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Towards a Pollution Free Planet - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… plants and mine tailings can contain heavy metals, such as mercury and arsenic, as well as organic compounds and … in land and soil include heavy metals such as lead, mercury, arsenic, cadmium and chromium, persistent organic … can be used to help remove heavy metals such as mercury, for example in the treatment of mining tailings; the …
27 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

International Environmental law-making and Diplomacy Review

… simulation focused on the Minamata Convention on Mercury. The simulation was hypothetical but drew upon issues … (2001) 532, <http://chm.pops.int>; Minamata Convention on Mercury, Geneva, 19 January 2013, in force 16 August 2017, … Species Convention). 4. The Minamata Convention on Mercury (Minamata Mercury Convention). 5. The Basel …
27 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Transitioning to a pollution-free planet

… • Ozone depleting substances under the Montreal Protocol • Mercury.(Minamata Convention) • Asbestos (ILO Convention) … Transboundary Air Pollution and the Minamata Convention on Mercury • Endocrine-disrupting chemicals • Nanotechnology • … PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls), asbestos, lead and mercury 35. Accelerate the implementation of the Basel, …
27 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Addressing pollution: Governance frameworks, challenges and oppotunities in the context of the 2030 Agenda

… trade, of hazardous and household waste, and more recently mercury, with the entry into force of the Minamata Convention … areas concerned (Kateregga 2010). Reduction of global mercury emissions If global mercury emissions could be reduced by 50 per cent to 60 per …
27 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Introduction to the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits

… for food can become contaminated with substances such as mercury, which is harmful to human beings. In addition to …
27 May 2026 Course lesson in Biological Diversity

Measuring the Effectiveness of MEAs: the Stockholm Convention as a case Study

… into the Nagoya Protocol (art.31) oMinamata Convention on Mercury (art. 22): not automatically copied, but ultimately …
27 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Framework principles on Human Rights and the environment

… art. 3 (1). 29 See, for example, Minamata Convention on Mercury, art. 16 (1) (a), annex C. Photo by: Ryan Johnson 22 …
27 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Farmer's Rights in the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

… environmental conventions: The Minamata Convention on Mercury, the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic …
27 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity