The Global Monitoring Plan and the Effectiveness Evaluation of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)/Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)/Stockholm Convention on POPs (SC) entered into force in 2004 and has to date 164 parties. It establishes under Article 16 a process to evaluate its effectiveness. At the fourth Conference of the Parties (COP4) in May 2009, this process has produced 5 regional reports summarizing available information on levels and trends of POPs in air and human media (serum and milk) for all regions of the world. In addition the reports, identify information gaps and provide recommendations for future actions. At the COP4 meeting in Geneva, several decisions were adopted, concerning new substances to be added including polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and perfluorinated compounds (PFCs); synergies with the Basel and Rotterdaam Conventions; further implementation of the Global Monitoring Plan (GMP); and the development of tools and methods to evaluate the effectiveness of the measures undertaken. This paper describes briefly the process of effectiveness evaluation of the Stockholm Convention and identifies the available information resulting from it.
Guardans R Hung H
Ministry of Environment Rural and Marine Affairs (MARM),Madrid,Spain Science and Technology Branch,Environment Canada,4905 Dufferin St.,Toronto,ON,M3H 5T4 Canada
国际会议
北京
英文
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2009-08-24（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）