41 datasets found

During the past two decades, awareness of the impacts of pollution on the coastal and marine environments of the Wider Caribbean Region (WCR) has increased. Tourism, one of the...

The present compendium of data profiles for chemicals for the evaluation of their hazards to the environment of the Mediterranean Sea is a first attempt by the International...

This updated report provides an update on the domestic and industrial pollutant loads discharged in WCR, sanitation coverage expansion and treatment, as well as the pollutant...

This Regional synthesis has been prepared based on national inputs provided by the nominated experts from NOWPAP member states: People’s Republic of China, Japan, Republic of...

This report reviews and synthesizes country reports from Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand describing the state of knowledge on mangrove forests in...

For decades antimicrobials have contributed to the reduction of infectious diseases in humans, animals and plants, saving lives and increasing productivity. Their effectiveness...

The present report summarizes the results of this project and provides the data collected and evaluations made in a condensed form. The description of project aims and...

This reference method describes a gas Chromatographic analysis for the determination of methylmercury (MeHg) in biological material after liberation of Kerig with a strong acid...

The document consists of a summary report on the coastal and marine environmental problems of Somalia, of an action plan proposed for the protection, management and development...

Methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) is one of several ethers that may be used as fuel additives and is currently by far the dominant one. Ethyl tertiary-butyl ether (ETBE),...

The overall objectives of the Long-term Programme of Pollution Monitoring and Research in the Mediterranean Sea (MED POL Phase II), which constitutes the environmental...

Le présent rapport relatif à l’état des lieux sur les Modes de Consommation et de Production Durable “MCPD” en Algérie concrétise l’engagement fort de l’Algérie dans le domaine...

The term polybrominated biphenyls or polybromobiphenyls (PBBs) refers to a group of halogenated hydrocarbons, formed by substituting hydrogen by bromine in biphenyl. PBBs are...

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) were discovered before the turn of the century and their usefulness for industry, because of their physical properties, was recognized early....

Alpha-hexachlorocyclohexane (alpha-HCH) is a major by-product (65-70%) in the manufacture of lindane (> 99% gamma-HCH). Its solubility in water is low, but it is very soluble...

This draft issue of the Reference Method for Marine Pollution Studies No. 43 was prepared in co-operation with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)...

UNEP has conducted several environmental programs in Indonesia to improve air quality in Indonesia. Among other is the successful lead phasing out program for gasoline and Clean...

The present monograph should serve as a useful guide to the conduct of epidemiological studies on the effects of non—biological agents on the health of human communities. An...

The Mediterranean States meeting in Barcelona in 1975, adopted an Action Plan for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea against pollution. The legal framework for this co-...

This reference method describes the determination of total chromium in marine sediments by flameless atomic absorption spectrophotometry after the extraction of chromium by acid...