INTERNATIONAL POPs ELIMINATION PROJECT (IPEP)

Final Performance Report



Joseph DiGangi, Global Project Coordinator
International POPs Elimination Project
Environmental Health Fund
September 2006




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Annex 3.

Output 1: Produce and disseminate POPs information:


Country Situation Reports

Goal for end of Project: 40

IPEP Country Situation Reports: 44


The goal at the end of the Project was to have 4 - 5 Country Situation reports per region. The breakdown of reports by Region is as follows: Anglophone Africa (4 countries); Central and Eastern Europe (10); Eastern Europe, Caucasus, and Central Asia (8); Francophone Africa (4); Latin America (3); Middle East (7); South Asia (4); and Southeast Asia (4).


Table1. Country situation reports by country

Country

Project

NGO

Albania

2 ALB

EDEN Center and Arnika

Argentina

1ARG

Taller Ecologista

Armenia

3ARM

Centre for Environmental Studies

Azerbaijan

3AZE

Ruzygar

Bangladesh

1BGD

Environment and Social Development Organization

Belarus

1BYE

Foundation for the Realization of Ideas

Bulgaria

2BUL

Greenjustice, Friends of the Earth / Ecoglasnost

Burundi

1BDI

Propreté Environnement Santé

Cameroon

1CMR

Cameroon Pesticide Action Network

China

1CPR

Pesticide Eco-Alternatives Center (PEAC)

Croatia

1CRO

Green Action

Czech Republic

3CEH

Arnika Association

Egypt

10EGY

Day Hospital Institute for Development and Rehabilitation

Estonia

1EST

Estonian Green Movement

Ghana

1GHA

Environment Youth Action Network (EYAN) and Integrated Community Network (ICC)

Georgia

1GEO

Ecovision

Hungary

3HUN

Clean Air Action Group

India

4IND

Toxics Link

Jordan

3JOR

Badia Revival and Environmental Protection Society

Lebanon

4LEB

Lebanese Environment Forum

Kazakhstan

1KAZ

Greenwomen

Kenya

1KEN

Physicians for Social Responsibility Kenya

Kyrgyzstan

1KYR

For Civil Society

Mexico

12MEX

Red de Acción sobre Plaguicidas y Alternativas en México (RAPAM)

Malaysia

1MAL

Pesticide Action Network Asia Pacific

Malaysia

2MAL

Consumers Association of Penang

Mali

1MLI

Association pour la Défense de l'Environnement et la Sensibilisation des Consommateurs (ADESCOM)

Moldova

3MOL

Habitat

Nepal

3NEP

Society  for Human Rights, Environment, Law and Governance Activities

Palestine

2PAL

Palestinian Environmental Friends

Philippines

4PHI

Pesticide Action Network Philippines

Romania

1ROM

Environmental Experts Association

Russia

4RUS

Eco-Accord

Slovakia

5SLO

Friends of the Earth

Sri Lanka

1SLR

Centre for Environmental Justice

Syria

1SYR

Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development Society

Tanzania

4URT

Environmental, Human Rights Care and Gender Organization

Togo

3TOG

Alliance Nationale des Consommateurs et de l'Environnement / Pesticide Action Network

Tunisia

1TUN

Environmental Protection Association

Turkey

1TUR

Bumerang

Uganda

2UGA

Climate & Development, National Association of Professional Environmentalists, National Union of Plantation and Agricultural Workers, Environmental NGO Lobby Group, Uganda Environmental Education Foundation, Uganda Coalition for Sustainable Development

Ukraine

2UKR

Ecological Charitable Fund

Venezuela

1VEN

Fundacion Aguaclara

Yemen

1YEM

Yemeni Society for Environment and Sustainable Development




Hotspot Reports

Goal for end of Project: 30

IPEP Hotspot Reports: 108

The goal at the end of the Project is to have approximately 4 Hotspot reports per region. The breakdown of reports by Region is as follows: Anglophone Africa (13); Central and Eastern Europe (33); Eastern Europe, Caucasus, and Central Asia (21); Francophone Africa (7); Latin America (5); Middle East (6); South Asia (11); and Southeast Asia (12).


