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1987-1992 : the global 500 : the roll of honour for environmental achievement
Nairobi : UNEP, [1993]. 120 p.
Note: Updated by annual supplements; latest received: 1997
UN Library (NY) Call No.: UNEP(05)/G5
Keywords: AWARDS / DIRECTORIES / ENVIRONMENT

Agenda 21 : programme of action for sustainable development, Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, Statement of Forest Principles : the final text of agreements negotiated by Governments at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), 3-14 June 1992, Rio de Janeiro
New York : UN, 1993. 294 p.
Document Symbol: DPI/1344.
Sales No.: 93.I.11.
Internet: http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/agenda21.htm.
Keywords: ENVIRONMENT / SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT / TREATIES / PROGRAMMES OF ACTION / DECLARATIONS

Agreements and working arrangements with other international organizations
Geneva : WMO, 1988-. 1 v. (loose-leaf).
Note: Updated by loose-leaf supplements
UN Library (NY) Call No.: [UNRef]WMO(02)/B2
Keywords: WMO / TREATIES / ENVIRONMENT / METEOROLOGY

Annotated compilation of information relevant to the Berlin Mandate process
[Geneva] : UN, 1995. 24 p.
Document Symbol: FCCC/AGBM/1995/5.
Keywords: CLIMATIC CHANGE / BIBLIOGRAPHIES / ENVIRONMENT

Annual report of the Global Environment Facility
Washington, D.C. : World Bank, 1996-.
Note: Latest ed. received: 1996
UN Library (NY) Call No.: IBRD/GEF(058)/R3
Keywords: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION / ENVIRONMENTAL FINANCING / ENVIRONMENT / GEF

Annual report [World Meteorological Organization]
Geneva : WMO, 1951-.
Document Symbol: WMO/918.
UN Library (NY) Call No.: WMO(058)/R3.
Keywords: ACTIVITIES / WMO / METEOROLOGY / ENVIRONMENT

Assessment of water resources and water availability in the world / scientific leader and editor, I.A. Shiklomanov
[Geneva] : WMO, [1997]. 88 p.
UN Library (NY) Call No.: UNST/DPCSD(02)/S556.
Keywords: ENVIRONMENT / WATER RESOURCES / FRESHWATER

Basic documents, No. 1., 1995 ed.
Geneva : WMO, 1995. 188 p.
Note: Includes convention, general regulations, staff regulations, and financial regulations of WMO and agreements between WMO and the UN and Switzerland Government
UN Library (NY) Call No.: [UNRef]WMO(02)/B2, No. 1
Keywords: ENVIRONMENT / METEOROLOGY / TREATIES / RULES AND REGULATIONS / WMO / FINANCIAL REGULATIONS

Bibliography : acquisitions of the Climate Convention Library since August 1994
[Geneva] : UN, 1995. 43 p.
Document Symbol: FCCC/1995/INF.6 + Corr.1.
Keywords: CLIMATIC CHANGE / ENVIRONMENT / BIBLIOGRAPHIES

Climate change : glossary
Geneva : UN; WMO, 1990. xi, 143 p.
Note: Multilingual (A/C/E/F/R/S)
Document Symbol: [ST/GENEVA/]TERM/41
Sales No.: GV.90.O.12
Keywords: CLIMATIC CHANGE / TERMINOLOGY / ARABIC LANGUAGE / CHINESE LANGUAGE / ENGLISH LANGUAGE / FRENCH LANGUAGE / RUSSIAN LANGUAGE / SPANISH LANGUAGE

Climate change : science, impacts and policy : proceedings of the Second World Climate Conference
Cambridge, England; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1991. xiii, 578 p.
UN Library (NY) Call No.: WMO(063.1)/G35.
Keywords: CLIMATIC CHANGE / ENVIRONMENT

Definitions of terms used in ECE standard statistical classifications for the environment
[Geneva] : UN, 1995.
UN Library (NY) Call No.: UNE/ECE(018)/D3.
Keywords: ENVIRONMENT / STATISTICAL CLASSIFICATIONS / TERMINOLOGY

Environment and development
New York : UN, 1992. 2 v.
Note: Multilingual (A/C/E/F/R/S). Vol. I contains listing of terms; vol. II contains multilingual alphabetical index. Included on the Earth Summit CD-ROM
Document Symbol: ST/CS/SER.F/344
Sales No.: 92.I.7
Keywords: TERMINOLOGY / ENVIRONMENT / DEVELOPMENT / ARABIC LANGUAGE / CHINESE LANGUAGE / ENGLISH LANGUAGE / FRENCH LANGUAGE / RUSSIAN LANGUAGE / SPANISH LANGUAGE

