Browsing UNEP Publications by Issue Date
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The State of the World Environment 1987
(1987)Over the past five years, there has been a marked improvement in the quality of the data base in certain fields and in our understanding of some environmental phenomena like the possible depletion of the ozone layer or the ... -
Towards a Prosperous Planet: UNEP's Clearing house
(1987)UNEP's Clearing-house, one of our youngest programmes, expands our roles of 'catalysis and co-ordination" in the field of technical co-operation. The Clearing-house acts as a benevolent broker, an impartial friend and ... -
IRPTC Legal File 1986 Volume 1
(1987)This Register file is concerned with national and international recommendations and legal mechanisms related to control of a substance in various media, such as air, water and drinking water, wastes, soil and sediments, ... -
APELL awareness and preparedness for emergencies at local level: a process for responding to technological accidents
(UNEP, 1988)The APELL Handbook provides the basic concepts for the development of emergency response plans at the local level, with an emphasis on community awareness of potential dangers and preparedness for all contingencies -
Environmental Perspective to the Year 2000 and Beyond
(1988)Environmental problems cut across a range of policy issues and are mostly rooted in inappropriate development patterns. Consequently, environmental issues, goals and actions cannot be framed in isolation from the development ... -
Fire, Wood, Water: Reaping the Benefits - Exchange of Environmental Experience Series Book One
(1988)This volume contains scientific findings, an historical overview, an analysis of managerial methods and the results of experimentation. While the views are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect national ... -
Environmental Guidelines for Flood Plain Management - UNEP Environmental Management Guidelines No. 16
(1988)Floods are a natural and recurring event that are only a problem when man competes with rivers for the use of the high water channels of rivers or flood plains. Flood-plain occupancy and use is based on the economic ... -
The State of the Environment 1988: The Public and Environment
(1988)If the public is well-informed about environmental issues through the media, properly consulted, and encouraged to participate in decision-making, it is likely to accept the need for change quickly—and, in doing so, support ... -
Environmental Management and Planning in the People's Republic of China
(1988)This monograph, the result of a scholarly research project, provides a very succinct review of the status of environmental management and planning in china; the institutional, administrative and organizational structures ... -
Air and Water Pollution: Sources of Information and Bibliography
(United Nations Environment Programme, 1989)This bibliography covers the preliminary aspects of information gathering, the policy and legal aspects of decision-making, and the technical choices regarding treatment and disposal. Within each topic a selection of ... -
Action on the Environment: The role of the United Nations
(1989)This pamphlet is meant to explain briefly how the UN system operates as regards the environment, and to put those opera-tions into perspective in terms of the rapidly changing percep-tions of what 'environmental action' ... -
A Coast in Common: an Introduction to the Eastern African Action Plan
(1989)The coastline of Eastern Africa is an area of great physical beauty, rich in living resources. Palm fringed beaches of white coral sand lead down to tranquil lagoons enclosed by spectacular coral reefs with their wealth ... -
Accion en el Medio Ambiente: El Papel de las Naciones Unidas
(United Nations Environment Programme, 1989)Este gula al Programa de medlano piazo para el medlo amblente a nivel de tode el sistema de las Naciones Unidas, 1990-1995 (SWMTEP), es ci resultado de la cooperaclôn entre el Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Medlo ... -
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 ... -
The State of the World Environment 1989 - UNEP/GC.15/7/Add.2
(1989)The present report has been prepared in compliance with that decision. The report highlights the developments that took place since 1987 and as such, it compkments the 1987 state ofthe world environment report. Two topics ... -
Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer: Environmental Effects Panel Report
(1989)The present report on the environmental effects of ozone depletion deals mainly with the direct effects of increased ultraviolet-B (UV-B) radiation on man and the environment. The report was written in 1989, the year that ... -
Technical Progress on Protecting the Ozone Layer: Final Report of the Technology Review Panel
(1989)This is a summary of the assessment prepared by the Technology Review Panel based primarily on input from international expert committees called "Technical Options Committees", on reports provided directly to the Panel, ... -
Storage of Hazardous Materials: A Technical Guide for Safe Warehousing of Hazardous Materials - Technical Report Series No. 03
(1990)The technical report covers the main aspects and requirements for safe warehousing of hazardous materials: key responsibilities, legal and regulatory aspects, appreciation of product hazards, choice of location and buildings, ... -
El Estado del Medio Ambiente: Los Ninos y el Medio Ambiente - Informe del Director Ejecutivo
(1990)En el presente informe se examina an qué forma la degradación y una mala gestión del medio axnbiente perjudican la vida de los niflos; se examinan también los peligros para el niflo que son inherentes al medio natural. Of ... -
A Regional Directory of African Tertiary Level Environmental Training Programmes and Resource Persons
(1991)The directory is a record of activities in environmental training and research and another step in a series of activities to establish a network of tertiary level institutions with active environmental training programmes ...