Table 2. Hotspot reports by country

Country

Project

Description

NGO

Albania

1ALB

Sharra Dumpsite in Tirana, Albania

EDEN Center

Albania

3ALB

Pesticide contamination in the abandoned chemical plant, Porto Romano

EDEN Center

Argentina

4ARG

Contribution to a pollutants-free future: Opportunities to move towards health care waste treatment without incineration in Latin America

Health Care Without Harm – Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives

Armenia

1ARM

PCBs Monitoring in Environmental Media in Armenia and Identification of Hot Spots

Ecotox

Armenia

2ARM

Environmental Security for Residents of Ararat Oblast

Armenian Women for Health and Healthy Environment

Armenia

8ARM

Identification of potential sources of dioxins and furans in Armenia and elaboration of recommendations aimed at reducing their negative impact on human health and the environment

Ecotox

Azerbaijan

1AZE

Public Environmental Inventory of Pesticides in the Republic of Azerbaijan and Organisation of a Public Movement for their Elimination

Ruzgyar

Bangladesh

2BGD

Identification and Mapping of POPs Contaminated Sites

Environment and Social Development Organization

Belarus

1BYE

Verkhnedvinsk – disposal place of obsolete pesticides, including DDT

Foundation for the Realization

of Ideas

Belarus

1BYE

Petrochemical enterprise complex in Novopolotsk

Foundation for the Realization

of Ideas

Belarus

2BYE

Sampling of free-range chicken eggs for U-POPs

Foundation for the Realization

of Ideas

Belarus

7BYE

Cement kilns in Belarus

Foundation for the Realization

of Ideas

Belarus

8BYE

Brominated flame retardants in Belarus

Foundation for the Realization

of Ideas

Bulgaria

5BUL

Sampling of free-range chicken eggs for U-POPs

Za Zemiata

Bulgaria

6BUL

Lindane in Bulgaria

Friends of the Earth/Ecoglasnost

Bulgaria

8BUL

Zero waste as a Best Environmental Practice to address the POPs issues created by waste incineration and/or landfilling of waste

Romani Baht Foundation

Congo

1PRC

Comparative study on environmental, socio-economic and health impacts of POPs use and contamination in contaminated areas: Ouesse and Nkanyi

Association pour la Protection de l'Environnement et pour la Promotion de l'Agriculture Biologique (ALPEPAB)

Czech Republic

2CEH

POPs pesticides in the Czech Republic

Czech Ecological Society and Arnika Association

Czech Republic

3CEH

POPs in the mine Jan Sverma near Lampertice and its neighborhood

Arnika Association

Czech Republic

4CEH

Sampling of free-range chicken eggs for U-POPs

Arnika Association

Czech Republic

5CEH

Egg sampling

coordination

Arnika Association

Czech Republic

9CEH

Global egg sample data analysis and report writing

Arnika Association

Czech Republic

14CEH

Spolchemie chlor-alkali and chlorine based chemical production plant in Usti nad Labem

Arnika Association

Czech Republic

Pakistan

14CEH

POPs in residues from waste incineration in Pakistan

Arnika Association

Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI)

Czech Republic

16CEH

Public participation in IPPC procedure: Spolana

Arnika Association

Czech Republic

16CEH

Public participation in IPPC procedure: Epitetra

Arnika Association and Civic League Usti nad Labem

Czech Republic

17CEH

Polybrominated diphenylethers in the Czech Republic

Arnika Association

Czech Republic

18CEH

Analysis of information in the Integrated Pollution Register concerning year 2004, from the point of view of POPs monitoring

Arnika Association

Czech Republic

19CEH

Zero waste as Best Environmental Practice for waste management in CEE countries

Arnika Association with Friends of the Earth Slovakia; Romani Baht Foundation, Romania; Waste Management Association, Latvia; HuMuSz, Hungary; and Friends of the Earth, Czech Republic

Czech Republic

20CEH

Lysa na Labem: hazardous waste incinerator and POPs waste stockpile in Milovice

Civic Association Lysin and Arnika Association

Czech Republic

21CEH

Liberec municipal waste incinerator: a significant source of POPs

Arnika Association

Czech Republic

22CEH

Lindane in the Czech Republic

Czech Ecological Society and Arnika Association

Egypt

3EGY

Monitoring of dioxins in fish produced in the impact zone of Helwan cement and steel plants

Day Hospital Institute for Development and Rehabilitation

 

Egypt

4EGY

Health Status of Random Sample, particular Children, of the Impact Zone of El Kafer El Zaiat plant for pesticide & chemical production (formerly DDT producing)

Egypt Suns Association for Development and Environmental Protection

Egypt

5EGY

Sampling of free-range chicken eggs for U-POPs

Day Hospital Institute for Development and Rehabilitation

Egypt

12EGY

Activities on egg sampling at the Helwan industrial area

Day Hospital Institute for Development and Rehabilitation

Georgia

2GEO

Public awareness campaign on pesticides, including obsolete and banned pesticides and their impact on human health

Georgian Environmental and Biological Monitoring Association (GEBMA)

Hungary

1HUN

Zero waste as Best Environmental Practice to address POPs issues created by waste incineration and/or landfilling of waste

HuMuSz - Waste Prevention Alliance

Hungary

2HUN

Lindane in Hungary

Clean Air Action Group

India

3IND

Sampling of free-range chicken eggs for U-POPs: POPs Hotspot Report on Lucknow City

Toxics Link

India

11IND

Establishing the Prevalence of POPs Pesticide Residues in Water, Soil and Vegetable Samples and Creating Awareness About their Ill-effects

Janhit Foundation

India

16IND

Awareness generation on POPs among the farming community

Association for Rural and Tribal Development (ACTION)

India

17IND

Empowering community to improve environmental health through reduction in POPs

Students Relief Society

Indonesia

1INS

Awareness Campaign on the Danger of POPs and Other Pesticides to Human Health and Environment through Action Research Activity by a Rural Community

Farmer's Initiatives for Ecological Livelihoods and Democracy (FIELD)

Indonesia

3INS

Monitoring of banned pesticides in Indonesia

Gita Pertiwi

Kenya

3KEN

Kitengela obsolete pesticides store in Kenya

Environmental Liaison Education and Action for Development

Kenya

4KEN

A study on waste incineration activities in Nairobi that release dioxin and furan into the environment

Environmental Liaison Education and Action for Development

Kenya

5KEN

Sampling of free-range chicken eggs for U-POPs

Environmental Liaison, Education and Action for Development

Kazakhstan

3KAZ

PCB contamination of the Eastern-Kazakhstan region: monitoring and inventories of PCB sources and ways to address the problem

Greenwomen

Kyrgyzstan

3KYR

Identification of Sources of Dioxins, Furans, PCBs and the Campaign against POPs Pollution in Central Asia

For Civil Society, Clean Fergana (Uzbekistan)

Lebanon

5LEB

Lebanon hotspot: Garbage Mountain

Association pour la Protection de l'Environnement et du Patrimoine (APEP)

Malaysia

2MAL

Consumer Report on the Broga Incinerator Project - A Contribution to the Public Debate on the Use of Incineration for Managing Municipal Discards in Malaysia

Consumers Association of Penang

Mauritania

1MAU

Strategy proposal for the identification and control of devices containing PCBs in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania: Case study in Nouakchott

Agir pour une Gestion Rationnelle pour l'Environnement en Mauritanie (AGREEM)

Mexico

3MEX

Identification of POPs pollution sources

using a participatory approach

in Eastern Morelos, Mexico

Centro de Análisis Social, Información y Formación Popular, A.C. (CASIFOP)

Mexico

5MEX

Sampling of free-range chicken eggs for U-POPs

Red de Acción sobre Plaguicidas y Alternativas en México

Mexico

8MEX

Mexican Isthmus: generation of and contamination by Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)

Ambiente y Bienestar Humano, S.C and Red de Acción sobre Plaguicidas y Alternativas en México

Moldova

2MOL

POPs in Trans-Dniesteria (Moldova) - Situation Assessment and Public Information

"Eco-TIRAS" International Environmental Association of River Warriors, Turunchuk, Doctors for the Environment

Moldova

8MOL

No to Waste Incineration

Chisinau Territorial Organisation of the Environmental Movement of Moldova

Nepal

1NEP

Identification of a POPs Hotspot – Examination of DDT and Lindane (BHC) Residues in Potato and Farm Soil

Nepal Forum of Environmental Journalists

Nepal

4NEP

Governmental and public awareness-raising on POPs

Forum for Justice

Nepal

10NEP

Bio-medical waste and POPs: A study on current practices in Nepal

Centre for Public Health and Environmental Development (CEPHED)

Nigeria

3NIR

Identification and control of POPs contaminated sites in Lago, south-western Nigeria

Nigerian Environmental Society

Nigeria

4NIR

Assessment of the Lagos Lagoon for POPs sources, types, and impacts

Friends of the Environment

Palestine

1PAL

Raising awareness, evaluation and assessment of POPs and its sources in the Gaza Strip

Green Peace Association

Pakistan

2PAK

Physical verification, environmental and health impacts of a POP (DDT) factory in North West Frontier Province (NWFP), Pakistan

Sustainable Development Policy Institute

Pakistan

3PAK

Sampling of free-range chicken eggs for U-POPs

Sustainable Development Policy Institute

Philippines

2PHI

Monitoring community exposure to PCBs located at the Meralco Pasig Central Service Station

Advocates of Science and Technology for the People (AGHAM)

 

Philippines

3PHI

POPs environmental scanning and social investigation of toxically critical areas along Manila Bay

Fisherfolk Against Toxics

Philippines

6PHI

Participatory Action Research in Support of a Community Struggle against an Incineration Facility for Health Care Waste

Cavite Green Coalition and the Institute for Educational and Ecological Alternatives

Philippines

7PHI

Community Health Assessment in POPs-Contaminated Community (Target Village, Sapang Bato, Angeles City)

Peoples' Task Force on Bases Cleanup (PTFBC)

Philippines

8PHI

POPs pesticides in a watershed area: Focus on endosulfan

Lakaba

Philippines

9PHI

Participatory action research on POPs pesticides in a Philippine rural community

Resistance and Solidarity Against Agrochemical Transnational Corporations (RESIST) and Pesticide Action Network Philippines

Philippines

10PHI

Sampling of free-range chicken eggs for U-POPs

Cavite Green Coalition, Ecowaste Coalition, Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives and the Health Care Without Harm

Philippines

12PHI

Ecological Waste Management Demonstration Project at the 23rd Southeast Asian Games to Prevent and Reduce Wasting, Dumping and Burning

Ecowaste Coalition in cooperation with the Ayala Foundation, Cavite Green Coalition, Concerned Citizens Against Pollution, Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives, Greenpeace Southeast Asia, Mother Earth Foundation, Smokey Mountain Community, Soroptimist International of Makati City, and Zero Waste Philippines

Romania

3ROM

Constanta medical waste incinerator

Mare Nostrum

Russia

1RUS

The time to act: Addressing obsolete pesticides

Women Network in the Urals

Russia

2RUS

Levels of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDD/Fs) and Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) in Breast Milk of Women - Residents of Magnitogorsk

Iskorka

Russia

8RUS

Pesticides: A Real Threat

Eco-Accord

Russia

9RUS

PCBs Pollution of Nizhegorodskaya Oblast: Territory Monitoring and Inventories of PCBs Sources as an Option to Address the Problem

Eco-SPES

Russia

10RUS

The Role of Inter-Sectoral Partnerships in Development of Regional and Local PRTRs

Volgograd Ecopress

Russia

12RUS

Sampling of free-range chicken eggs for U-POPs

Eco SPES

 

Russia

13RUS

Reproductive Health Effects Associated with Exposure to PCBs Among Natives

of the Russian Arctic

North-western Center of Hygiene and Public Health

Russia

14RUS

Reducing POPs exposure in northern natives

North-western Center of Hygiene and Public Health

Russia

27RUS

Health Status of Residents, particular Children, of the Impact Zone of Karabash copper enterprise, Cheliabinsk region, and Tobolsk oil and chemical enterprise, Tumen region

Iskorka

Russia

28RUS

Assessment of Contamination of Chicken Eggs by Some POPs in Different Regions of Russia

Environment Risk Health

Russia

29RUS

Public participation in primary inventories of stockpiles of banned and obsolete pesticides

Women Network in the Urals

Russia

32RUS

Brominated flame retardants in the Russian Federation

Eco-SPES

Russia

37RUS

Evaluation of potential risk of obsolete pesticide stockpiles for human health and the environment

Women Network in Urals

Senegal

5SEN

Sampling of free-range chicken eggs for U-POPs

PAN Africa

Senegal

6SEN

The waste management issue in Senegal: the example of Thies, outlining solutions to the waste incineration

Association pour la Défense de l'Environnement et des Consommateurs (ADEC)

Senegal

9SEN

Inventory of some informal sector activities releasing and using POPs in Senegal and production of an awareness-raising film on these activities for promoting best practices

PAN Africa

Senegal

10SEN

Documenting the recourse to DDT powder in the process of transformation and keeping of some fishing products

AGRINAT

Slovakia

1SLO

Kosice municipal waste incinerator

Spoločnosť priatel'ov Zeme (Friends of the Earth)

Slovakia

2SLO

Monitoring POPs pesticides in the Slovak Republic

OIKOS

Slovakia

4SLO

RSTO hazardous waste landfill Duslo Sala – a POPs waste hotspot

Friends of the Earth

South Africa

4SAF

Incineration and POPs releases in South Africa

groundWork

South Africa

5SAF

DDT contamination in South Africa

groundWork

Sri Lanka

4SRL

Minimizing the adverse impacts of POPs through an awareness programme

Balangoda Environmental Forum (BEF)

Tanzania

2URT

Old Korogwe DDT site in Tanzania

Agenda for Environment and Responsible Development

Tanzania

3URT

PCBs sources and releases in Tanzania

Agenda for Environment and Responsible Development

Tanzania

6URT

Water and sediments analysis in Vikuge POPs contaminated site in Tanzania

Agenda for Environment and Responsible Development

Tanzania

7URT

Sampling of free-range chicken eggs for U-POPs

Agenda for Environment and Responsible Development

Thailand

3THA

Dioxin Hotspot Report - Case Study of Municipal Waste Incinerators in Phuket and Samui

Campaign for Alternative Industry Network and Greenpeace Southeast Asia

Togo

1TOG

Socio-economic, health and environmental impact study of pesticide use in agriculture in Davie

Association Nationale des Consommateurs et de l'Environment (ANCE - PAN Togo)

Turkey

1TUR

Pesticide stockpile in Derince, Kocaeli

Bumerang

Turkey

1TUR

Petkim Petrochemical Co. (PVC plant)

Bumerang

Turkey

2TUR

Sampling of free-range chicken eggs for U-POPs

Bumerang and Arnika

Uganda

1UGA

Identification of activities or practices that release POPs in Uganda

Environmental NGOs Lobby Group

Uganda

3UGA

Kawanda Agricultural Research Institute (KARI) Uganda

National Association of Professional Environmentalists

Uruguay

1URU

Sampling of free-range chicken eggs for U-POPs

RAPAL-UY and REDES




Policy Recommendations

Goal for end of Project: 30

Total for IPEP Policy Recommendations: 109

IPEP Focused Policy Briefs: 21

IPEP Reports with Policy Recommendations: 88

The goal at the end of the Project is to have approximately 4 Policy Briefs per region. The breakdown of reports by Region is as follows: Anglophone Africa (Total = 19; 4 focused briefs; 15 reports with recommendations); Central and Eastern Europe (Total = 27; 6 focused briefs; 21 reports with recommendations); Eastern Europe, Caucasus, and Central Asia (Total = 22; 2 focused briefs; 20 reports with recommendations); Francophone Africa (Total = 10 ; 2 focused briefs; 8 reports with recommendations); Latin America (Total = 8; 3 focused briefs; 5 reports with recommendations); Middle East (Total = 10 ; 2 focused briefs; 8 reports with recommendations); South Asia (Total = 5; 0 focused briefs; 5 reports with recommendations); and Southeast Asia (Total = 8; 2 focused briefs; 6 reports with recommendations).


Table 3A. Policy briefs by country

Country

Project

Topic

NGO

Argentina

3ARG

Participation in the Argentina National Implementation Plan (NIP) of the Stockholm Convention:

Focusing on Children’s Chemical Safety

Asociación Argentina de Médicos por el Medio Ambiente (AAMMA)

Argentina

4ARG

Contribution to a pollutants-free future: Opportunities to move towards health care waste treatment without incineration in Latin America

Health Care Without Harm – Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives

Belarus

6BYE

Guidelines for Stockholm Convention implementation in Belarus

FRI

Bulgaria

1BUL

National hazardous waste treatment centre

Za Zemiata

Bulgaria

8BUL

Zero waste as a Best Environmental Practice to address the POPs issues created by waste incineration and/or landfilling of waste

Romani Baht Foundation

Czech Republic

2CEH

Hazardous waste incinerators and POPs in the Czech Republic

Czech Ecological Society

 

Egypt

13EGY

Developing regional NGO strategies on POPs and chemicals management

Arab Network for Environment and Development (RAED)

India

7IND

Case study of zero waste Kovalam: A progressive waste management programme with a focus on best available technology options and material substitution

Thanal

Indonesia

2INS

Policy Brief on Zero Waste: A Proposal for a POPs-Free Alternative to Managing Municipal Discards in Indonesia, Malaysia and The Philippines

Balifokus (Indonesia), Consumers' Association of Penang (Malaysia), Ecological Waste Coalition (Philippines), Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (Philippines)

Jordan

4JOR

POPs and Policy in Jordan

Jordan International Center for Development and Peace

Kenya

2KEN

Approaches to effective malaria control that avoid DDT in Kenya: Use of Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis (BTi)

African Centre for Environmental Advocacy and Governance

Kyrgyzstan

2KYR

Inter-Agency and Inter-Sectoral Cooperation at National and Local Levels to Address POPs-Associated Problems

Independent Ecological Expertise

Mauritania

1MAU

Strategy proposal for the identification and control of devices containing PCBs in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania: Case study in Nouakchott

Agir pour une Gestion Rationnelle pour l'Environnement en Mauritanie (AGREEM)

Mexico

7MEX

Estimating Releases and Prioritizing Sources in the Context of the Stockholm Convention: Dioxin Emission Factors for Forest Fires, Grassland and Moor Fires, Open Burning of Agricultural Residues, Open Burning of Domestic Waste, Landfill and Dump Fires

Red de Acción sobre Plaguicidas y Alternativas en México and Owltree Consulting

Romania

2ROM

Non-POPs strategy for crops protection

Environmental Experts Association

Russia

1RUS

The time to act: Addressing obsolete pesticides

Women Network in the Urals

Russia

14RUS

Reducing POPs exposure in northern natives

North-western Center of Hygiene and Public Health

Senegal

6SEN

The waste management issue in Senegal: the example of Thies, outlining solutions to the waste incineration

Association pour la Défense de l'Environnement et des Consommateurs (ADEC)

Slovakia

3SLO

Environmental impact assessment of the regional recovery and destruction center for hazardous waste – western Slovakia region

Friends of the Earth

South Africa

1SAF

National application of best available techniques (BAT) to eliminate POPs and their by-products

Earthlife Africa - eThekwini

Tanzania

5URT

Community and workplace monitoring as a tool for the identification of POPs exposures

Tanzania Plantation and Agricultural Workers Union

Uganda

4UGA

Non-POPs strategies for crop protection

National Union of Plantation and Agricultural Workers, Uganda



Table 3B. Policy recommendations by country


Country

Project

Topic

NGO

Albania

1ALB

Sharra Dumpsite in Tirana, Albania

EDEN Center

Armenia

7ARM

Empowering the Armenian public to take actions towards environmentally sound waste management

Armenian Women for Health and Healthy Environment

Armenia

8ARM

Identification of potential sources of dioxins and furans in Armenia and elaboration of recommendations aimed at reducing their negative impact on human health and the environment; govt - NGO workshop

Ecotox

Bangladesh

2BGD

Identification and Mapping of POPs Contaminated Sites

Environment and Social Development Organization

Belarus

1BYE

Verkhnedvinsk - disposal place of obsolete pesticides, including DDT

Foundation for the Realization

of Ideas

Belarus

1BYE

Petrochemical enterprise complex in Novopolotsk

Foundation for the Realization

of Ideas

Belarus

7BYE

Cement kilns in Belarus

Foundation for the Realization

of Ideas

Belarus

8BYE

Brominated flame retardants in Belarus

Foundation for the Realization

of Ideas

Benin

1BEN

Awareness-raising on POPs for health and environmental protection

Organisation Béninoise pour la Promotion de l'Agriculture Biologique (OBEPAB)

Brazil

1BRA

Mobilizing Brazilian civil society for Stockholm Convention Implementation

Associacao de Combate aos POPs (ACPO)

Bulgaria

5BUL

Sampling free-range chicken eggs for U-POPs

Za Zemiata

Cambodia

2CMB

Raising Public Awareness on Persistent Organic Pollutants Program

Cambodian Centre for Study and Development of Agriculture (CEDAC)

Costa Rica

1COS

National Workshop: Environmental and health problems of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs): Challenges for Costa Rica

Instituto Regional de Estudios en Sustancias Tóxicas (IRET) Universidad Nacional

 

Czech Republic

2CEH

POPs pesticides in the Czech Republic

Czech Ecological Society and Arnika Association

Czech Republic

3CEH

POPs in the mine Jan Sverma near Lampertice and its neighborhood

Arnika Association

Czech Republic

4CEH

Sampling of free-range chicken eggs for U-POPs

Arnika Association

Czech Republic

14CEH

Spolchemie chlor-alkali and chlorine based chemical production plant in Usti nad Labem

