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Ordos Plateau of China, The

An Endangered Environment

Series: UNU Studies on Critical Environmental Regions
( Print: January 2000 )

The Ordos Plateau of China is an account of the regional human-environmental history of the Ordos Plateau, a dryland region inhabited by Chinese farmers and Mongolian shepherds. It surveys...

The Ordos Plateau of China is an account of the regional human-environmental history of the Ordos Plateau, a dryland region inhabited by Chinese farmers and Mongolian shepherds. It surveys...


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The Work of the International Law Commission: Ninth Edition

Series: The Work of the International Law Commission
( Print: June 2017, PDF: June 2017 )

The present publication is intended to provide a general introduction to the work of the International Law Commission. Volume I contains a discussion of the nature and role of the Commission, as well...

The present publication is intended to provide a general introduction to the work of the International Law Commission. Volume I contains a discussion of the nature and role of the Commission, as well...


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The Work of the International Law Commission: Tenth Edition

Series: The Work of the International Law Commission
( Print: March 2023, PDF: April 2023 )

The present publication is intended to provide a general introduction to the work of the International Law Commission, with sufficient references to facilitate further research. Volume I contains a...

The present publication is intended to provide a general introduction to the work of the International Law Commission, with sufficient references to facilitate further research. Volume I contains a...


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The Work of the International Law Commission: Sixth Edition

Series: The Work of the International Law Commission
( Print: June 2004, PDF: October 2006 )

This publication is presented in two parts: Part I contains a brief historical outline of the various attempts at the development and codification of the Commission's work and Part II gives an account...

This publication is presented in two parts: Part I contains a brief historical outline of the various attempts at the development and codification of the Commission's work and Part II gives an account...


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The Work of the International Law Commission: Eighth Edition

Series: The Work of the International Law Commission
( Print: May 2012, PDF: May 2012 )

This publication provides an introduction to the work of the International Law Commission (ILC), with sufficient references to facilitate further research. Volume I discusses the nature and role of...

This publication provides an introduction to the work of the International Law Commission (ILC), with sufficient references to facilitate further research. Volume I discusses the nature and role of...


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The Work of the International Law Commission: Seventh Edition

Series: The Work of the International Law Commission
( Print: May 2007, PDF: October 2010 )

The present publication gives an overview of the International Law Commission's activities and reproduces the full text of legal instruments drafted under its aegis. This edition, the seventh, brings...

The present publication gives an overview of the International Law Commission's activities and reproduces the full text of legal instruments drafted under its aegis. This edition, the seventh, brings...


The Work of the International Law Commission: Fifth Edition

Series: The Work of the International Law Commission
( Print: June 1996 )

This publication is presented in two parts: Part I contains a brief historical outline of the various attempts at the development and codification of the Commission's work and Part II gives an account...

This publication is presented in two parts: Part I contains a brief historical outline of the various attempts at the development and codification of the Commission's work and Part II gives an account...


Regions at Risk

Comparisons of Threatened Environments

Series: UNU Studies on Critical Environmental Regions
( Print: February 1996 )

Nine critical environmental regions are examined through formal definitions and a detailed look into the concepts of environmental criticality and endangerment. This innovative study provides an up-to...

Nine critical environmental regions are examined through formal definitions and a detailed look into the concepts of environmental criticality and endangerment. This innovative study provides an up-to...


Amazonia

Resiliency and Dynamism of the Land and its People

Series: UNU Studies on Critical Environmental Regions
( Print: December 1997 )

The Amazon basin, site of the world's largest remaining tropical rain forest, is experiencing rapid ecological and socio-economic changes. This book examines the driving forces behind these changes...

The Amazon basin, site of the world's largest remaining tropical rain forest, is experiencing rapid ecological and socio-economic changes. This book examines the driving forces behind these changes...


In Place of the Forest

Environmental and Socio-Economic Transformation in Borneo and the Eastern Malay Peninsula

Series: UNU Studies on Critical Environmental Regions
( Print: January 1998 )

This book describes the course of the modern transformation of Borneo and the eastern side of the Malay Peninsula, an area considered to be 'environmentally critical' because of the massive...

This book describes the course of the modern transformation of Borneo and the eastern side of the Malay Peninsula, an area considered to be 'environmentally critical' because of the massive...