UNEP managed programme on environmental monitoring. Recently (1997) replaced by the State of Environment Reporting (SOER) programme.
Component parts include:
(a) GEMS/AIR: air quality/air pollution programme (see separate entry)
(b) Monitoring and Assessment Research Centre (MARC): see separate record
(c) GEMS Water: freshwater quality programme (see separate entry)
(d) GEMS/Food: programme monitoring chemical contaminats in food. WWW: http://www.who.ch/programmes/fsf/gems.htm