Resources

The Practical Sourcebook aims to enhance the capacity of governments and other relevant stakeholders to store and dispose mercury wastes in an environmentally sound manner.

The National Mercury Inventory for the United Republic of Tanzania has been developed by the Vice President’s Office – Division of Environment through multi-stakeholders task force. The inventory was made with the use of the

This overview was prepared by the Regional Seas Coordinating Office, the Secretariat of the Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP), the Secretariat of the Basel Convention, and the Coordination Office of the Global Programme of Action for the Protection…

In 2015, nearly half a million people around the world died from exposure to lead – that’s more than were killed by malaria. The health effects of lead exposure are well documented – from intellectual disability…

The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal was adopted in 1989 and it came into force in 1992. It is the most comprehensive global environmental agreement on hazardous wastes and other…

El GEO Panamá 2004 se elaboró a partir de un proceso participativo, que incorporó los aportes de expertos, políticos e instituciones relacionados con la gestión ambiental en el país, construyendo consensos sobre asuntos y cuestiones prioritarias a…

Lead poisoning from lead in paint is preventable and there are cost-effective, technically feasible alternatives to lead in paint.  

Como parte do projeto GEO, o projeto GEO CIDADES é uma iniciativa lançada pelo PNUMA especificamente para a América Latina e o Caribe e que procura fornecer aos governos nacionais, cientistas, tomadores de decisão e ao público em geral informações…

This publication presents an international directory of organizational resources for promoting methyl bromide alternatives. It identifies a wide range of potential project partners for government officials who are designing projects promoting…

Córdoba, apoyada por el Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente (PNUMA) inició un proceso participativo en el marco del ambicioso proyecto de evaluaciones ambientales integrales denominado GEO (Global Environment Outlook/1995).