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Regional Action Plan on Marine Litter Management for the wider Caribbean Region 2014
… GCFI and CaMPAM: Regional Collaboration for Marine Litter Reduction 34 6. Conclusion 37 7. References 38 8. Country … natural environment we need to continue to identify high risk, priority areas and engage policy makers and other … impacts need to be recognised as important effects by disaster management agencies. The value of ecosystem services …
Synergies Success Stories - Enhancing cooperation and coordination among the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions
… plans, harmonization of classification and customs codes, risk management and emergency response . Many developing … the Secretariat’s work plan are risk assessment and risk reduction, the enhancement of the Secretariat and capacity … Basel Convention and UNEP, through its Post- Conflict and Disaster Management Branch, collaborated closely with other …
Our sustainable future: the role of the Basel Convention
… in meeting sustainable development goals, and in the reduction of poverty. The Convention regulates the … disasters such as earthquakes or hurricanes run the risk of contamination from toxic chemicals if they have not … wastes, which contain heavy metals; (c) Some countries risk losing important income flows from tourism if hazardous …
Supporting document on “The POP separation process in the recycling of WEEE” (EERA)
… plastics. This clearly results in a completely different risk profile compared to POP substances that are not embedded … i.e. a 1000 ppm LPC value. It would be an environmental disaster if the recycling option for plastics from WEEE would …
Transitioning to a pollution-free planet
… dual track of actions: • Targeted interventions, based on risk assessments and scientific evidence of impacts, to … pollutants based on what could be done to reduce their risk to human health and ecosystems. Possible near-term … Convention) Chemicals/Pollutants International pollution reduction action already agreed (mainly through multilateral …