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3rd UNCCD Scientific Conference: Book of abstracts

… 30 IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON LAND-WATER-ECOSYSTEM QUALITY IN POLAR AND MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS: … set up ESTIMATING SPATIAL PRODUCTIVITY OF A TEMPERATE FOREST OVER THE DISTRIBUTION AREA OF PINUS ARIZONICA AT THE … APPEARANCE UNDER UNTYPICAL CONDITIONS OF UKRAINE WEST FOREST ZONE KOLIADA, VALERIJ PETROVICH; TIMCHENKO, DMYTRO …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

Scientific Assessment Report - UNECE Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution - Summary for policy makers

… remains indispensable, as a substantial part of health and ecosystem impacts is caused by transboundary transport of … particles are comparable to the acidification of lakes and forest soils that was revealed in the 1970s. This … of the water. In the 1980s the acidification of forest soils was identified in large parts of Europe. These …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

The Land in Numbers

… that, far too often, we take for granted. A great bulk of ecosystem services are delivered by the world‘s finite land … the last ten years, approximately 5.2 million hectares of forest has been destroyed each year. 36 • Land degradation … America) have the potential for land rehabilitation and forest restoration. 45 • The cost of land restoration ranges …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

Climate Change- International Legal Regime - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… • The sustainable management of forests, oceans and ecosystem; and • The integration of climate change … (called “assigned amounts”). Changes in land use or forest plantations which result in emission reductions can … transfer of technology and to promote energy efficiency or forest conservation schemes. However, the reductions must be …
01 Mar 2017 Course lesson in Climate and Atmosphere

Introduction to the Rotterdam Convention - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… and benefits of these habitats to local or regional ecosystem processes. Once constructed, the use of this …
21 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Chemicals and Waste

Introduction to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants

… and benefits of these habitats to local or regional ecosystem processes. Once constructed, the use of this …
21 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Chemicals and Waste

Transboundary Air Pollution - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… is a poisonous gas emitted by vehicles and released by forest fires and open burning. Smog is formed from the …
21 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Climate and Atmosphere

Global Mercury Assessment

… deposited to plant surfaces can be re-emitted during forest fires or biomass burning. Mercury may be deposited and … soon as possible. Arnold John Labrentz / Shutterstock.com Forest fires re-emit mercury deposited to vegetation. UNEP … with industrialization in Asia. The time lag in aquatic ecosystem response One important conclusion from air-ocean …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Introduction to Ozone Depletion - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… the harmful effects of ozone on crop cultivation, forest growth and human health. Low-lying ozone is a key … 16-minute documentary reports the impacts on the region's ecosystem and the foreseen risks of the changes in the Arctic …
21 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Climate and Atmosphere

Handbook for the 1979 Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution and its Protocols

… and coal heating; (b) Open fires such as refuse burning, forest fires and after-crop burning; (c) Coke and anode … loads of acidity, as described in annex I, that allow ecosystem recovery; (b) For Parties within the geographical … exceeded are determined and mapped for lakes and upland forest ecosystems using scientific methodologies and criteria …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere