ASSESSING THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION: PRIORITY PRODUCTS AND MATERIALS pdf

... of this report. The full report should be referenced as follows:UNEP (2010) Assessing the Environmental Impacts of Consumption and Production: Priority Products and Materials, A Report of the ... and discarding of the products. The figure emphasizes the coherence of the production consumption chain and illustrates that resource extraction, the production of products and services, and ... scarcity. The 3. Working Group on Biofuels focuses on the specific topic of biofuels, and their specific implications on land use and other pressures, and their contribution to the solution of the...

OUTDOOR AIR POLLUTION: ASSESSING THE ENVIRONMENTAL BURDEN OF DISEASE AT NATIONAL AND LOCAL LEVELS potx

... benefits of reducing the risk factor by a specified amount. 2. A determination of the size of the population groups exposed to PM10 and PM2.5, and the type of health effect of interest. 3. The ... Specifically, the model was estimated using the data from 1979 to 1983, the data for 1999 and 2000, and the average of all of the available data. Associations were reported between all three of these ... in a given city or metropolitan area; − an examination of the effects of day -of -the- week and daily changes in the weather; − the use of general additive models with nonparametric smoothing,...

Greener Events A guide to reducing the environmental impacts of conferences and seminars potx

... can improve their contribution to sustainable development and reduce their environmental impacts but one area that is often overlooked is the use of resources and the release of carbon dioxide ... Choice (and audio visual) Suitability of the venue can mean more than just its layout and facilities. Other facilities or amenities in the area and appropriateness for the theme of the event ... how it invests in the community and respects the rights of people - all these add together to form the impact of that business on society” Business in the Community There are many ways...

THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF THE WORLD TRADE CENTER ATTACKS: A Preliminary Assessment pdf

... of painted or stained products and materials, which were one of many sources of volatileorganic compounds within the destroyed buildings; and thousands of chairs and otheroffice furniture containing ... troublingamounts of mercury. The towers also contained 300 mainframe computers, and poweringall these devices were hundreds of miles of wires and cables containing polyvinylT THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF ... orexplain levels of large particulate matter. Nor did they discuss the toxicity of the simmering Ground Zero fires, the synergistic impacts of the various pollution dischargesor the quality of indoor...

Tài liệu Environmental impacts of petroleum production: Fate of inorganic and organic chemicals in produced water from the Osage-Skiatook Petroleum Environmental Research sites, Osage County, Oklahoma doc

... map of the OSPER ‘A’ site showing the locations of the oil pits, other production features, drilled water wells and outline of the impacted area. Environmental impacts of petroleum production: ... settings of the Lester and Branstetter leases resemble that of much of the major southern mid-continent oil- and gas-producing area of the U.S. The leases are also typical of many depleted and aging ... wells, and simply running the water over the ground. Impacts of these past practices are apparent in salt scars, dead trees and other vegetation, contamination of soil and surface water, and plumes...

An Assessment of the Environmental Implications of Oil and Gas Production: A Regional Case Study pot

... bodies, and other stakeholder groups and citizens have issued studies or scrutinized the environmental implications and potential risks of expanding oil and gas production on public lands and ... basis, the environmental footprint of oil and gas production in Region 8 and other producing regions across the United States is growing and deserving of increased focus and attention. Environmental ... result, the growth in CBM and other forms of unconventional gas production are expanding the industry’s environmental footprint in Region 8 and in select areas of the country. 2.2.3 Other Natural...

Pollution haven hypothesis and Environmental impacts of foreign direct investment: The Case of Industrial Emission of Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) in Chinese provinces doc

... Documents Ec 2005.06 Pollution haven hypothesis and Environmental impacts of foreign direct investment: The Case of Industrial Emission of Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) in Chinese provinces ... provinces Jie HE CERDI Université d’Auvergne 65 Boulevard de F. Mitterrand 63000 Clermont-Ferrand France Tel: 00.33.4.73.17.74.23 Fax: 00.33.4.73.17.74.28 Email: Jie.HE@u-clermont1.fr...

Assessing and Managing the Ecological Impacts of Paved Roads pptx

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Adoption and Impacts of Improved Maize Production Technology: A Case Study of the Ghana Grains Development Project pot

... to land and other resources equal tothat of men, so many women end up working in the fields of their husbands or male relatives.4 In drawing up the lists of maize farmers used to select the ... interms of the number of bags of fertilizer to be applied peracre (the measurement units most commonly used byfarmers) and in terms of the number of maize plants to betreated with the amount of ... CRI/CIMMYT survey.7 On the other hand, estimating the adoption of the GGDP fertilizer recommendations on the basis of observed fertilizer use may understate the impact of the GGDP in promoting...

Application of house’s model for translation quality assessment in assessing the english version of the vietnam’s law on investment no. 59/2005/qh11

... statement of function of the ST is made, including the ideational and interpersonal component of that function.4. A similar profile and statement of function is made of the TT.5. The TT profile ... Significance of the study The results of this study will help test the quality of the English translation of the Law on Investment 2005 of Vietnam under the model developed by the German linguist ... presented and then applied in assessing the English translation of the Law on Investment 2005 of Vietnam. Chapter 3 – Discussion of results and implicationsFindings about the quality of the translation...

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