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The obejective of the present document is to provide an assessment of the main environmental problems affecting the marine and costal environment in the Wider Caribbean region,...

This second volume of selected good practices in enforcement of environmental law from African and Asia countries compiles and documents a set of good practices that were shared...

The purpose of this paper is to review the published literature on vanadium insofar as it relates to environmental problems. A summary is given of vanadium concentrations in...

This document has been aimed at fulfilling these terms of reference. To study in detail the above described activity of IPCS and FAO as well as other related activities carried...

Free-burning landscape fire is an important natural phenomenon critical to the healthy functioning of many ecosystems. It is an important land management tool, culturally,...

Mercury is recognized as a toxic substance that poses a serious threat to human health and the environment. Nevertheless, large quantities are still used for the manufacture of...

2021 was a year in which environmental issues reached an unprecedented prominence on the global stage. The eyes of the world focused on the United Nations Climate Change...

This publication describes reference methods for the determination of organotin compounds in environmental samples. Inputs of organotin compounds to the aquatic environment...

UNEP is mandated to assist countries, upon request, with pollution mitigation and control in areas affected by armed conflict or terrorism. Responding to a request by the...

The Study reviews a number of existing and draft legal instruments, and further, offers a general assessment of the common features and trends in the existing civil liability...

It also contains reports on various activities carried out as part of the project on International Training for control of environmental Contaminants in food,in order to train...

One may well wonder what forms development in Africa will take between now and the year 2000, and to what degree environmental considerations will be taken into account. Given...

This report summarizes some of the key areas in which INTERPOL and UN Environment are developing their strategies and activities to counter environmental crime – a collective...

This study quantifies the sources of cadmium in the European Community (EC), reviews the concentrations found in the physical environment and its biotic components, and assesses...

Although the gold industry is often presented as a “first foreign direct investment” leading to positive outcomes in many developing countries and securing the wealth of many...

This guidance seeks to provide a concise guide to reporting on children’s rights as they relate to environmental issues. It is primarily intended to assist civil society...

This report presents a flexible scientific blueprint for how the climate change, biodiversity and pollution emergencies can be tackled jointly within the framework of the SDGs....

• Climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution add up to three self-inflicted planetary crises that are closely interconnected and put the well-being of current and future...