Environment and trade : a handbook
Winnipeg : published for UNEP by the International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2000. xii, 84 p.
UN Library (NY) Call No.: UNEP(09) E61.
Keywords: INTERNATIONAL TRADE / ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY / ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS / MANUALS

Environment matters at the World Bank : annual review
Washington, D.C. : World Bank, 1990-.
Note: Title varies. Latest ed. received: 1998
UN Library (NY) Call No.: IBRD(058)/E5
Keywords: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT / ENVIRONMENT / ACTIVITIES / IBRD

Environmental conventions elaborated under the auspices of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
New York : UN, 1994. vi, 108 p.
Note: Reproduces full text of conventions
Sales No.: 93.II.E.35
UN Library (NY) Call No.: UNST/ECE(092)/E5
Keywords: ENVIRONMENT / TREATIES / ENVIRONMENTAL LAW

Environmental data report
Oxford [England] : published for UNEP by Blackwell Reference, 1987-1994.
Note: Continued by: Global environment outlook. Biennial; latest ed. received: 1993-1994
UN Library (NY) Call No.: UNEP(02)/E58
Keywords: ENVIRONMENT / ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING / POLLUTION / CLIMATE / NATURAL RESOURCES / HEALTH / POPULATION / HUMAN SETTLEMENTS / TRANSPORT / DISASTERS / ENERGY / UNEP / WASTES

Executive Council : abridged final report with resolutions [World Meteorological Organization]
Geneva : WMO, 1983-.
Note: Continues: Executive Committee : abridged report with resolutions. Sessional; latest ed. received: 51st sess. (1999)
Document Symbol: WMO/903
UN Library (NY) Call No.: WMO(063)/E81
Keywords: ENVIRONMENT / METEOROLOGY / WMO / RESOLUTIONS AND DECISIONS

Forty years of progress and achievement : a historical review of WMO [World Meteorological Organization]
Geneva, 1990. 205 p.
Note: Includes text of the Convention of the World Meteorological Organization and of the Agreement between the United Nations and the World Meteorological Organization
Document Symbol: [UNRef]WMO/721
Keywords: METEOROLOGY / WMO / HISTORY / ENVIRONMENT

Global biodiversity assessment / V.H. Heywood, executive editor
Cambridge [England]; New York : published for UNEP by Cambridge University Press, 1995. x, 1140 p.
UN Library (NY) Call No.: UNEP(02)/G5.
Keywords: BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY / ENVIRONMENT

Global biodiversity assessment : summary for policy-makers / R.T. Watson [et al.]
Cambridge, England; New York : published for UNEP by Cambridge University Press, 1995. 46 p.
UN Library (NY) Call No.: UNEP(02)/G51.
Keywords: BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY / ENVIRONMENT

Global environment outlook 2000
London : UNEP : Earthscan, 1999. xxxiii, 398 p.
Keywords: ENVIRONMENT

Global environment outlook [GEO]
New York : published for UNEP by Oxford University Press, 1997-.
Note: Biennial; latest ed. received: 1997
Internet: http://www.unep.org/unep/eia/geo1/ch/toc.htm.
UN Library (NY) Call No.: UNEP(05)/G52.
Keywords: ENVIRONMENT / ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION / ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION / ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY

Global outlook 2000 : an economic, social and environmental perspective
New York : UN, 1990. xi, 340 p.
Document Symbol: ST/ESA/215/Rev.1.
Sales No.: 90.II.C.3.
Keywords: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT / SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT / ENVIRONMENT

The global partnership for environment and development : a guide to Agenda 21, post Rio edition
New York : UN, 1993. 239 p.
Sales No.: 93.I.9.
UN Library (NY) Call No.: UNA/CONF.151(02)/G51.
Keywords: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT / ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND TECHNOLOGY / ENVIRONMENT / GUIDES / PROGRAMMES OF ACTION

Glossary of environment statistics
New York : UN, 1997. vi, 83 p.
Note: Bilingual (E/F)
Document Symbol: ST/ESA/STAT/SER.F/67
Sales No.: 96.XVII.12
Keywords: GLOSSARIES / TERMINOLOGY / ENVIRONMENTAL STATISTICS / ENGLISH LANGUAGE / FRENCH LANGUAGE

