reforestation
(1993)In this issue: Inter-Governmental Negotiating Committee for the Convention on combatting desertification; Agricultural Su'tainability and Soil Resilience; Salt-Affected Soils as the Ecoystein for Halophytes; Spatial Scales ... -
Desertification Control Bulletin Number 24, 1994: A Bulletin of World Events in the Control of Desertification Restoration of Degraded Lands and Reforestation
(1994)In this issue: TheWorkshop "Listening to the People: Social Aspects of Dryland Management"; Third Session of Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee an Drafting Convention to Combat Desertification; Scale-Dependent Mapping ... -
Desertification Control Bulletin Number 26, 1995: A Bulletin of World Events in the Control of Desertification Restoration of Degraded Lands and Reforestation
(1995)In this issue: International Convention to Combat Desertification - Sixth Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee; Interactions of Desertification and Climate: An Overview; Use of Highly Saline Water for ...
