RT null T1 Handbook of Environmental Legislation and Machinery A1 United Nations Environment Programme, K1 environmental law K1 machinery K1 Austria K1 Argentina K1 Barbados K1 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) K1 Canada K1 China K1 Dominican Republic K1 Finland K1 Japan K1 Kenya K1 Thailand K1 Singapore K1 Northern Ireland situation K1 Luxembourg K1 United Kingdom YR 1983 FD 1983 LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/29793 UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/29793 NO The handbook should serve the following purposes: - as a base for UNEP'S advice on the establishment of sound environmental machinery and legislation as a basis of better environmental management; - as a source of information and data on where UNEP's constituents are; - as a source of information and data for Governments, particularly from developing countries who may wish to receive information on the environmental machinery and legislation of other countries in order to consider alternative mechanisms or who may wish to ascertain where their counterparts are within the environmental administration of another country; - as source material for environmental education and training. DS UN Environment Document Repository RD Sep 20, 2026