United Nations Publications

For Life on Earth
United Nations Environment Programme
launches its first interactive CD-ROM

An excellent teaching and training device, this CD-ROM is a valuable resource for those interested in environmental problems, their solutions and important trends.

Explore the global environment

In this compelling collection of over 700 images from photographers around the world, the beauty and fragility of the planet and the struggle to protect it from environmental degradation are brilliantly depicted. The work of the international community through the United Nations Environment Programme is explained and vividly illustrated with selections from 70,000 entries to UNEP's International Photographic Competitions on the Environment. These outstanding images are colourful backdrop to the informative 1 1/2 hour narrative which provides a clear description of major environmental threats and important international treaties.

Discover the key issues

For Life on Earth makes environmental information fun, entertaining and interactive.
Simply select what you want to see and hear more about:
Natural Resources:
Learn about the atmosphere, biodiversity, land and water and how their sustainable use is essential for the world's survival. Production and Consumption: Understand more about connections between production, consumption, pollution and natural resource degradation and exciting innovations in environmentally sound technologies.
Human Health:
Discover how expanding urban areas, toxic chemicals and contaminated water are impacting our health and what the international community is doing to confront these potential dangers.
Global Trends:
Learn about the policies, standards, treaties and solutions at local, national and international levels that address global environmental trends in financial, trade and legal fields. Learn about international agreements For Life on Earth, in a user friendly format, provides extensive non-technical information on how the international community is tackling global environmental problems.

For example:

Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
Convention on Biological Diversity
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
Global Programme of Action for Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-Based Activities
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Convention to Combat Desertification and Drought
Prior Informed Consent procedure on international trade in certain hazardous chemicals
International Programme on Chemical Safety
and much more!

CD-ROM Information:
Sales Number E. 97.III.D.78
Commercial Rate: $30.00
Academic, Not-for-profit Rate: $20.00

Minimum System Requirements:
68040/25 Macintosh, 8 MB RAM or Power PC 16 MB RAM, system 7.1 or later, Quicktime 2.1; Windows 486/66 Processor, 8 MB RAM, Win 3.1 or WIN95 Quicktime 2.1.1.

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