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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...

The collection is intended for toxicologists, hygienists and all those responsible for evaluation and control of harmful effects of chemicals to human health and the environment.

This document is part of a package of UNEP products aimed to facilitate and support the development of initiatives at all levels to reduce and/or eliminate releases of POPs.

The project aims to raise awareness and educate young schoolchildren on the adverse effects of hazardous chemicals. This book aims to provide basic understanding of chemical...

The project aims to raise awareness among young students about potential side effects of chemicals and help to reduce careless use and handling of pesticides and other...

This course is presented to try to meet the need for widescale training in the safe and effective use of pesticides. PART I opens by outlining the structure of the course. It...

The present manual is conceived as the training component of the project Microbial Technologies for Degradation of Persistent Pollutants" in order to allow the firsthand...

The present guidelines describe procedures for predicting the dietary intake of pesticide residues, and are intended to assist national authorities in their considerations...

The Guidelines sheds light on the use of biological control as a safe alternative to the various agricultural chemicals. The preparation and publication of the Guidelines is a...

The Strategic Approach To International Chemicals Management (SAICM) mandate expires in 2020, long before we will reach the target of minimizing the health and environmental...

Glyphosate is an organophosphorus herbicide for agricultural, forestry and residential weed control that kills or suppresses all plant types, with the exception of those...

Pesticides are widely used biologically active compounds designed to kill target organisms. A number of pesticides have also been shown to cause adverse effects on non-target...

Pollution is one of the major challenges of our time, affecting human health, damaging the environment and leading to significant socio-economic costs. Preventing and addressing...

Unlike most industrial chemicals, pesticides and fertilizers (both inorganic and organic) are deliberately released to the environment to provide specific functions. These...

Biodiversity loss is caused by a range of different pressures, from habitat loss due to agricultural expansion, pollution or desertification to invasive alien species and...

Foresight is a powerful tool for leveraging Humanity´s ability to think about and build the Future. It provides a way to think about possible, alternative and desired futures....

This is a report on the state of the environment in the region, in addition to being a real source of inspiration for people and institutions to contribute to the safeguarding...