Government strategies and policies for cleaner production
Paris : UNEP, 1994. 32 p.
Sales No.: 94.III.D.12.
UN Library (NY) Call No.: UNEP(02)/G62.
Keywords: ENVIRONMENT / ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY / ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND TECHNOLOGY / ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND PRODUCTS

Guidelines and manual on the protection and rehabilitation of contaminated rivers
New York : UN, 1998. xiv, 279 p.
Document Symbol: ST/ESCAP/SER.F/78.
Sales No.: 99.II.F.70.
Keywords: GUIDELINES / MANUALS / ENVIRONMENT

Handbook for the international treaties for the protection of the ozone layer : the Vienna Convention (1985); the Montreal Protocol (1987)
[Nairobi] : Ozone Secretariat, UNEP, 2000. xv, 367 p.
Note: Includes : Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer (1985) ; Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (1987)
UN Library (NY) Call No.: UNEP(09)/O99
Keywords: MONTREAL PROTOCOL ON SUBSTANCES THAT DEPLETE THE OZONE LAYER (1987) / VIENNA CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE OZONE LAYER (1985) / OZONE LAYER / OZONE-DEPLETING SUBSTANCES / ENVIRONMENTAL LAW / MANUALS

An index to the decisions and resolutions of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme : the 1st through the 15th session, the session of a special character and the 1st and 2nd special session (1990)
Nairobi : UNEP, 1991. iv, 168 p.
Document Symbol: UNEP/LIB/SER.C/6.
Keywords: UNEP / RESOLUTIONS AND DECISIONS / INDEXES / ENVIRONMENT

Industry and environment : a guide to sources of information
Bollschweil [Germany] : Grub, 1991. xxviii, 284 p.
UN Library (NY) Call No.: UNIDO(02)/I5.
Keywords: INDUSTRY / ENVIRONMENT / INFORMATION SOURCES / GUIDES / DIRECTORIES / BIBLIOGRAPHIES

Legislacion ambiental general en America Latina y el Caribe
Mexico : UNEP, 1992. iv, 467 p.
Note: Supplement issued in 1994
UN Library (NY) Call No.: UNEP/ROLAC(05)/S3
Keywords: ENVIRONMENTAL LAW

The London Dumping Convention : the first decade and beyond
London : IMO, 1991. ix, 292 p.
Note: Contains provisions of the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter, 1972 (amended 1978, 1980 and 1989), and decisions made by the Consultative Meeting of its Contracting Parties (1975-1989)
Sales No.: IMO-532
UN Library (NY) Call No.: IMO(092)/L6
Keywords: OCEAN DUMPING / MARINE POLLUTION / TREATIES / ENVIRONMENT / LAW OF THE SEA

Man and the atmosphere : climate change, ozone layer : sources of information and bibliography
Nairobi : UNEP, 1987. ix, 387 p.
Note: Trilingual (E,F,S)
UN Library (NY) Call No.: UNEP/INFOTERRA(015)/M2
Keywords: UNEP / CLIMATIC CHANGE / OZONE LAYER / INFORMATION SOURCES / DIRECTORIES / BIBLIOGRAPHIES / ENVIRONMENT

Manual for the implementation of the Basel Convention
Geneva : UNEP, 1994. 46 p.
Document Symbol: UNEP/SBC/94/1.
Keywords: ENVIRONMENT / TRANSBOUNDARY WASTE DISPOSAL / TREATIES / MANUALS

Manual on oil pollution, Section V : administrative aspects of oil pollution response, 1998 edition
London : IMO, 1998. viii, 81 p.
UN Library (NY) Call No.: IMO(092.1)/P62.
Keywords: POLLUTION CONTROL / ADMINISTRATIVE ASPECTS / MANUALS

Manual on oil pollution, Section VI : IMO guidelines for sampling and identification of oil spills
London : IMO, 1998. v, 38 p.
UN Library (NY) Call No.: IMO(092.1)/P62.
Keywords: OIL SPILLS / SAMPLING (CHEMISTRY) / MANUALS

MARPOL - how to do it : manual on the practical implications of ratifying and implementing MARPOL 73/78
London : IMO, 1993. v, 128 p.
Sales No.: IMO-636.
UN Library (NY) Call No.: IMO(092.1)/M271, IMO(092.1)/M27/1997/1999/Amend.
Keywords: POLLUTION CONTROL / MARINE POLLUTION / OIL POLLUTION / TREATIES / ENVIRONMENT / LAW OF THE SEA / MANUALS

