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What are POPs? History |
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Monitoring
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Regional
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The Relevance of the Problem in Regional Seas
Mediterranean
Red Sea & Gulf of Aden
ROPME Sea Area, (Regional Organization for the Protection of the Marine
Environment)
Wider Caribbean
East Asian Seas
South-East Pacific
West & Central Africa
South Pacific
Eastern Africa
Black Sea
North-West Pacific
South Asian Seas
IN DEVELOPMENT
North-East Pacific
Upper South West Atlantic
PARTNER SEAS
Baltic
North-East Atlantic
(OSPAR, Oslo-Paris, Convention)
Arctic
Antarctic
Albania, Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Libya, Malta, Monaco, Morocco, Slovenia, Spain, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey and the European Union
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| Algerian
Report on POPs. Mr. S. A. Barkahoum, Chief of Toxical Laboratory,
Algeria. Proceedings of the Subregional Awareness Raising Workshop on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), Bamako, Mali, 15-18 December 1997. (html file) |
| Proceedings of the Subregional Awareness Raising Workshop on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, 11-14 May 1998. (htm file) |
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Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen |
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ROPME Sea Area (Kuwait Region), Regional Organization for the Protection of the Marine Environment Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates |
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More about POPs in ROPME Sea Area's countries |
Proceedings
of the Regional Awareness Raising Workshop on Persistent Organic Pollutants
(POPs). Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 7-9 June 1998. (htm file)
Wider Caribbean
Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica,
Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti,
Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, St. Christopher and Nevis,
St. Lucia, St. Vincent and Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago,
United States of America, Venezuela,
and the Caribbean Territories of France, Netherlands and the United Kingdom
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Australia, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam
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Organochlorines in Australia. Mr. S. Harrison, Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Section, Canberra, Australia. Proceedings of the Subregional Awareness Raising Workshop on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), Bangkok, Thailand, 25-28 November 1997. (html file) |
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Persistent Organic Pollutants situation in Vietnam. Mr.
Li Thi Bich Thuy, Senior Officer, Ministry of Science, Technology
and Environment, Hanoi, Vietnam. (html file) |
| Registration of POPs used and their pollution on the soil and air in Vietnam. Mr. Li Thi Bich Thuy, Senior Officer, Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment, Hanoi, Vietnam. Proceedings of the Subregional Awareness Raising Workshop on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) Bangkok, Thailand, 25-28 November 1997.(html file) |
Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama and Peru
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Persistent Organic Pollutants - Chile: Current Situation. Ms. C. Paratori, Chemist, National Environment Commission, Chile. Proceedings of the Subregional Awareness Raising Workshop on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), Puerto Iguazú, Argentina, 1-3 April 1998. (html file) |
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Precautionary Principle and Potential POPs: the Chilean Case. Ms. M. E. Rozas, Director of Pesticide Action Network-America Latina, Chile. Proceedings of the Subregional Awareness Raising Workshop on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), Puerto Iguazú, Argentina, 1-3 April 1998. (html file) |
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Chilean Case Study. Dr. E. Celis, Chile. Proceedings of the Subregional Awareness Raising Workshop on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), Puerto Iguazú, Argentina, 1-3 April 1998. (html file) |
Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, Namibia, Nigeria, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo
The Global Action Plan for the Protection of Marine Environment from Land-Based Activities, Implementation in West and Central Africa. Ms. N. Kaba, Acting Coordinator, UNEP/Water Branch, Côte d’Ivoire. (html file)
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| Identification of the Problems Posed by POPs. Mr. T. Oketokoun, Chief, Ministry of Environment, Benin. Proceedings of the Subregional Awareness Raising Workshop on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) Bamako, Mali, 15-18 December 1997. (html file) |
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| Identification and Evaluation of POPs Pesticides in Cameroon. Ms. M. Guimou, Head of Environmental Regulatory Service and Mr. D. A. Sama, Senior Environmental Engineer, Cameroon. Proceedings of the Subregional Awareness Raising Workshop on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) Bamako, Mali, 15-18 December 1997. (html file) |
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Identification of the Problems Posed by POPs. M. Mukonkole-Mayele, Chemist, Ministry of Environment, Congo. Proceedings of the Subregional Awareness Raising Workshop on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) Bamako, Mali, 15-18 December 1997. (html file) |
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| The Gambia: POPs Profile Information Reporting Form. Ms. F. Jallow Ndoye, Registar of Pesticides and Chemicals, The Gambia. Proceedings of the Subregional Awareness Raising Workshop on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) Bamako, Mali, 15-18 December 1997. (html file) |
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Situation on Persistent Organic Pollutants. Mr. G. M. S. Klufio,
Programme Coordinator, Environmental Protection Agency, Ghana. Proceedings
of the Subregional Awareness Raising Workshop on Persistent Organic
Pollutants (POPs) Bamako, Mali, 15-18 December 1997. (html file)
Australia, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji,
France, Kiribati, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Zealand,
Niue, Palua, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, United
Kingdom, United States of America, POPs in the Pacific Island Countries Comoros, France, (La Réunion), Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa, and Tanzania |
| More about POPs in Eastern Africa's
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| Workshop on the Management of Persistent Organic Pollutants(POPs), for the SADC region. Lusaka, Zambia, 14-16 February 2000. (pdf file) |
| Proceedings of the Subregional Awareness Raising Workshop on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs). Lusaka, Zambia, 17 - 20 March 1998. (htm file) |
Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, Russian Federation, Turkey and Ukraine
North-West Pacific
China, Japan, Democratic Republic of Korea, Republic of Korea and Russian
Federation
Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Pakistan and Sri Lanka
North-East Pacific
Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua and Panama
Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay
| Baltic |
| Proceedings of the Subregional Awareness Raising Workshop on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs). St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, 1-4 July 1997. (htm file) |
| Arctic |
| Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Arctic, AMAP, the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme, 1998. |
| Persistent
organic pollutants (pops) in the arctic fauna Marianne Cleemann. |
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