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Global Mercury Assessment

… in 2010 are estimated at 1960 tonnes.2 The 2010 emissions inventory has several improvements over the previous inventory for 2005, including: • A more detailed analysis of … sources of anthropogenic mercury emissions to air The inventory confirms the role of artisanal and small-scale gold …
20 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

The Minamata Convention on Mercury and its implementation in the Latin America and Caribbean region

… According to the last review available of the global inventory of chlor-alkali plants that uses mercury cells … in the region are described in Box 4. According to UNEP’s inventory, in 2012 there were 11 chlor-alkali sites operating … planned by 2020. 12 Although not listed in UNEP’s latest inventory, based on the information submited by Cuba for this …
20 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Implementation of key operational articles of the Minamata Convention

… of relevant point source categories within 3 years  Inventory required for both emissions and releases  … within 10 years  Possibility to prepare a national plan  Inventory of emissions within 5 years for information … this Convention  Possibility to prepare a national plan  Inventory of releases within 5 years A Party with relevant …
20 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Overview of key operational articles under the Minamata Convention on Mercury

… The Convention requires each Party to establish an inventory of emissions from relevant sources. This inventory should be established as soon as practicable, but … (paragraph 7). Each Party is then required to maintain the inventory and include this information in its reporting to …
20 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Ramsar Convention Manual, 6th Edition

… and financial instruments affecting wetlands; undertaking inventory and assessment; ensuring public participation in … planning, integrated coastal zone management, wetland inventory, under-represented wetland types, wetland … guidance on wise use, water-related issues, and wetland inventory, assessment, and monitoring; • establishes a …
20 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Document - The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands: its History and Development

… conservation programme, a country must be provided with an inventory of at least its major wetlands. Pioneer wetland … 35 per cent had already been drained. The wetlands inventory which had been carried out in 1954 had revealed the … wetlands as waterfowl habitat. It was considered that the inventory was 90% complete. Certainly it was a remarkable …
20 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Acting Now!

… of mercury and mercury waste. Assisting countries to: • Inventory different waste streams • Review legislation and … World Chlorine Council report, 2012 UNEP Chlor-alkali Inventory 2010, 2012 Amount of mercury on site at … World Chlorine Council report, 2012 UNEP Chlor-alkali Inventory 2010, 2012 Amount of mercury on site at …
20 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Ratification and Implementation Guidelines

… sources of mercury. Individual stocks can include existing inventory or stock- piles by governments or traders. ii. … particularly the mem- brane technology. a According to an inventory of glob- al MCCAPs published in early 2011, 28% of … close or convert in the next five years.24 An updated inventory reflecting some 2012 data was re- cently …
20 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Environmentally sound management of used electrical and electronic equipment (e-waste) in Asia-Pacific

… “Technical Guidelines for the Methodology of E-Waste Inventory” and “Environmentally Sound ‘3R’ (reduce, reuse, …
20 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

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

… The proposed measures are, as follows: a) Survey and inventory plant genetic resources for food and agriculture, …
20 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity