Environmental Engineering Reference
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United Nations Environment Program
- The UNEP World Conservation Monitoring
Centre provides information for policy and action to conserve the living world. Programs
concentrate on species, forests, protected areas, marine, mountains and fresh waters, plus
habitats affected by climate change such as polar regions. The relationship between trade
and the environment and the wider aspects of biodiversity assessment are also addressed.
(
www.unep-wcmc.org
)
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
(UNCLOS) in 1982 is a comprehensive
framework for regulating the use, development and preservation of the vast marine areas,
including mining and other mineral development in the ocean. (
www.un.org/Depts/los/
convention_agreements/convention_overview_convention.htm
)
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
in 1992 and the 1997 Kyoto
Protocol provide a comprehensive approach for controlling greenhouse gases (GHG);
those chemicals which form a heat-trapping layer in the upper atmosphere and contribute
to global warming, chiel y carbon dioxide and methane. (
www.unfccc.de
)
U.S. Geological Survey
(USGS) provides a wealth of mining relevant information includ-
ing statistics and information on the worldwide supply, demand, and l ow of minerals and
materials. The Minerals Yearbook: Volume I - Metals and Minerals contains annual statis-
tical data and information on approximately 90 commodities. (
www.usgs.gov
)
USGS Earthquake Hazards Program
provides general information, links, advice on
reducing hazards and research. (earthquake.usgs.gov)
World Information Service on Energy
(WISE)
Uranium Project
includes information
uranium.org/index.html
)
World Bank Operational Directive on Involuntary Resettlement
- The World Bank
Operational Directive on Involuntary Resettlement states that project planning must avoid
and minimize involuntary resettlement and that, if people lose their homes or livelihoods as
a result of Bank-i nanced projects, they should have their standard of living improved or at
least restored. (
www.ifc.org/ifcext/enviro.nsf/Content/ESRP/$FILE/OD430_Involuntary
Resettlement.pdf
)
World Business Council for Sustainable Development
(WBCSD) is a coalition of 180
international companies united by a shared commitment to sustainable development. The
organization pursues this goal via the three pillars of economic growth, environmental
protection and social equity. (
www.wbcsd.org
)
World Coal Institute
(WCI) is a non-proi t, non-governmental association of coal enter-
prises and associations, the only international body working on a worldwide basis on
behalf of the coal industry. (
www.worldcoal.org
)
World Conservation Union
(ICUN) is the world's largest conservation network bringing
together government agencies, non-government organizations, scientists and experts from 181
countries in a worldwide partnership. The Union's mission is to inl uence, encourage and assist
societies throughout the world to conserve the integrity and diversity of nature and to ensure
that any use of natural resources is equitable and ecologically sustainable. (
www.iucn.org
)
World Health Organization
is the United Nations' specialized agency for health.
Established in 1948, its objective is the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level
of health. Health is dei ned in WHO's Constitution as a state of complete physical, mental
and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease or ini rmity. (
www.who.int
)
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