1117 AUGUST 2005 AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY | he decreasing levels of halogens in the stratosphere should lead to a gradual recovery from the chemical ozone depletion that has occurred over the past decades (WMO 2003). However, climate change resulting from increases in greenhouse gas concentrations will infl uence the stratosphere through a range of radiative, dynamical, and chemical mech...

1. In decision IX/6, on incentive measures, Conference of the Parties at its ninth meeting requested the Executive Secretary, “in cooperation with relevant organizations and initiatives, to examine the international dimension of how monitoring can support the implementation of valuation tools and positive incentive measures” (paragraph 11). This examination was to draw on earlier work undertake...

The Globcover initiative comprises the development and demonstration of a service that in first instance produces a Global land cover map for year 2005/2006. Globcover uses MERIS fine resolution (300m) mode data acquired between mid 2005 and mid 2006 and, for maximum user benefit, the thematic legend is compatible with the UN Land Cover Classification System (LCCS). This new product updates and...

Global lessons and research to inspire action and guide policy change Advance copy ii Recommended citation: UNEP (2016) Marine plastic debris and microplastics – Global lessons and research to inspire action and guide policy change. Disclaimer: The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of ...

International measures to address environmental problems increasingly rely on scientific information, and a growing number of international agreements require periodic scientific re-assessments. However, the arena of scientific assessment, governed by a combination of scientific criteria and political interests, is not well-understood, and few case studies have mapped the influence of scientifi...

This paper describes first results of a land cover / land use (LCLU) classification of Germany, developed at the German Remote Sensing Data Center (DLR-DFD). The automated, yearly updated product is based on MERIS level 2 full resolution data. The classification procedure consists of two main steps, namely a multispectral and a multitemporal analysis. The legend of the LCLU map is defined accor...

This study highlights the behaviour of Mercury in the abiotic and biotic segments of the Mandovi-Zuari estuarine system. Spatial, seasonal (Premonsoon and Postmonsoon) and tidal, distribution of THg in dissolved/particulate fractions, sediment concentrations were mapped of the river mouths, Mormugao Port, inner and outer environs of this estuarine system. Observed seasonal partition studies pro...

Modern tourism is a sector of the economy that developing very fast, for last 10 years growth was 25%. According to UNEP and WTO, seen as growing in contrast manufacturing sector. experts, rate industry will remain high, although global regional structures change over (in recent due terrorism, development various diseases, natural disasters, pandemics, etc.). In 2019, about 1,500 million intern...

Presently, organophosphorus pesticides (OPs) have largely replaced organochlorine compounds in the agricultural activities. Total turnover of OPs has increased around the world. Their residues have been detected in ground and drinking waters (Barceló, 1993), natural surface waters (Hernández et al., 1996), marine organisms (Barceló et al., 1990) and food products (Gunderson, 1995; Dejonkeheer e...