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Linear alkylbenzene sulfonates (LAS), a-olefin sulfonates (AOS), and alkyl sulfates (AS) are anionic sulfonates with molecules characterized by a hydrophobic and a hydrophilic...

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Este Plan de Acción para la Recuperación de las Tortugas Marinas de Venezuela, se está preparando dentro del marco del Plan de Acción del Programa Ambiental del Caribe. El...

This publication provides a concise account of the available information and current issues facing mangroves in East African countries. It comprises a regional summary of the...

This publication provides information to help policymakers in developing and transi- tion countries understand the effects of the presence of sulphur in transportation fuels and...

The National Portfolio Formulation Exercise identified the modalities of access, direct or indirect that Antigua and Barbuda will consider using over the next GEF cycle and will...

Beginning in 1991 UNEP/GRID took up the task of conducting a biannual comprehensive worldwide survey of Geographic Information System (GIS) and Image Processing (IP) software...

This publication acts as a companion to UNEP's APELL for Mining (2001). That document was prepared to assist mining companies to apply UNEP's APELL process, which had previously...

The aim of this assessment study was to explore policy options under current discussion in the global political arena that could have major positive or negative impacts on...

The report shows that the trend of recent climate change in Viet Nam is beyond the level of natural change. Temperatures have increased by 0.05-0.20?C and sea level has...

Methyl bromide is a colourless gas at room temperature and standard pressure with a boiling point of about 4 °C. It is heavier than air and easily liquefied below its critical...

This atlas provides a comprehensive overview of what is currently known about all six species of great apes - chimpanzee, bonobo, Sumatran orangutan, Bornean orangutan, eastern...

The report seeks to fill knowledge gaps on the costs of current agricultural support in terms of impacts on nature, climate change, nutrition, health and equity, and convey key...

One of the principal outcomes of Rio+20 was the call to develop a set of universally applicable sustainable development goals (SDGs) that carefully balance the environmental,...

The next 10 years will be critical for the future of our planet. Radical measures must be taken before we are locked into potentially irreversible, catastrophic climate...

This monograph focuses on the risks to human health associated with exposure to lead and inorganic lead compounds. Emphasis has been given to data which have become available...

This report presents preliminary values-at-risk (VAR) estimates for key resources expected to be impacted by climate change in the Lower Mekong Basin (LMB). These include rural...

The Environmental Management Group was approved by the United Nations General Assembly in paragraph 5 of its resolution 5 3/242 of 1999 on the basis of proposals by the...

consider selecting assets that will promote sustainability, including climate change mitigation and adaptation. During the 2008 financial crisis, central banks deployed...

The study aims to collate existing information about marine litter in the Region and use it to determine whether or not there is a need to be concerned, and to recommend a way...