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

… deep abyssal ocean and high mountains, pollutants such as heavy metals and persistent organic pollutants can be found … industrial plants and mine tailings can contain heavy metals, such as mercury and arsenic, as well as organic … to impacts Towards a Pollution-Free Planet Toxic heavy metal pollution is a public health risk, especially for …
26 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Transitioning to a pollution-free planet

… pesticides • Phosphorus and nitrogen • Lead • Other heavy metals (cadmium, arsenic, chromium) • Environmentally … solvents etc.) • Implementation of the Aarhus Protocol on Heavy Metals • Strengthening of multilateral processes that … to: i) remove between 20 per cent and 60 per cent of metal pollutants; ii) retain 80 per cent to 90 per cent of …
26 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Land-Based Sources of Marine Pollution - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… an annex is prohibited. Most of the conventions black list heavy metals such as cadmium and mercury, persistent organic …
26 May 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

Factsheet - Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities

… persistent organic pollutants, radioactive substances, heavy metals, oils (hydrocarbons), nutrients, sediment …
26 May 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater

Introduction to the International Legal Framework on Marine Biodiversity - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… rivers. Examples of pollutants are agricultural chemicals, heavy metals and nuclear waste. Once in the marine …
26 May 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

Document - Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability

… gold mine that released high levels of sodium cyanide and heavy metals, relying on the Rio Declaration on Environment … since the end of the 19th century). In the 1970s, heavy nutrient discharge and 88 pollution into the Black Sea …
26 May 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater

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

… Convention on long- range Transboundary air pollution on Heavy Metals (1998) h) Protocol to Abate Acidification, …
26 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

UN Watercourses Convention User’s Guide

… the high content of pesticides and nitrates resulting from heavy irrigation. Despite its agricultural base, State A is … depends on the watercourses flora and fauna, will incur heavy losses. Hence, state B claims that state A is not … water quality, with major pollutants, such as nutrients, heavy metals, nitrogen, organic compounds, suspended …
26 May 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater