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UNEP Policy and Strategy for Gender Equality and the Environment 2014-2017, February 2015
… Governance 35 v. Sub-programme 5: Chemicals and Waste 32 vi. Sub-programme 6: Resource Efficiency 36 vii. … the Parties, particularly the impact of poor management of hazardous chemicals and wastes on vulnerable groups such as … minimization, the control of transboundary movements of hazardous wastes and safe and environmentally sound …
Perspectives and guidelines on food legislation, with a new model food law
… must also be made for the removal and storage of food waste and other refuse. In addition, food hygiene regulations … have enacted umbrella legislation on chemicals or hazardous substances, the more common approach is to … environmental legislation, for instance in legislation on hazardous waste or in legislation addressing specific sectors …
Supporting document on “The POP separation process in the recycling of WEEE” (EERA)
… Guidance document for POPs The recycling process of E-Waste. The recycling process of Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) is … or chemically, metallurgically with the result that hazardous substances, preparations, and components and those …
Document: the London Convention and Protocol - Their role and contribution to the protection of the Marine Environment
… of, dumping. They eliminated dumping of certain types of waste and, gradually, made this regime more restrictive by promoting sound waste management and pollution prevention. Prohibitions are … Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal (1989), the International …
Role of Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
… Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal, Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade and … Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal, Rotterdam Convention on …
Governance of Shared Waters - Legal and Institutional Issues
… of watercourses with ‘heavy’ metals, chemical waste or pesticides and fertilizers. It is also worth … to address the risks resulting from accidents involving hazardous or harmful substances, in addition to risks arising … incineration, chemical treatment and discharge of hazardous waste; large dams and reservoirs; groundwater …
Guidelines on compliance with and enforcement of multilateral environmental agreements
… including global environmental protection, management of hazardous substances and chemicals, prevention and control of … the importation and exportation of illicit substances and hazardous materials, including regulated chemicals and …
Introduction to Human Rights and the Environment - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… that illicit dumping of toxic and dangerous substances and waste potentially constitutes a serious threat to the human … pollution of the natural environment, such as exposure to hazardous substances in the course of employment. … people, including through addressing risks associated with hazardous development activities, such as mining. National …
Governance of Ecosystem Services. Lessons Learned from Cameroon, China, Costa Rica and Ecuador
… Control Law, 2004 22 Gives government authority to control waste pollution in nature reserves, and forbids construction … areas and nature reserves Administrative regulation of hazardous chemical substances for public security, 2002 … tools, oil stations and gas stations that produce or port hazardous chemical substances must keep a certain distance …