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Mediterranean ecological footprint trends
Global Footprint Network, 2012The Mediterranean’s ever-widening ecological deficit and its economic implications is the main theme of the new Mediterranean Ecological Footprint Trends report, the result of a two-year study by Global Footprint Network and the focus of the conference.
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Atmospheric degradation of 3-methylfuran: kinetic and products study
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (ACP), Vol. 11. N° 7. Tapia A.; Villanueva F.; Salgado M.S.; et al. - Copernicus GmbH, 2011A study of the kinetics and products obtained from the reactions of 3-methylfuran with the main atmospheric oxidants has been performed. The rate coefficients for the gas-phase reaction of 3-methylfuran with OH and NO3 radicals have been determined at room temperature and atmospheric pressure (air and N2 as bath gases), using a relative method with different experimental techniques. The rate coefficients obtained for these reactions were (in units cm3 molecule−1 s−1) kOH = (1.13 ± 0.22) × 10−10 and kNO3 = (1.26 ± 0.18) × 10−11. Products from the reaction of 3-methylfuran with OH, NO3 and Cl at ...
A blueprint for ocean and coastal sustainability : an inter-agency paper towards the preparation of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20)
UNESCO, 2011The Blueprint provides an overview of the threats faced by the oceans, including unsustainable use, deforestation of mangroves, disappearance of coral reefs, ocean acidification and climate change. It further highlights the role of oceans in regulating the climate, contributing to food security and sustaining livelihoods.
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Global Drylands : a UN system-wide response
United Nations, 2011More than two billion people depend on the world’s arid and semi-arid lands. Preventing land degradation and supporting sustainable development in drylands has major implications for food security, climate change and human settlement. This report, issued at the beginning of the United Nations Decade for Deserts and the Fight against Desertification, sets out a shared strategy by UN agencies to rise to the challenge of addressing the special needs of these vital zones. Our focus is twofold: tackling the underlying causes of land degradation, and strengthening the capacity of dryland populations ...
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Reefs at Risk Revisited | World Resources Institute
This report provides a detailed assessment of the status of and threats to the world’s coral reefs. It evaluates threats to coral reefs from a wide range of human activities, and includes an assessment of climate-related threats to reefs. It also contains a global assessment of the vulnerability of nations and territories to coral reef degradation.
Report of the Workshop on Vulnerable Ecosystems and Destructive Fishing in Deep-sea Fisheries
FAO, 2008 (FAO Fisheries Report-No. 829)The FAO Workshop on Vulnerable Ecosystems and Destructive Fishing in Deep-sea Fisheries reviewed available information on national, institutional and personal experiences in relation to this issue. Relevant ecological considerations were reviewed and suggestions as how to consider these issues in terms of International Guidelines for the Management of Deep-sea Fisheries in the High Seas were discussed and documented.
The Aral Sea: Water, Climate and Enviromnental Change in Central Asia
The situation in and around the Aral Sea is one of the worst human-made environmental crises of the 20th century. This book reveals the history behind this slow-onset, creeping environmental problem and hopes to help prevent similar situations in future.
Climate and Land Degradation
This brochure which WMO produced especially for COP-7 of UNCCD, highlights the importance of different climatic factors that contribute to land degradation around the world.
El clima y la degradación de las tierras
Con ocasión del séptimo período de sesiones de la COP, la OMM elaboró este folleto, en el que se explica el papel que desempeñan los diversos factores climáticos en la degradación de la tierra y la contribución de la OMM a la hora de abordar esta importante cuestión. Confiamos en que este documento ayude a las Partes a comprender mejor algunos de los problemas que aquí nos ocupan, a fin de poder abordarlos con conocimiento de causa.
Le climat et la dégradation des sols
À l’occasion de la septième session de la COP, l’OMM a rédigé cette brochure qui explique le rôle des différents facteurs climatiques dans la dégradation des sols, ainsi que la contribution de l’Organisation à l’étude de cet important sujet. Nous espérons que ce document aidera les Parties à mieux comprendre certains des enjeux posés, de façon à les aborder en toute connaissance de cause.
CAgM Report, 74. Weather/climate and sustainable agricultural production and protection
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; Kanemasu E.T.; Lablans W.N.; et al. - WMO, 1997 (WMO/TD-No. 838)Contains:
- Mills, P.F. Agrometeorological Aspects And Application Of Available Technologies To Help Promote The Development Of Sustainable Farming Systems.
- Sirotenko, O.D. Adaptation Of Farming Systems And Agricultural Production To Climate Variability And Change, Including Modelling Of Crops, Pasture And Animal Production.
- Brunetti, A. Methods And Techniques For Microscale Modification To Avoid Or Reduce Losses In Agricultural Production.
- Ford, F.B. and E.T. Kanemasu. Methods To Transform Basic Knowledge Into Operational Techniques And To Adapt Operational ...
CAgM Report, 61. Report of the RA VI Working Group on Agricultural Meteorology
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; Lablans W.N.; Arvola E.; et al. - WMO, 1995 (WMO/TD-No. 676)Contains:
- Lablans, W.N. and R. Muller. Problems relating to high industralization and agriculture, including aspects of quality of produce and degradation of the environment.
- Arvola, E. Quality of production and weather factors.
- Choisnel, E. Management of natural resources in highly industralized countries
- Kozinets, D.V. Agrometeorology of fodder maize.
- Kozinets, D.V. Agrometeorology of irrigated potatoes.
- Reuveni, O. The impact of climatic conditions on the development of date palm trees and fruits.
- DeutscherWetterDienst (DWD). S ...
Satellite observations in environmental assessments : lectures presented at the thirty-seventh session of the WMO Executive Council
Contains: Meteorological operational satellites - the first 25 years, by J.H. McElroy; Space-based ecological monitoring, by Yu. A. Izrael; Drought and its implications for desertification, by E.O. Oladipo.
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