World environment 1972-1992

By:

Tolba, Mostafa K. (ed.)

Contributor(s):

El-kholy, Osama A.(ed)

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London; Chapman & Hall; 1992Description: 884 pISBN:

9780412470004

Subject(s):

World Environment policy 1972-1992

DDC classification:

333.7 WOR

Summary: The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) was established in 1972 by the General Assembly of the United Nations with a mandate to safeguard and enhance the environment for the benefit of present and future generations'. It does so with the help of a small Secretariat in Nairobi, Kenya, making it the first United Nations body with headquarters in a developing country. Working with other members of the international community. UNEP helps to monitor, assess and manage the global environment. Earthwatch facilities use satellite data and aerial photography, while a world-wide network of collection-points gathers, collates and distributes the data. UNEP experts translate the data into workable information for today's decision-makers. UNEP provides a range of services for protecting the world's environment: they include legal instruments to protect the ozone layer; digitalized maps for use by national planners; an international regime to manage shared water resources: advice to industry, and agreements to protect the world's seas from land-based sources of pollution.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	Gandhi Smriti Library	333.7 WOR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		55370

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The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) was established in 1972 by the General Assembly of the United Nations with a mandate to safeguard and enhance the environment for the benefit of present and future generations'. It does so with the help of a small Secretariat in Nairobi, Kenya, making it the first United Nations body with headquarters in a developing country.

Working with other members of the international community. UNEP helps to monitor, assess and manage the global environment. Earthwatch facilities use satellite data and aerial photography, while a world-wide network of collection-points gathers, collates and distributes the data. UNEP experts translate the data into workable information for today's decision-makers.

UNEP provides a range of services for protecting the world's environment: they include legal instruments to protect the ozone layer; digitalized maps for use by national planners; an international regime to manage shared water resources: advice to industry, and agreements to protect the world's seas from land-based sources of pollution.

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