iL-Air Quality

LEGISLATION

• Environmental Protection (Standards for Air) Regulations 1998

FACT SHEETS, STATISTICS, INDICATORS and OTHERS

• WHO Ambient (outdoor) air pollution (Global)

• WHO Household air pollution (Global)

• WHO Mauritius

• The Global Health Observatory (Mauritius)

REPORTS

• Final INDC for Mauritius 28 Sept 2015

• UPDATE OF THE NATIONALLY DETERMINED CONTRIBUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF MAURITIUS (2021)

• WHO global air quality guidelines

• WHO’s guidelines on indoor air quality

• Recommendations for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions  
• Air Quality Policies in Mauritius
• Report by MCB

TOOLKITS and Other Gadgets

• Mobile Apps: Air Quality (Mauritius); MoNatir; MoBienet

• Websites:  Mauritius Air Quality Index

• WHO Research4Life

BOOKS, CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

• "Indoor Air Quality Handbook" by John D. Spengler et al.
• Banning chlorofluorocarbons: epistemic community efforts to protect stratospheric ozone Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2009  by Peter M. Haas

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS

2024  

• Geo-mapping atmospheric corrosion in Mauritius, Yashwantraj Seechurn, Julian A Wharton, and Baboo Yashwansingh R Surnam

2023

• Detection of air pollution, air quality monitoring, and control using a wireless sensor network, Pappu Kumar, Advances in Pollution Research 2023, Pages 23-28 

• Geographic carbon accounting: The roadmap for achieving net-zero emissions in Mauritius Island, Jay R.S. Doorga, Prakash N.K. Deenapanray, Soonil D.D.V. Rughooputh, Journal of Environmental Management, Volume 333, 1 May 2023, 117434

• Bibi Nabilah Hassen, Dinesh Surroop,  Jean Philippe Praene (2023) Phasing-out of coal from the energy system in Mauritius, Energy Strategy Reviews, Volume 46, March 2023, 10106

• Toshima Makoondlall-Chadee, Preeya V. Ramasamy Coolen, Chandradeo Bokhoree, Kushal Boisemo-Naiko. A Systematic Assessment of the Challenges Towards Sustainable Urban Transportation: A Case Study of the Island of Mauritius. 2023, 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1109/i-COSTE60462.2023.10500803

2022

• Smart Real Time System For Air Pollution Monitoring, Baboo Sivrajsingh Loderchand; Robert T. F. Ah King; Bhimsen Rajkumarsingh,10.1109/ELECOM54934.2022.9965229

• Assessment of the effects of solvents on lung function among paint industry workers in Mauritius, Mohammad Yusuf Khan Yarroo &Phoka C. Rathebe, Pages 138-149 
   

2021

• Case Studies for Zimbabwe, Botswana, Mauritius and Thailand, Kirsten Halsnaes, Anil Markandya, Tim Taylor, Climate Change and Sustainable Development,  Climate Change and Sustainable Development Edition1st ,Pages45 eBook ISBN9781003210795

2018

• Praveer Towakel, Shivanand P. Guness, Amar Seeam, Girish Bekaroo, and Xavier A. Bellekens, Air Quality Monitoring in Mauritius,  (December 2018) DOI:10.1109/ICONIC.2018.8601245; Conference: 2018 International Conference on Intelligent and Innovative Computing Applications (ICONIC)
• L Vencataya, S Pudaruth, G Dirpal, V Narain (2018) Assessing the causes & impacts of traffic congestion on the society, economy and individual: A case of Mauritius as an emerging economy, Studies in Business and Economics, 2018, SBE no. 13(3), p230-242 sciendo.com