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Environmental Activities of Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) Related to...
This document presents an overview of non-government organisation (NG0) activities in the seven subject areas selected for in-depth review at the eighth session of the United... -
Environmental Activities of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) Related to...
This document presents an overview of non-government organisation (NG0) activities in the seven subject areas selected for in-depth review at the eighth session of the United... -
Accessing the Canopy : Assessment of Biological Diversity and Microclimate...
UNEP's project Assessment of Biological Diversity and Microclimate of the Tropical Forest Canopy is a new venture to examine forest canopies by means of a tower crane. Accessing... -
Monitoring Tropical Forests : A Review with Special Reference to Africa -...
This report reviews the available published literature on monitoring techniques and procedures relevant to certain features of tropical forests. Discussion focuses on the range,... -
Global Environment Monitoring System - Pilot Project on Tropical Forest...
The pilot project on tropical forest cover monitoring was formulated in the context of a joint UNEP/FAO programme for the surveillance of the world's a tropical forests,... -
Oil Palm Plantations: Threats and Opportunities for Tropical Ecosystems -...
An international commodity used for food, household and industrial purposes, oil palm is cultivated on approximately 15 million ha worldwide. As global demand for palm oil is... -
Conservation and Wise Utilization of Tropical Forests : A Directory of...
The present directory on tropical forests represents a listing of some 350 institutions able to supply information to enquirers, on request and under mutually agreed terms, on... -
Economic Values and the Environment in the Developing World - Environmental...
This volume assesses the state of the art in applying economic valuation techniques to environmental problems in developing countries. It is in fulfilment of a contract between... -
The Global Assessment of Tropical Forest Resources - GEMS PAC Information...
Growing world concern over the state and rate of removal of tropical forests has led in recent years to the production of a number of publications giving widely differing... -
The World’s Protected Areas: Status, Values and Prospects in the 21st Century
Because of the nature of the changes affecting the world's protected areas it is essential that we periodically make the effort to review their status and to understand the... -
Managing Protected Areas in the Tropics
This handbook is a guide to help those concerned with the planning and management of natural protected areas in tropical countries. It covers a broad spectrum of activities... -
Global Biodiversity - UNEP/GEMS Environment Library No. 11
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Rain Forest Regeneration and Management
Some two weeks after the formal opening of the dam, Guri was the venue for an international workshop on rain forest regeneration and management. The workshop was concerned with... -
The Methodology of Conservation of Forest Genetic Resources: Report on a...
The purpose of the report is to formulate guidelines to the methodology of conservation of forest genetic resources, as a basis for long-term action on conservation within a... -
Conservation Review of Tropical Rain Forests, General Considerations and Asia
The principal objectives of this review, are: To prepare a description of the range of variation of tropical rain forest with maps showing the distribution of the various types;... -
Pachamama: Our Earth, Our Future
This book is a perfect introduction for young people to the environmental challenges that await us in the 21st century. Based on the United Nations Environment Programme's... -
Tropical Forest Ecosystems: A State-of-Knowledge Report - Natural Resources...
The joint action of Unesco and UNEP in preparing this state-of-knowledge Report on tropical forest ecosystems can be seen as a natural outcome of the desire to provide better... -
Green carbon, black trade: illegal logging, tax fraud and laundering in the...
This report focuses on illegal logging and its impacts on the lives and livelihoods of often some of the poorest people in the world set aside the environmental damage. It... -
Reefs at Risk: Coral Reefs, Human Use and Global Climate Change - A...
For once, the popular mythology contains some truth. Coral reefs can be likened to tropical forests in certain important ways. Both reefs and jungles are biologically diverse in... -
Global Biodiversity Strategy: A Policy-makers' Guide
The Global Biodiversity Strategy was developed through a process of research and consultation beginning in 1989 and involving six consultations, six workshops, and more than 500...