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3rd UNCCD Scientific Conference: Book of abstracts

… 49 LAND-USE IMPACTS ON PLANT DIVERSITY AND CARBON STORAGE AT ITAPARICA RESERVOIR, … AGAINST LAND DEGRADATION AND FOR CONSERVATION OF PLANT DIVERSITY ON MINE SITES (CÔTE D’IVOIRE) VROH, BI TRA … et al., (1993) and measures precipitation deficit at a variety of time scales (Guttman, 1999). The SPI uses only …
31 May 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

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

… radiation reaching the Earth’s surface. This can cause a variety of human health problems such as skin cancers, eye … cataract blindness. Ultraviolet radiation can also affect plant life, damage forests and certain varieties of crops …
31 May 2026 Course lesson in Climate and Atmosphere

Ozone Depletion - Chapter 9 - UNEP Training Manual on International Environmental Law

… radiation reaching the Earth’s surface. This can cause a variety of human health problems such as skin cancers, eye … cataract blindness. Ultraviolet radiation can also affect plant life, damage forests and certain varieties of crops …
31 May 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

Transboundary Air Pollution - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… organic compounds (VOCs) and NO . VOCs come from a variety of sources including industrial operations, vehicles … values for specific emission sources (e.g., combustion plant, electricity production, dry cleaning, cars and …
31 May 2026 Course lesson in Climate and Atmosphere

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… work on international watercourses was based on a wide variety of sources, including treaties and other forms of … shared freshwater resources, a duty that encompasses a variety of forms of cooperation ranging from sharing of data …
31 May 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

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

… Red colors show areas where less than 70% of the plant species in grassland is protected against excess … For heavy metals and persistent organic pollutants, a variety of measures are available and coordination with other …
31 May 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

The Land in Numbers

… include the food we eat, the water we drink and the plant materials we use for fuel, building materials and … waste, and farmers who know precisely when and how to plant, fertilize, irrigate. Myers, Norman: The next green …
31 May 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

Document - Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability

… Change, penetrate deeply into domestic policymaking on a variety of topics and thus could easily be described by other … universe of regional and basin agreements, they reflect a variety of characteristics. In terms of geographic scope, one … covered by tropical rainforest and has “more than 30,000 plant species, nearly 2,000 fish species, 60 reptile species, …
31 May 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater

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

… the Technical Annex and the characteristics of the plant, its age and its rate of utilization and the need to … effects of emissions of nitrogen oxides on humans, plant and animal life, waters, soils and materials, taking … of traffic expansion such as noise, congestion, etc. 54. A variety of technologies and design options are available …
31 May 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

Introduction to the International Legal Framework on Marine Biodiversity - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… change. Marine and coastal areas are home to a wide variety of ecosystems, for example, coral reefs found in both …
31 May 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater