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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 ...
Process Optimization Guidance (POG)
(2011)
a tool that has been developed to help determine appropriate approaches to control mercury emissions in individual coal fired power plants.
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 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 ...
Minamata convention on mercury: text and annexes
(UNEP, 2013)
The Minamata Convention on Mercury is an important advance in global environmental stewardship. This multilateral agreement addresses the devastating effects of mercury through practical actions that will reduce global ...
Global chemicals outlook: towards sound management of chemicals
(UNEP, 2013)
The publication provides a wealth of technical and scientific information covering inter alia substances that can have adverse impacts on the environment and human health, that are of global and/or national and /or local ...
UNEP in Europe: newsletter
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2013)
This publication is a monthly newsletter on UNEPs activities in Europe.
Technical background report for the global mercury assessment
(UNEP, 2013)
This report presents the latest and comprehensive information of global mercury emissions and releases to the environment, information on atmospheric and aquatic chemistry and fate and transport of mercury.
Costs of inaction on the sound management of chemicals
(UNEP, 2013)
This document provides a practical and useful assessment of the current state of knowledge of the economic costs of inaction on the sound management of chemicals. It makes available early research findings and the evidence ...