Arnika Association

Czech Republic

Pakistan

14CEH

POPs in residues from waste incineration in Pakistan

Arnika Association

Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI)

Czech Republic

17CEH

Polybrominated diphenylethers in the Czech Republic

Arnika Association

Czech Republic

19CEH

Zero waste as Best Environmental Practice for waste management in CEE countries

Arnika Association with Friends of the Earth Slovakia; Romani Baht Foundation, Romania; Waste Management Association, Latvia; HuMuSz, Hungary; and Friends of the Earth, Czech Republic

Czech Republic

20CEH

Lysa na Labem: hazardous waste incinerator and POPs waste stockpile in Milovice

Civic Association Lysin and Arnika Association

Czech Republic

21CEH

Liberec municipal waste incinerator: a significant source of POPs

Arnika Association

Czech Republic

22CEH

Lindane in the Czech Republic

Czech Ecological Society and Arnika Association

Egypt

2EGY

Let’s cooperate to protect our children from persistent organic pollutants

Environmental Pioneers Association

Egypt

4EGY

Health Status in the Impact Zone of the

El Kafr El-Zayat chemical plant

Egypt Sons Association for Development & Environmental Protection

Egypt

5EGY

Sampling of free-range chicken eggs for U-POPs

Day Hospital Institute for Development and Rehabilitation

Egypt

7EGY

Global day of action on POPs in Egypt

Arab Office for Youth and Environment (AOYE)

Georgia

2GEO

Public awareness campaign on pesticides, including obsolete and banned pesticides and their impact on human health

Georgian Environmental and Biological Monitoring Association (GEBMA)

Guinea Bissau

2GUI

Information and awareness-raising workshop on the Stockholm Convention for stakeholders

Association des Consommateurs de Biens et Services (ACOBES)

Hungary

2HUN

Lindane in Hungary

Clean Air Action Group

India

3IND

Sampling of free-range chicken eggs for U-POPs: POPs Hotspot Report on Lucknow City

Toxics Link

India

11IND

Establishing the Prevalence of POPs Pesticide Residues in Water, Soil and Vegetable Samples and Creating Awareness About their Ill-effects

Janhit Foundation

Indonesia

1INS

Awareness Campaign on the Danger of POPs and Other Pesticides to Human Health and Environment through Action Research Activity by a Rural Community

Farmer’s Initiatives for Ecological Livelihoods and Democracy (FIELD)

Jordan

1JOR

Stockholm Convention in action in Jordan

Land and Human to Advocate Progress (LHAP)

Kazakhstan

3KAZ

PCB contamination of the Eastern-Kazakhstan region: monitoring and inventories of PCB sources and ways to address the problem

Greenwomen

Kenya

3KEN

Kitengela obsolete pesticides store in Kenya

Environmental Liaison, Education and Action for Development

Kenya

4KEN

A study on waste incineration activities in Nairobi that release dioxin and furan into the environment

Environmental Liaison, Education and Action for Development

Kenya

5KEN

Sampling of free-range chicken eggs for U-POPs

Environmental Liaison, Education and Action for Development

Lebanon

3LEB

National campaign for raising awareness of POPs and the Stockholm Convention

AMWAJ for the Environment

Lebanon

5LEB

Lebanon Hotspot Report: the Garbage Mountain

Association pour la Protection de l'Environnement et du Patrimoine (APEP)

Mexico

5MEX

Sampling of free-range chicken eggs for U-POPs; TV and print

Red de Acción sobre Plaguicidas y Alternativas en México

Mexico

8MEX

Mexican Isthmus: generation of and contamination by Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)

Ambiente y Bienestar Humano, S.C and Red de Acción sobre Plaguicidas y Alternativas en México

Moldova

8MOL

No to Waste Incineration

Chisinau Territorial Organisation of the Environmental Movement of Moldova

Morocco

1MOR

Prevention of morbidity and mortality due to POPs pesticides in Morocco

Societe Marocaine de Toxicologie Clinique et Analytique (SMTCA)

Nigeria

2NIR

Stakeholders reflection and workshop on the Nigerian POPs situation

Friends of the Environment

Nigeria

3NIR

Identification and control of POPs contaminated sites in Lago, south-western Nigeria

Nigerian Environmental Society

Nigeria

4NIR

Assessment of the Lagos Lagoon for POPs sources, types, and impacts

Friends of the Environment

Nigeria

5NIR

Awareness-raising on socio-economic effects of POPs in Nigeria

Nigerian Environmental Study / Action Team

Pakistan

2PAK

Physical verification, environmental and health impacts of a POP (DDT) factory in North West Frontier Province (NWFP), Pakistan

