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UNEP

Regionally Based Assessment of Persistent Toxic Substances
Artic. Regional Report

UNEP/CHEMICALS, 2003.

   
     

Regionally Based Assessment of Persistent Toxic Substances
Antarctica. Regional Report

UNEP/CHEMICALS, 2003.

   
     

Artic: pilot GLOBIO Report
GRID-Arendal, 2001.

   
     

AMAP

Artic Pollution-2006
Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme, 2006.
ISBN 82-7971-045-0
Published by AMAP, Oslo, Norway.

The third AMAP State of the Arctic Environment Report, updating the 1997 AMAP assessment on Acidification and Arctic Haze. Information is presented in a clear and readable manner for the non-scientific audience; richly illustrated and prefaced by an Executive Summary with recommendations specifically addressed to Ministers of the eight Arctic countries.
The AMAP assessment reports are available as electronic documents on the AMAP website at www.amap.no.

 
     

Impacts of a warming artic : Artic climate Impact Assessment (ACIA) - 2004
Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme, 2004.
ISBN 0-521-61778-2.
Published by Cambridge University Press,

An overview of the scientific/technical ACIA Assessment Report, presenting the information in a clear and readable manner for the non-scientific audience; richly illustrated and prefaced by an Executive Summary presenting the 10 key findings of the ACIA assessment that was produced for the Arctic Council by AMAP, CAFF and IASC.
The AMAP assessment reports are available as electronic documents on the AMAP website at www.amap.no.

 
     

Artic Pollution
Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme, 2002.
ISBN 82-7971-015-9.
Published by AMAP, Oslo, Norway.

The second AMAP State of the Arctic Environment Report, updating the 1997 AMAP assessments on Persistent Organic Pollutants, Heavy Metals, Radioactivity, and Human Health, and including a new assessment on Climate Change Effects on Contaminant Pathways. Information is presented in a clear and readable manner for the non-scientific audience; richly illustrated and prefaced by an Executive Summary with recommendations specifically addressed to Ministers of the eight Arctic countries.
The AMAP assessment reports are available as electronic documents on the AMAP website at www.amap.no.

 
     

Arctic Pollution Issues: State of the Artic Environment Report
AMAP, 1997. 188p.
ISBN 82-7655-060-6.

A condensed version of the scientific/technical AMAP Assessment Report, presenting the information in a clear and readable manner for the non-scientific audience; richly illustrated and prefaced by an Executive Summary with recommendations specifically addressed to Ministers of the eight Arctic countries.

 
     

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