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This mission was initiated by IMO/UNEP at the request of the Third Meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Action Plan for the Caribbean Environment Programme, held in...

The aim of the present paper is to formulate the basic principles of integrated background monitoring, and to describe procedures and methods of integrated background monitoring...

The objective of this report is to provide and share information on the status of Ocean Remote Sensing in the NOWPAP Region, and to address issues to be tackled through...

the purpose of this guidance note is to i) Advise PCNA practitioners on how to ensure knowledge of environment issues is available and used during the PCNA process; ii)...

The main subject of the study described herein, was the fate of crude oil, i.e. its biodegradation and evaporation, after being released into the environment as a result of...

The main aim of the Framework for Freshwater Ecosystem Management series is to support countries to sustainably manage freshwater ecosystems. In doing so, it supports national...

The objectives of the review were to establish the current state-of-play in the East Asian Seas region, at both the regional and national levels, and to make recommendations and...

Monitoring of thermal fronts sensed by infrared (IR) radiometers aboard satellites began at the Centre de Météorologie Spatiale (CMS Lannion) in April 1979. The first monthly...

The principal purpose of this report is to provide recommendations, advice and practical guidance, for establishing programmes to monitor and assess the distribution and...

This executive summary includes an inventory of greenhouse gases, reports on climate change impacts, vulnerability assessment, identification of adaptation options as well as...

Residue data on several contaminants (organochlorine pesticides, PCBs, lead, cadmium, and aflatoxins) in selected foods were collected from designated Collaborating Centres in...

This Survey of Environmental Monitoring and Information Management Programmes of International Organizations is an up-to-date compendium of environmental monitoring, information...

Agenda 21, Chapter 40, on information for decision-making, outlines two program areas for bridging the data gap and improving information availability to ensure sustainable...

In the course of discussions carried out during my visit to Qatar in April, 1983, it was recommended that the UNEP Regional Office for West Asia should assist the Permanent...

This document describes a programme of comprehensive support for regional and global marine pollution assessments developed by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in...

This assessment describes the far-reaching impacts of plastics across the planet and in our oceans. The assessment sets out to address four key questions to help guide future...

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 publication presents data produced from observational records submitted from stations in the WMO Background Air Pollution Monitoring. Network (BAPM0N), and includes data...

ThiS pilot phase of GRID had four objectives; The development of geographic information systems (GIS) methodologies and procedures for constructing, manipulating and making...

The UNEP/WHO Human Exposure Assessment Locations (HEAL) project was developed as part of the WHO Health-Related Monitoring Programme, which was started in 1973 and originally...