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Introduction to Marine Pollution - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… comprise areas within national jurisdiction, such as the territorial sea, exclusive economic zone and continental … to a belt of sea adjacent to its coast, described as the territorial sea. This area typically extends 12 nautical … sources include operational discharges such as bilge water discharges, but not the operation of a vessel for the …
21 May 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

Convention text of the Minamata Convention on Mercury

… to reduce emissions and releases of mercury to air, water and land and the impact of such emissions and releases … compounds, often expressed as “total mercury”, to land and water from the relevant point sources not addressed in other … means releases of mercury or mercury compounds to land or water; (b) “Relevant source” means any significant …
21 May 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Overview of key operational articles under the Minamata Convention on Mercury

… those required for existing sources. Releases to land and water are not addressed in Article 8 – they are addressed in … Article 9 deals with their releases to land and water from significant anthropogenic point sources that are … releases of mercury and mercury compounds to land and water from these sources (paragraph 4). For both new and …
21 May 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Global mercury waste assessment - Review of current national measures

… Piza Vice-ministry of Basic Sanitation and Drinking Water, Bolivia Corinne Stocco Environment and Climate Change … is managed in accordance with federal, provincial and territorial laws, and municipal by-laws. The laws set … the releases of mercury from incinerators. Provincial and territorial governments have legislation and requirements for …
21 May 2026 Document

Acting Now!

… chlorine- free. Inks are vegetable-based and coatings are water-based. UNEP’s distribution policy aims to reduce its … eliminating global, anthropogenic mercury releases to air, water and land. The Partnership has more than 100 partners. … Agency Objective: Reduce global mercury releases to air, water, and land that may occur from chlor-alkali production …
21 May 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Operational articles of the Minamata Convention - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… sources listed in Annex D and releases to land and water (Article 9). Parties shall establish an inventory of …
21 May 2026 Course lesson in Chemicals and Waste

Global Mercury Assessment

… . 1 2. Sources of mercury emissions to air and releases to water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … human (anthropogenic) activities, but includes releases to water because the aquatic environment is the main route of … transport worldwide. Anthropogenic releases of mercury to water total 1000 tonnes at a minimum. Previous UNEP global …
21 May 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste