The Stockholm Convention is an international treaty to protect human health and the environment from chemicals that remain unchanged in the environment for long periods of time. These products have a wide geographic distribution, accumulate in the fatty tissues of humans and animals, and have adverse effects on human health or the environment.
Exposure to Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) can cause serious health effects, including certain types of cancer, damage to the central and peripheral nervous systems, producing endocrine disorders that alter the hormonal system and affect the reproductive and immune systems.
Given their ability to travel very long distances through air, water, and some migratory species and accumulate in terrestrial and aquatic systems, no single government can protect citizens or their environment from POPs. In response to this global problem, the Stockholm Convention, which was adopted in 2001 and entered into force in 2004, requires Parties to take measures to eliminate or reduce the release of POPs into the environment. The Convention is administered by the United Nations Environment Program, based in Geneva, Switzerland.
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E-learning training modules
The online training modules are short courses of one to three hours on key topics for the implementation of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions.
PROJECTS
GMP
Global POPs Monitoring Plan
Support in the Implementation of the Global Monitoring Plan for Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) – Phase II (GMP II)
NIP - PNA
National Implementation Plans
National Implementation Plans (NIPs)
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RAEE – WEEE
RAEE – WEEE
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NIP URUGUAY
Revision and update of the national implementation plan for the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in Uruguay.
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