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Plan to conserve forests may be detrimental to other ecosystems
... Miles, lead author and Acting Head of the Climate Change and Biodiversity Programme at the United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (WCMC), said: "Land use change, ...IT waste a 'major challenge' to human health, says UNEP chief
Millions of discarded mobile phones and computers are posing a "major challenge" to human health, the chief of the United Nations Environment Programme said Thursday.Oregon's Rogue River Basin to face climate-change hurdles
... intergovernmental body established in 1988 by the World Meteorological Organization and United Nations Environment Programme. Many buildings and infrastructure in the Rogue basin are in flood plains ...Eugene-Springfield face Upper Willamette climate threats
... scientific intergovernmental body established in 1988 by the World Meteorological Organization and United Nations Environment Programme. The models agree that annual average temperatures in the Upper ...New simulation shows consequences of a world without Earth's natural sunscreen
... moved to a phase where we need to be accountable," said Newman, who is co-chair of the United Nations Environment Programme's Scientific Assessment Panel to review the state of the ozone layer and ...Deep-sea corals may be oldest living marine organism
... are similar habitats in international waters and it is hoped that the results will provide the scientific basis for agreements under the Law of the Sea, and United Nations Environment Programme."Climate change and atmospheric circulation will make for uneven ozone recovery
... changes. Li's experiment is part of an ongoing international effort organized by the United Nations Environment Programme's Scientific Assessment Panel to assess the state of the ozone layer. Li and ...Catalan rivers suffer from sediment accumulation
... that global warming can have a negative impact on river discharge. In 2003, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) said that the amount of water being discharged into the Mediterranean Sea ...Time to tap climate-change-combating potential of the world's ecosystems
... develop a global study on the economics of biodiversity loss. The study is hosted by the United Nations Environment Programme. The issues update was launched today by TEEB study leader Pavan Sukhdev, ...Economists fail to account for 'natural capital' - report
... of their countries' natural resources, putting billion's of people's well-being at risk and contributing to catastrophic species loss, according to a new United Nations Environment Programme report...
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