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The 2017 World Water Development Report shows that improved wastewater management is as much about reducing pollution at the source, as removing contaminants from wastewater...

Arsenic is a ubiquitous element with metalloid properties. Its chemistry is complex and there are many different compounds of both inorganic and organic arsenic. In nature, it...

Manganese, Mn (atomic number Z = 25; relative atomic mass A r = 54.938) is an element of the VIIb group of the periodic table of elements, together with technetium and rhenium....

Sanitation, including the proper management of wastewater, is central to ensuring human and ecosystem health, and economic and environmental benefits. While significant efforts...

More than 180 countries have peatlands but we are only just starting to understand their role in both climate change and our efforts to curb it. Peatlands cover less than three...

The major goal of this overview is to present recent information on the river and direct inputs of chemical substances to the coastal sea within NOWPAP region and to estimate...

The Water Quality of World River Basins selectively summarizes data contributed by countries participating in the GEMS/WATER Programme over the period 1976-90. The book also...

This Diagnostic Report reflects the combined efforts of many dedicated individuals working on the numerous problems associated with the current changes in the Aral Sea and its...

Industrial activity takes raw materials and converts them into goods and services. During this process unwanted by-products and waste materials are usually produced as well.

The Integrated Environmental Assessment (IEA) Report of Central Asia is one of the outputs of UNEP’s capacity building programme. The report identifies key environmental issues...

This publication is a summary of the first week of the training workshops, containing the amended versions of the lecture notes prepared by two resource persons from the British...

This book concentrates on the environmental impacts of the more important bioenergy systems. In order to explain those, some discussion of the various bioenergy processes was...

This document is part of a series of guidebooks that address various aspects of monitoring and assessment of freshwater. It describes the main features of groundwater that...

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...

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...

The Ok Tedi copper-gold mine, located in the eastern part of the central mountain range of New Guinea, discharges daily approximately 80,000 tons of ore processing residues and...

As part of UNEP's preparatory activities for the development of an action plan for the protection and development of the Gulf of Guinea and adjacent areas, an International...

World Environment Report is published every other Monday by the Center for International Environment Information. The Center for International Environment Information is a non-...

Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6) – Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all – con rms the importance of water and sanitation in the...

World Environment Report is the first and only publication of its kind: an eight-page, biweekly newsletter that keeps you informed of significant happenings on today's world...