RIDDING THE WORLD OF POPS: A GUIDE TO THE STOCKHOLM CONVENTION ON PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS
subjects: Food and Nutrition and School Gardening Plants
levels and types of education: Higher education, Life long learning, Tertiary education Non-formal education Teachers' training |
_ _
THE UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME, 2005 |
| _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
 English
| This booklet is a training tool for capacity development initiatives aimed at planners and educators on rural development. It is also a useful tool for university professors, students and researchers of the agriculture rural development and education sectors. This booklet illustrates the treaty, called the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs). The persistent organic pollutants (POPs) pose such significant threats to health and the environment that on 22 May 2001, the world’s governments met in Sweden and adopted an international treaty aimed at restricting and ultimately eliminating their production, use, release and storage. |
| _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
Related links
The new official web site of the Stockholm Convention
http://chm.pops.int/Default.aspx
Contact: Secretariat of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Chemicals
Geneva,Switzerland
CH-1219, Châtelaine
ssc@chemicals.unep.ch
|
| _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
Single item
