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The Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) was adopted on 22 May 2001 by the Conference of Plenipotentiaries in Stockholm, Sweden, and entered into force in 2004. As at February 2022, it has 185 Parties and thus its coverage is global. The overarching objective of the Stockholm Convention is to protect human health and the ...
Ramsar Convention is a convention on wetlands that was signed in 1971 in the Iranian city of Ramsar. The negotiations for the convention started in the 1960s by the different countries and NGOs for the protection of wetlands and their resources. Finally, it came into force in 1975. There are 75 Ramsar Sites in India listed under the Ramsar ...
Stockholm Convention COP-12 Bureau meeting. The Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants is a multilateral environmental agreement to protect human health and the environment from chemicals, known as POPs. POPs have harmful impacts on human health or on the environment. They remain intact in the environment for long periods, become ...
The 1972 United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm was the first world conference to make the environment a major issue. The participants adopted a series of principles for ...
Jan 12, 2022 · The Union Cabinet, in 2021, approved the Ratification of seven chemicals listed under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs). The Cabinet has also delegated its powers to ratify chemicals under the Stockholm Convention to the Union Ministers of External Affairs (MEA) and Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC ...
Feb 19, 2024 · India and Convention on Migratory Species or the Bonn Convention. India is a signatory to the CMS. The CMS CoP-13 in 2020 at Gandhi Nagar, Gujarat. India will remain president of the CoP to Bonn convention till 2023. India has also launched the National Action Plan for the conservation of migratory species under the Central Asian Flyway.
elated control measures, in Annexes A, B and/or C.Article 9Information exchang. 1. Each Party shall facilitate or undertake the exchange of information relevant to: and. or elimination of the production, use and release of persistent organic pollutants;Alternatives to persistent organic pollutants, includ. in.
