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Introduction to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants

… This learning material is part of a course in the InforMEA e-learning platform, go to … contents 1. Why protecting the marine environment? Endemic species Other uses 2. Impact of human activities Industrial … them with an income. Endemic species The need for the protection and preservation of marine biodiversity is …
25 May 2026 Course lesson in Chemicals and Waste

Climate Change and POPs: Predicting the Impacts

… Cover. Polarized light micrograph of the insecticide DDT. Climate Change and POP s: Predicting … down the food chain, i.e., whether top of the food chain species are most affected, causing a ripple down effect to … and local scales, which may include various environmental protection authorities and governmental departments, as well …
25 May 2026 Document

Marine plastic litter and microplastics

… to protect human health and the environment from POPs. As of 2018, the Convention controls 28 POPs, including those … fluoride; • Short-chain chlorinated paraffins. Nature of the problem: Marine plastic debris has been a growing … animals – for example, by entanglement in debris. Many species of birds ingest smaller pieces of plastic. Plastics …
25 May 2026 Document

Persistent Organic Pollutants: Contaminated Site Investigation and Management Toolkit

… Hasahisa, Sudan (Photo by Eisa Abdellatif,2009) ii LIST OF MODULE AUTHORS Loretta Y. Li, Professor Department of … lifs@craes.org.cn Tamas Komives, Research Professor Plant Protection Institute Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary … It falls within the tropical rainforest zone with various species of the mangrove swamp vegetation, although the …
25 May 2026 Document