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USOI Landslide Dam and Lake Sarez

An Assessment of Hazard and Risk in the Pamir Mountains, Tajikistan

Series: ISDR Prevention Series
( Print: October 2000 )

Lake Sarez, which is located in the Pamir Mountains in Tajikistan, was created in 1911. A massive landslide, triggered by an earthquake, blocked the Murgab River valley, creating a natural dam, which...

Lake Sarez, which is located in the Pamir Mountains in Tajikistan, was created in 1911. A massive landslide, triggered by an earthquake, blocked the Murgab River valley, creating a natural dam, which...


Nations Unies et l'Apartheid, Les

Series: Série Livres Bleus
( Print: May 1995 )

Cet ouvrage retrace la campagne internationale menée contre l'apartheid et la discrimination raciale en Afrique du sud et rassemble, pour la première fois, plus de 200 documents clefs de l'ONU ainsi...

Cet ouvrage retrace la campagne internationale menée contre l'apartheid et la discrimination raciale en Afrique du sud et rassemble, pour la première fois, plus de 200 documents clefs de l'ONU ainsi...


Nations Unies et le Cambodge, Les 1991-1995

Series: Série Livres Bleus
( Print: March 1995 )

Ce volume retrace l'une des opérations de maintien de la paix les plus complexes de l'histoire de l'ONU menée sous la direction de l'Autorité provisoire des Nations Unies au Cambodge (APRONUC) - et...

Ce volume retrace l'une des opérations de maintien de la paix les plus complexes de l'histoire de l'ONU menée sous la direction de l'Autorité provisoire des Nations Unies au Cambodge (APRONUC) - et...


Nations Unies et la Non-Proliferation Nucleaire, Les

Series: Série Livres Bleus
( Print: April 1995 )

Cet ouvrage constitue une étude approfondie du Traité sur la non-prolifération des armes nucléaires, qui est la pierre angulaire des efforts faits par la communauté internationale pour prévenir la...

Cet ouvrage constitue une étude approfondie du Traité sur la non-prolifération des armes nucléaires, qui est la pierre angulaire des efforts faits par la communauté internationale pour prévenir la...


Nations Unies et le Mozambique, Les 1992-1995

Series: Série Livres Bleus
( Print: September 1995 )

Le présent volume retrace l'une des opérations les plus novatrices et les plus complexes jamais menées par 1'Organisation des Nations Unies. Combinant le maintien de la paix, 1'aide humanitaire et 1...

Le présent volume retrace l'une des opérations les plus novatrices et les plus complexes jamais menées par 1'Organisation des Nations Unies. Combinant le maintien de la paix, 1'aide humanitaire et 1...


Nations Unies and Droits de l'homme, 1948-1995

Series: Série Livres Bleus
( Print: September 1995 )

II est peu de causes auxquelles on associe davantage l'Organisation des Nations Unies que la promotion et la protection des droits de l'homme. Cet ouvrage donne un compte rendu détaillé de ces...

II est peu de causes auxquelles on associe davantage l'Organisation des Nations Unies que la promotion et la protection des droits de l'homme. Cet ouvrage donne un compte rendu détaillé de ces...


African Elephant, The

Series: UNEP/GEMS Environment Library
( Print: August 1995 )

This publication discusses the scientific background of the African elephant and the effect of the ivory trade on its endangered population. A chapter on the counting of elephants provides the reader...

This publication discusses the scientific background of the African elephant and the effect of the ivory trade on its endangered population. A chapter on the counting of elephants provides the reader...


Urban Air Pollution

Series: UNEP/GEMS Environment Library
( Print: August 1995 )

The value of this volume is the summary of the GEMS/Air assessment on the levels and effects of five of the most common and ubiquitous air pollutants: sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide...

The value of this volume is the summary of the GEMS/Air assessment on the levels and effects of five of the most common and ubiquitous air pollutants: sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide...


Contamination of Food, The

Series: UNEP/GEMS Environment Library
( Print: August 1995 )

The data in this fifth volume in the series of the UNEP/GEMS Environment Library provide a picture of levels and trends of food contamination over much of the globe. Contaminants such as lead, cadmium...

The data in this fifth volume in the series of the UNEP/GEMS Environment Library provide a picture of levels and trends of food contamination over much of the globe. Contaminants such as lead, cadmium...


Freshwater Pollution

Series: UNEP/GEMS Environment Library
( Print: August 1995 )

Polluted water has the potential for becoming a global threat. The GEMS assessment provides the first global picture of the state of much of the world's freshwater resources. It outlines the critical...

Polluted water has the potential for becoming a global threat. The GEMS assessment provides the first global picture of the state of much of the world's freshwater resources. It outlines the critical...


Impact of Ozone-Layer Depletion, The

Series: UNEP/GEMS Environment Library
( Print: August 1995 )

This volume deals with the effects of ozone depletion on human health and the environment, and outlines ways of reducing damage to the ozone layer. It discusses the effects of ultraviolet radiation on...

This volume deals with the effects of ozone depletion on human health and the environment, and outlines ways of reducing damage to the ozone layer. It discusses the effects of ultraviolet radiation on...


El Niño Phenomenon, The

Series: UNEP/GEMS Environment Library
( Print: August 1995 )

This technical document, written to be easily understood by those without technical qualifications, deals with the phenomenon of El Niño as it effects a reversal in the direction of winds and oceans...

This technical document, written to be easily understood by those without technical qualifications, deals with the phenomenon of El Niño as it effects a reversal in the direction of winds and oceans...


Glaciers and the Environment

Series: UNEP/GEMS Environment Library
( Print: August 1995 )

Glaciers are important to the environmental health of the planet especially in the regulation of the Earth's heat balance. This volume presents the background and behaviour of glaciers, as they can be...

Glaciers are important to the environmental health of the planet especially in the regulation of the Earth's heat balance. This volume presents the background and behaviour of glaciers, as they can be...


Impact of Climate Change, The

Series: UNEP/GEMS Environment Library
( Print: August 1995 )

This volume summarizes the current state of knowledge on climate change and its possible consequences. It draws together scientific research on the enhanced greenhouse effect, global warming and...

This volume summarizes the current state of knowledge on climate change and its possible consequences. It draws together scientific research on the enhanced greenhouse effect, global warming and...


Global Biodiversity

Series: UNEP/GEMS Environment Library
( Print: August 1995 )

Biodiversity describes the diversity of life on Earth encompassing all species of plants, animals and micro-organisms, their genetic material and the ecosystems of which they are part. This volume...

Biodiversity describes the diversity of life on Earth encompassing all species of plants, animals and micro-organisms, their genetic material and the ecosystems of which they are part. This volume...


Pollution of Lakes and Reservoirs, The

Series: UNEP/GEMS Environment Library
( Print: August 1995 )

Good management of the world's freshwater resources depends on understanding their value and the major problems confronting them. This publication documents the state of the world's lakes and...

Good management of the world's freshwater resources depends on understanding their value and the major problems confronting them. This publication documents the state of the world's lakes and...


Impacts of Climate on Fisheries, The

Series: UNEP/GEMS Environment Library
( Print: August 1995 )

This volume summarizes the potential implications of climate change and variability on fisheries and on the societies that depend on them. It is based on a review of several fisheries case studies and...

This volume summarizes the potential implications of climate change and variability on fisheries and on the societies that depend on them. It is based on a review of several fisheries case studies and...


Nations Unies et le Conflit entre l'Iraq et le Koweït, Les

Series: Série Livres Bleus
( Print: January 1996 )

The response of the United Nations and its Member States to the August 1990 invasion of Kuwait by Iraq, highlighted the extraordinary strengths of the Organization and its capacity to act decisively...

The response of the United Nations and its Member States to the August 1990 invasion of Kuwait by Iraq, highlighted the extraordinary strengths of the Organization and its capacity to act decisively...


Nations Unies et la Somalie, Les 1992-1996

Series: Série Livres Bleus
( Print: June 1996 )

La guerre civile, la famine qu'elle a entraînée et l'effondrement de l'autorité gouvernementale en Somalie ont conduit l'Organisation des Nations Unies a lancer dans le pays une opération sans...

La guerre civile, la famine qu'elle a entraînée et l'effondrement de l'autorité gouvernementale en Somalie ont conduit l'Organisation des Nations Unies a lancer dans le pays une opération sans...


Water Quality of World River Basins

Series: UNEP/GEMS Environment Library
( Print: February 1996 )

Contributing to the scientific investigation of global water resources, this publication summarizes the results of analysis and interpretation for 82 major river basins around the world. It is...

Contributing to the scientific investigation of global water resources, this publication summarizes the results of analysis and interpretation for 82 major river basins around the world. It is...