Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publication Year:
2018
Publication Place
Unknown
Physical Description:
41 p.
Call Number
[EL]
Relevant Countries
Vanuatu
Collection
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
41783
Legacy PEIN ID:
81880
General Notes
Available online
Available online
Subject Heading(s)
Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
Stockholm Convention
Sources of uPOPs in Vanuatu
Policy framwork, legislative framework
Waste incineration
Abstract
Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) are toxic chemicals that can travel long distances through air and water and accumulate in the fatty tissues of humans and other animals. These POPs do not degrade quickly over time, and consequently, potentially expose people to serious health issues including cancer, birth defects and immune system impairments. As a result of anthropogenic releases of POPs to the environment since the 1940s, POPs are now widely distributed over large regions, including the Pacific Islands. To address the global environmental threat of POPs, the Stockholm Convention on POPs was adopted in May 2001 and entered into force on 17th May 2004. The Stockholm Convention commits Parties to reducing, and where feasible, eliminating the production and environmental releases of POPs. Vanuatu became a Party to the Convention on 15th December 2005. For more information on the Stockholm Convention, please visit http://chm.pops.int/.
Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publication Year:
2018
Publication Place
Unknown
Physical Description:
41 p.
Call Number
[EL]
Relevant Countries
Vanuatu
Collection
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
41783
Legacy PEIN ID:
81880
General Notes
Available online
Record Created: 08-Oct-2018
Record Modified: 18-Jul-2022