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Inventory of Mercury Releases in South Africa
(2011)
The benefits of undertaking a situation analysis of mercury in South Africa, and the development of an inventory of mercury use, sources, availability of safer and effective and affordable alternatives where applicable in ...
Mercury: acting now
(UNEP, 2013)
The UNEP Global Mercury Partnership was initiated in 2005 to take immediate action to protect human health and the environment from the release of mercury and its compounds to the environment. It is a voluntary multi-stakeholder ...
Inventory of Mercury Releases in Ethiopia
(2012)
This mercury release inventory was made with the use of the
Inventory of Mercury Releases in Tanzania
(2012)
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
Inventory of Mercury Releases in Cameroon
(2011)
Inventory for anthropogenic releases of mercury constitutes an important deci-sion making tool in the process of mitigating environmental impacts from this highly toxic substance in Cameroon. Estimate of both the relative ...
Inventory of Mercury Releases in Nigeria
(2012)
This report has inputs from relevant stakeholders that have submitted data on mercury-containing materials and devices, and mercury in processes. The information being accepted as provided, has not been independently checked ...
Global Mercury Hotspots
(2014)
IPEN and Biodiversity Research Institute (BRI) have collaborated to conduct a global mercury study in response to strong public and governmental interest in the negotiation and signing of a mercury treaty— the first global ...
Inventory of Mercury Releases in Kenya
(2012)
This inventory is prepared by an interministerial team under the Ministry of Environment and Mineral Resources as part of the preparations for national actions to address the growing emissions of mercu-ry, in November 2011 ...
Method for Determination of Hg Concentration in Stack Gas Using Carbon Traps
(2017-05)
Because of the toxicity of Hg, it is important to know the amount of Hg emissions released by
point sources. Several methods are available to measure Hg emissions. These methods differ
in level of complexity, application ...
Reducing Mercury Emissions from Coal Combustion in the Energy Sector in Vietnam
(2017-01)
Emissions of mercury (Hg) from thermal power stations are a subject of increasing concern because of their toxicity, volatility, persistence, and longrange transport in the atmosphere. Hg has the tendency for bioaccumulation ...