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Role of Foreign Direct Investment in the Gas Industry
Economies in Transition and Southern Mediterranean Countries
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is recognized as an appropriate driving force for economic growth. To attract investment, countries have to meet set requirements. These requirements also apply to the...
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is recognized as an appropriate driving force for economic growth. To attract investment, countries have to meet set requirements. These requirements also apply to the...
Reform and Restructuring of the Gas Industry in Economies in Transition
This collection of papers and proceedings submitted by leading figures in the gas industry in Europe, North America and the Commonwealth of Independent States, deals with key issues and gives a unique...
This collection of papers and proceedings submitted by leading figures in the gas industry in Europe, North America and the Commonwealth of Independent States, deals with key issues and gives a unique...
The State of the World’s Forests 2016
Forests and Agriculture - Land-use Challenges and Opportunities
Forests and trees support sustainable agriculture. They stabilize soils and climate, regulate water flows, give shade and shelter, and provide a habitat for pollinators and the natural predators of...
Forests and trees support sustainable agriculture. They stabilize soils and climate, regulate water flows, give shade and shelter, and provide a habitat for pollinators and the natural predators of...
The State of the World’s Forests 2018
Forest Pathways to Sustainable Development
This publication is aimed at enhancing our understanding of how forests and their sustainable management contribute to achieving several of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Time is running...
This publication is aimed at enhancing our understanding of how forests and their sustainable management contribute to achieving several of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Time is running...
El estado de los bosques del mundo 2018
Las vías forestales hacia el desarrollo sostenible
Hace casi tres años, los líderes mundiales acordaron la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible de las Naciones Unidas y sus 17 Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS). Es decir, el marco central...
Hace casi tres años, los líderes mundiales acordaron la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible de las Naciones Unidas y sus 17 Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS). Es decir, el marco central...
La situation des forêts du monde 2018
Les forêts au service du développement durable
Il y a près de trois ans, les dirigeants du monde approuvaient le Programme des Nations Unies pour le développement durable à l’horizon 2030 et ses 17 objectifs de développement durable (ODD), qui...
Il y a près de trois ans, les dirigeants du monde approuvaient le Programme des Nations Unies pour le développement durable à l’horizon 2030 et ses 17 objectifs de développement durable (ODD), qui...
Reform and Restructuring of the Gas Industry in Economies in Transition 1999
This publication reviews and discusses future developments of energy/gas prices and competition and gas supply prospects. It focuses on central and eastern European countries (CEEs) gas markets and...
This publication reviews and discusses future developments of energy/gas prices and competition and gas supply prospects. It focuses on central and eastern European countries (CEEs) gas markets and...
African Elephant, The
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Gas Rates Fundamentals and Practices
Natural gas in the European region represents the world's largest market for gas. Recognizing the importance of the gas sector to the region and the prospect that demand for gas will increase...
Natural gas in the European region represents the world's largest market for gas. Recognizing the importance of the gas sector to the region and the prospect that demand for gas will increase...
Gas Distribution Rate Design Manual
The Rate Design Manual focuses on the US experience in developing and implementing regulatory policies and measures designed to cover the various factors in designing gas rates by local distribution...
The Rate Design Manual focuses on the US experience in developing and implementing regulatory policies and measures designed to cover the various factors in designing gas rates by local distribution...