UNEP year book. emerging issues in our global environment 2011 :
The ocean has become a global repository for much of the waste we produce. Scientists are concerned that plastic debris in the ocean can transport toxic substances which may end up in the food chain, causing potential harm to ecosystems and human health. The Year Book also explores the wider implica...
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Nairobi, Kenya :
United Nations Environment Programme ,
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Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Executive summary
- [pt. 1]. Events and developments
- Sustainable development and a green economy
- Calendar of events 2010
- Renewable energy
- Keeping the climate momentum going
- Reducing black carbon and tropospheric ozone
- Emerging connections between air pollution and human health
- Warming lakes
- Biodiversity under threat - time to act
- Getting involved : citizen science
- Sustainable agricultural development
- Reversing desertification in Ningxia, China
- References
- Upcoming events 2011
- [pt. 2]. Plastic debris in the ocean
- Assessing the extent of the problem
- Physical and chemical impacts
- Social and economic effects : 'wider than the ocean'
- Tackling the issues, managing the problems
- Looking ahead
- References
- [pt. 3]. Phosphorus and food production
- Supplying a critical nutrient
- A resource reconsidered : environmental solutions
- Looking ahead
- References
- [pt. 4]. Emerging perspectives on forest biodiversity
- Drivers and consequences of forest biodiversity loss
- Approaches to biodiversity conservation
- Giving full value to living forests
- Trends in forest governance
- Looking ahead
- References
- [pt. 5]. Key environmental indicators
- Depletion of the ozone layer
- Climate change
- Natural resource use
- Biodiversity loss
- Waste
- Water
- Environmental governance
- References
- Acknowledgements
- Acronyms
- Index.