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Desertification Control Bulletin Number 36, 2000: A Bulletin of World Events in the Control of Desertification Restoration of Degraded Lands and Reforestation
(2000)
In this issue: A New Desertification Map in Asia; Landscape Ecological Mapping of Land Degradation in the Volgograd Region; Refining the Ecological Aspects of Disequilibrium Theories for Africa's Pastoral Drylands; Developing ...
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 ...
Gold Prices on the Rise, Environment under Pressure - Environment Alert Bulletin 8
(2006-11)
Although the gold industry is often presented as a “first foreign direct investment” leading to positive outcomes in many developing countries and securing the wealth of many nations, it is also clear that some of its ...
Impacts of Summer 2003 Heat Wave in Europe - Environment Alert Bulletin 2
(2003-03)
The extreme drought and heat wave that hit Europe in the summer of 2003 had enormous adverse social, economic and environmental effects, such as the death of thousands of vulnerable elderly people, the destruction of large ...
Nuclear Waste: Is Everything under Control? - Environment Alert Bulletin 9
(2007-02)
50 years after the opening of the world's first civil nuclear power station, very little radioactive waste produced has been permanently disposed of. Moreover, the average age of today’s reactors is approximately 22 years, ...
Human Induced Harmful Algal Blooms - Environment Alert Bulletin 12
(2008-05)
The occurrence of coastal harmful algal blooms (HABs) over the last several decades has become a worldwide environmental concern. Some of these HABs are caused by anthropogenic nutrient pollution and can harm whole marine ...
E-waste, the Hidden side of IT Equipment's Manufacturing and Use - Environment Alert Bulletin 5
(2005-01)
The production of electrical and electronic devices is the fastest-growing sector of the manufacturing industry in industrialised countries. At the same time, technological innovation and intense marketing engender a rapid ...
Illegal Trade in Ozone Depleting Substances: Is there a hole in the Montreal Protocol? - OzonAction Newsletter Special Supplement Number 6
(2001-09)
This special supplement to the OzonAction Newsletter was assembled to provide information and assistance, particularly to
developing nations, to help win the battle against illegal ODS trade. Through unified international ...
Illegal Oil Discharge in European Seas - Environment Alert Bulletin 7
(2006-02)
One-third of global marine oil transportation passes through European waters. Not only oil tankers, but various other cargo ships pose a constant threat of small to medium-scale oil pollution from illegal dumping of oily ...
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 ...