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Protecting the environment from persistent toxic substances
Toxic chemicals that persist for a long time in the environment, travel great distances through various media from their point of origin, bio-accumulate in humans and other... -
Report on International Training for Control of Environmental Contaminants in Food
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... -
The Study of Contamination of Food Products by some Mycotoxins in the Georgian SSR
The task of protection of food against a potentially extensive contamination with toxic metabolites of microscopic mould fungi - mycotoxins - is one of the problems of... -
Evaluation of Pilot Ecosystem Assessments in Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda
The purpose of this evaluation is to assess how relevant, effective, and efficient these pilot assessments have been in line with the PEI objective of mainstreaming environment... -
Infrastructure for Low-Carbon Transport in India:A Case Study of...
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Ecological Footprint and Investment in Natural Capital in Asia and the Pacific
The widespread loss of natural ecosystems and biodiversity is much more than a conservation issue. Natural ecosystems provide socially and economically valuable services--such... -
A Survey of Environmental Monitoring and Information Management Programmes...
This Survey of Environmental Monitoring and Information Management Programmes of International Organizations is an up-to-date compendium of environmental monitoring, information... -
Neglected: Environmental Justice Impacts of Marine Litter and Plastic Pollution
Public understanding of plastic pollution has risen consid¬erably in the last couple of years. Far less understood is the broader context in which this pollution exists, and of... -
State of the world's protected areas at the end of the twentieth century
Protected areas are widely held to be among the most effective means of conserving biological diversity in situ (McNeely and Miller, 1984 -
Preliminary Guidelines for Assessing Impacts of Climate Change
This report aims to provide preliminary guidelines on methods of climate impact assessment. It outlines a basic framework for the study of climate-environment-society... -
Mycotoxins: Historical Background and Present-Day Notions Centre -...
Mycotoxins secondary metabolites of microscopic fungi- are classed with the most dangerous contaminants of food products and fodders which occur in natural conditions.... -
The Vital Seas: Questions and Answers about Health of the Ocean
There are many questions about the health of the oceans for which we do not have answers at the moment. -
Plant Growth Regulators, Mineral Fertilizer and the Problem of Mycotoxins
The greatest danger for the health of people in our age of industrialization is pollution of the environment by chemicals. At present Out of the known five million chemicals... -
Water Management of the Amazon Basin
This paper analyzes annual maximum precipitation series for the Xingu and Tapajos basins located both in the Amazon basin. The analysis has the objective of indicating a... -
Pacific Environment and Climate Change Outlook
The Pacific Environment and Climate Change Outlook Report 2012 clearly shows that the Pacific islands are increasingly being threatened in terms of food, water and livelihood... -
2008 ECOREA: Environmental Review 2008
During nearly 14 months since its inauguration, the new government of Korea has implemented a number of policy initiatives. In my view, the most remarkable one among them is the... -
The Role of Science in the Uruguay Round and NAFTA Trade Disciplines
This paper examines the increasingly important role of science in the structure and operation of international trade agreements. Indeed, under the recently completed Uruguay... -
The linkages between biodiversity and climate change mitigation :A review of...
This report reviews the literature published since the IPCC 4AR on the linkages between biodiversity and climate mitigation policies in order to highlight developments in our... -
Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Pollution...
Although the idea of summarizing the state of marine pollution in the world oceans is probably much older than one might imagine, the specific idea of reviewing the health of... -
Coastal Partners: Applying Ecosystem-Based Disaster Risk Reduction (ECO-DRR)...
In 2013-2016, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the European Commission (EC) implemented a pilot demonstration project on Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk...