Browsing UNEP Publications Pre-2023 by Topic "Chemicals and Pollution Action"
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Delivery of Biocontrol Technologies to IPM Farmers: Vietnam
(2000)UNEP and CABI have initiated a series of case studies to consider critical issues in the delivery of biocontrol technology to the 1PM Farmers. The following case study undertaken in Vietnam highlights the constraints to ... -
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 ... -
Diving Deep: Finance, Ocean Pollution and Coastal Resilience
(2022-03)The Principles provide a framework to inform financial decisions relating to the sustain- able blue economy. If widely adopted, the Principles can help to transform how the ocean’s assets are used and managed to secure ... -
Drowning in Plastics: Marine Litter and Plastic Waste Vital Graphics
(2021)This publication aims to provide a complete overview of the global challenges related to marine litter and plastic waste through a combination of condensed descriptions of key thematic areas and graphic illustrations that ... -
Earth and Faith : A Book of Reflection for Action
(2000)Reflection on links between faith and environmental protection. -
End Plastic Pollution: A Knowledge Compendium for Less Plastic Waste in South-East Asia
(2022-12)This knowledge compendium has been developed to serve as a useful reference compiling all the publications that SEA circular and its partners have released as at December 2021. The compendium supports the project’s objective ... -
Enforcement of and Compliance with MEAs: The Experiences of CITES, Montreal Protocol and Basel Convention Volume I
(1999)This report is a contribution to the global evaluation of the impacts of a piecemeal implementation and of violations of international agreements on the environment, in particular, the implementation of the Montreal Protocol ... -
Enforcement Strategies for Combatting the Illegal Trade in HCFCs and Methyl Bromide
(2013)This booklet is intended to be an easy-to-use resource for ozone officers and others who will be involved in the detection, prevention, and prosecution of smuggling in HCFCs and methylbromide. Ozone officers and enforcement ... -
Environmental and Technological Issues Related to Lead-Acid Battery Recycling: A Workbook for Trainers - First Edition
(1996)One of the purposes ofthi5 package is to provide some case studies and situation scenarios that can be used as a basis for interactive training and simulated decision-making. However, the exercises only explore a small ... -
Environmental Aspects of Alumina Production: An Overview
(1995)With a view to making more widely known the environmentally related issues associated with alumina production and to providing guidance to environmental policy makers in governments and industry, the UNEP Secretariat ... -
Environmental Aspects of Iron and Steel Production: A Technical Review
(1986)The technical review, prepared to support and supplement the overview, deals with the technical aspects of environmental management in steel making. It covers primarily the air and water pollution, solid waste and noise ... -
Environmental Aspects of Iron and Steel Production: An Overview
(1984)The purpose of the overview is rather to provide basic knowledge and an understanding of environmental protection in relation to the steel industry. -
Environmental Aspects of Nickel Production: Part I. Sulphide Pyrometallurgy and Nickel Refining - A Technical Review
(1987)This technical review covers the most comnionly used methods of extractive metallurgy and the equipment to produce nickel and nickel products. It is divided into two parts: Environmental Aspects of Nickel Production - ... -
Environmental aspects of Selected Non-ferrous Metals (Cu, Ni, Pb, Zn, Au) Ore Mining: A Technical Guide - Technical Report Series No. 5
(1991)This is the fifth publication in a new Technical Series that regroups the Guidelines, Overviews, Technical Reviews, and Workshop Proceedings previously published by UNEP IE/PAC. As before, the Technical Series aims to meet ... -
Environmental Aspects of the Iron and Steel Industry Workshop Proceedings Part 2 - Geneva, 17-20 October, 1978
(1980)This report is concerned with the overview of the steel industry in developed nations, viz the EEC, USA, Canada, Australia and Japan; another report, prepared by Mr. Obata is devoted to the problems in developing nations ... -
Environmental Aspects of the Metal Finishing Industry : A Technical Guide - Technical Report Series No. 1
(1989)This is the first issue in a new Technical Report Series that regroups the Guidelines, Overviews, Technical Reviews and Workshop Proceedings previously published by UNEP/IEO. As before, the Technical Report Series aims to ... -
Environmental Effects of Ozone Depletion 1991 Update - Panel Report Pursuant to Article 6 of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer Under the Auspices of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
(1991)The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer requires, in Article 6, periodic assessments of available scientific, environmental, technical, and economic information. The assessments shall be made every ... -
Environmental Effects of Ozone Depletion: 1994 Assessment
(1994)The provisions in the Montreal Protocol and its amendments in London (1990) and Copenhagen (1992) have brought about a marked decrease in production and use of ozone depleting chemicals. However, the ozone layer is still ... -
Environmental Guidelines for Pesticide Use on Industrial Crops - UNEP Environmental Management Guidelines No. 1
(1982)Pest control is directly related to two of man's most pressing problems: the provision of food and agricultural commodities for ever-expanding populations and the maintenance of health by the suppression of vectors of human ... -
Environmental Guidelines for the Diesel Vehicle - UNEP Industry & Environment Guidelines Series
(1985)Greater use of diesel vehicles in the transportation sector creates opportunities to solve certain environmental problems associated with motor vehicles, such as those arising from emissions of carbon monoxide and to a ...