Mine rehabilitation for environment and health protection : a training manual
Paris : UNEP, Industry and Environment centre ; Rome : WHO, European Centre for Environment and Health, 1998. 1 v. (various pagings).
UN Library (NY) Call No.: UNEP(09)/M664.
Keywords: MINES / MININGNVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT / ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION / OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH / MANUALS

Our common future [Brundtland report] / World Commission on Environment and Development
Oxford, England; New York : Oxford University Press, 1987. xv, 383 p.
UN Library (NY) Call No.: 577.4 W675.
Keywords: ENVIRONMENT / SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT / ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY

Pollution prevention and abatement handbook 1998 : towards cleaner production
Washington D.C. : World Bank Group, 1999. xi, 457 p.
UN Library (NY) Call No.: UNEP(09)/P977.
Keywords: INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION / POLLUTION CONTROL / MANUALS

Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21
New York : UN, 1998. vii, 95 p.
Note: Adopted on 27 June 1997 at the 19th special session of the General Assembly as resolution S-19/2
Document Symbol: DPI/1953
Internet: http://www.un.org/esa/earthsummit.
Keywords: ENVIRONMENT / SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT / PROGRAMMES OF ACTION

Register of international treaties and other agreements in the field of the environment, 1996
Nairobi : UNEP, 1997. xxv, 474 p.
Note: Register of 216 existing international treaties, conventions and agreements in the field of the environment. Objectives, provisions, membership, parties and dates of entry into force are indicated
UN Library (NY) Call No.: UNEP(058)/R33
Keywords: SIGNATURES, ACCESSIONS, RATIFICATIONS / TREATIES / INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS / ENVIRONMENT / INTERNATIONAL LAW / ENVIRONMENTAL LAW

Report of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro, 3-14 June 1992 [UNCED] [Earth Summit]
New York : UN, 1993. 3 v.
Note: Vol. I: Resolutions adopted by the Conference; vol. II: Proceedings of the Conference; vol. III: Statements made by Heads of State or Government at the summit segment of the Conference
Document Symbol: A/CONF.151/26/Rev.1
Sales No.: 93.I.8
Keywords: ENVIRONMENT / SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT / ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY / TREATIES

Resolutions of Congress and the Executive Council [World Meteorological Organization]
Geneva : WMO, 1985-. 1 v. (loose-leaf).
Note: Updated by loose-leaf supplements
Document Symbol: [UNRef]WMO/508
Keywords: WMO / RESOLUTIONS AND DECISIONS / METEOROLOGY / ENVIRONMENT

Selected multilateral treaties in the field of the environment, vol. 2
Cambridge, England : published for UNEP by Grotius, 1991. xi, 527 p.
Note: Includes full text of treaties
UN Library (NY) Call No.: UNEP(092)/S3
Keywords: ENVIRONMENT / ENVIRONMENTAL LAW / MULTILATERAL TREATIES

Selected multilateral treaties in the field of the environment, [vol. 1]
Nairobi : UNEP, 1983. ix, 525 p.
Note: Includes full text of treaties
Sales No.: 83.III.D.6
UN Library (NY) Call No.: UNEP(092)/S3
Keywords: UNEP / ENVIRONMENT / MULTILATERAL TREATIES / ENVIRONMENTAL LAW

A sourcebook for conservation and biological diversity information
Gland, Switzerland : World Conservation Union in collaboration with UNEP, 1995. ix, 302 p.
UN Library (NY) Call No.: UNEP/INFOTERRA(015)/S719.
Keywords: ENVIRONMENT / BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY / INFORMATION SERVICES / INFORMATION SOURCES / DIRECTORIES

Status of international conventions relating to marine pollution of which IMO is depositary or is responsible for secretariat duties
London : IMO, 1992. 3, 14, 2 p.
Document Symbol: MEPC 32/2.
Keywords: TREATIES / MARINE POLLUTION / SIGNATURES, ACCESSIONS, RATIFICATIONS / IMO / ENVIRONMENT

Strategies and policies for air pollution abatement
New York : UN, 1995. v, 138 p.
Note: 1994 review prepared under the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution
Document Symbol: ECE/EB.AIR/44
Sales No.: 95.II.E.15
Keywords: ENVIRONMENT / AIR POLLUTION / TRANSBOUNDARY AIR POLLUTION / POLLUTION CONTROL

