Tuvalu: national implementation plan for the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants

Abstract

The twelve chemicals, also known as the “dirty dozen”, scheduled under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), pose significant and increasing threats to human health and the environment. Tuvalu is a small country, which does not, and has no history of, manufacturing POPs. However due to their chemical nature, including their long range environmental transport, POPs are a global concern. Tuvalu must address risks posed by unintentional and intentionally produced POPs, concurrently with the global community.