Terms on environment related to agriculture
Rome : FAO, 1991. vi, 194 p.
Note: Multilingual (E/F/Ita/S)
Document Symbol: GIP:TB/22/lt
UN Library (NY) Call No.: FAO(05)/T319, No. 22/lt
Keywords: TERMINOLOGY / ENVIRONMENT / AGRICULTURE / ENGLISH LANGUAGE / FRENCH LANGUAGE / ITALIAN LANGUAGE / SPANISH LANGUAGE

Texts on the bilateral, multilateral and regional agreements or arrangements regarding transboundary movements of hazardous wastes and other wastes
Geneva : UNEP, 1994. i, 174 p.
Document Symbol: UNEP/SBC/94/9.
Keywords: ENVIRONMENT / TREATIES / ENVIRONMENTAL LAW / WASTE DISPOSAL / TRANSBOUNDARY WASTE DISPOSAL / TOXIC WASTE MANAGEMENT

UNCED : Earth Summit, Rio de Janeiro, 1992 [CD-ROM]
Ottawa : UN in collaboration with IDRC of Canada, 1993. 1 CD-ROM disc + manual.
Note: Includes complete documentation of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
UN Library (NY) Call No.: UNA/CONF.151(063.1)/R4
Keywords: ENVIRONMENT / SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Understanding climate change : a beginner's guide to the UN Framework Convention
Geneva : UNEP, 1995. 20 p.
Document Symbol: UNEP/IUCC/95/1.
Keywords: CLIMATIC CHANGE / TREATIES / GUIDES / ENVIRONMENT

UNEP annual report
Nairobi : UNEP, 1998-.
UN Library (NY) Call No.: UNEP(058)/A615.
Keywords: UNEP / ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

UNEP biennial report [United Nations Environment Programme]
Nairobi, 1997-.
Note: Latest ed. received: 1996-1997
UN Library (NY) Call No.: UNEP(058)/U56
Keywords: UNEP / ACTIVITIES / ENVIRONMENT / ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Urban air pollution in megacities of the world
Oxford, England : published for UNEP and WHO by Blackwell, 1992. viii, 230 p.
UN Library (NY) Call No.: UNEP(02)/U7.
Keywords: ENVIRONMENT / AIR POLLUTION / URBAN AREAS / CITIES

WHO Programme for the Promotion of Environmental Health : bibliography of selected publications and documents, 2nd ed.
Geneva : WHO, 1991. 181 p.
Note: Bilingual (E,F)
Document Symbol: WHO/EHE/91.3
Keywords: ENVIRONMENT / ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH / BIBLIOGRAPHIES

The WMO achievement : 40 years in the service of international meteorology and hydrology
Geneva : WMO, 1990. 44 p.
Document Symbol: [UNRef]WMO/729.
Keywords: ACTIVITIES / HISTORY / WMO / METEOROLOGY / ENVIRONMENT

World atlas of desertification, 2nd ed.
London ; New York : published for UNEP by Arnold, 1997. x, 182 p.
UN Library (NY) Call No.: UNEP(017)/W927.
Keywords: ENVIRONMENT / DESERTIFICATION / ATLASES

World desertification bibliography
[Nairobi] : UNEP, [1991]. vii, 294 p.
UN Library (NY) Call No.: UNEP(016)/S75.
Keywords: DESERTIFICATION / BIBLIOGRAPHIES / ENVIRONMENT

The world environment, 1972-1992 : two decades of challenge
London : published for UNEP by Chapman & Hall, 1992. xi, 884 p.
UN Library (NY) Call No.: UNEP(02)/T6522.
Keywords: ENVIRONMENT / ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION / ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

World Meteorological Congress : abridged report with resolutions
Geneva : WMO, 1951-.
Note: Issued every 4 years; latest ed. received: 13th (1999)
Document Symbol: WMO/902
UN Library (NY) Call No.: WMO(063)/C61
Keywords: METEOROLOGY / ENVIRONMENT / WMO / RESOLUTIONS AND DECISIONS

World Meteorological Congress : proceedings
Geneva : WMO, 1951-.
Note: Latest ed. received: 13th (1999)
Document Symbol: WMO/902
UN Library (NY) Call No.: WMO(063)/C61
Keywords: METEOROLOGY / ENVIRONMENT / WMO

World resources
New York : published for the World Resources Institute, UNEP, UNDP and the World Bank by Oxford University Press, 1992-.
Note: Biennial; latest ed. received: 2000-2001. Each issue focuses on a particular environmental topic and has a more specific subtitle
UN Library (NY) Call No.: UNEP(058)/W6
Keywords: NATURAL RESOURCES / ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY / ENVIRONMENT