Sustainable Development Policy Institute

Pakistan

3PAK

Sampling of free-range chicken eggs for U-POPs

Sustainable Development Policy Institute

Philippines

2PHI

Monitoring community exposure to PCBs located at the Meralco Pasig Central Service Station

Advocates of Science and Technology for the People (AGHAM)

 

Philippines

3PHI

POPs environmental scanning and social investigation of toxically critical areas along Manila Bay

Fisherfolk Against Toxics

Philippines

10PHI

Sampling of free-range chicken eggs for U-POPs

Cavite Green Coalition, Ecowaste Coalition, Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives and the Health Care Without Harm

Philippines

12PHI

Ecological Waste Management Demonstration Project at the 23rd Southeast Asian Games to Prevent and Reduce Wasting, Dumping and Burning

Ecowaste Coalition in cooperation with the Ayala Foundation, Cavite Green Coalition, Concerned Citizens Against Pollution, Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives, Greenpeace Southeast Asia, Mother Earth Foundation, Smokey Mountain Community, Soroptimist International of Makati City, and Zero Waste Philippines

Romania

3ROM

Constanta medical waste incinerator

Mare Nostrum

Russia

1RUS

Time to Act: Addressing Obsolete Pesticides

Women Network in the Urals

Russia

8RUS

Pesticides: A Real Threat

Eco-Accord

Russia

9RUS

PCBs Pollution of Nizhegorodskaya Oblast: Territory Monitoring and Inventories of PCBs Sources as an Option to Address the Problem

Eco-SPES

Russia

10RUS

The Role of Inter-Sectoral Partnerships in Development of Regional and Local PRTRs

Volgograd Ecopress

Russia

12RUS

Sampling of free-range chicken eggs for U-POPs

Eco-SPES

Russia

28RUS

Reducing health and enviro impacts of POPs pesticides

Environment - Risk - Health

Russia

29RUS

Public participation in primary inventories of stockpiles of banned and obsolete pesticides

Women Network in the Urals

Russia

30RUS

A survey of the chemicals management policy of the Russian Federation

Eco-Accord, Federal Agency on Ecological, Technological and Nuclear Control, Greenpeace Russia, Volgograd Ecopress, JSC Kaustic, Eco-SPES

Russia

32RUS

Brominated flame retardants in the Russian Federation

Eco-SPES

Russia

33RUS

Organization and holding of public hearings of Khimprom Company in Ufa

Union of Environmentalists of Bashkiria

Russia

34RUS

Enhancement of public decision making on reduction of POPs environmental releases

Volgograd Ecopress

Russia

37RUS

Evaluation of potential risk of obsolete pesticide stockpiles for human health and the environment

Women Network in Urals

Senegal

2SEN

International conference on the theme: “Implementing multilateral agreements relating to chemicals in African French speaking countries: Obstacles and opportunities”

Pesticide Action Network Afrique

Senegal

5SEN

Sampling of free-range chicken eggs for U-POPs

PAN Africa

Senegal

9SEN

Inventory of some informal sector activities releasing and using POPs in Senegal and production of an awareness-raising film on these activities for promoting best practices

PAN Africa

Senegal

10SEN

Documenting the recourse to DDT powder in the process of transformation and keeping of some fishing products

AGRINAT

Slovakia

1SLO

Kosice municipal waste incinerator

Spoločnosť priatel'ov Zeme (Friends of the Earth)

South Africa

4SAF

Incineration and POPs releases in South Africa

groundWork

South Africa

5SAF

DDT contamination in South Africa

groundWork

Tanzania

2URT

Old Korogwe DDT site in Tanzania

Agenda for Environment and Responsible Development

Tanzania

3URT

PCBs sources and releases in Tanzania

Agenda for Environment and Responsible Development

Tanzania

6URT

Water and sediments analysis in Vikuge POPs contaminated site in Tanzania

Agenda for Environment and Responsible Development

Tanzania

7URT

Sampling of free-range chicken eggs for U-POPs

Agenda for Environment and Responsible Development

Togo

2TOG

Global day of action on POPs in Togo

Association Nationale des Consommateurs et de l'Environment (ANCE - PAN Togo)

Togo

4TOG

Togolese NGO and Civil Society Awareness-Raising and Information Project on the Stockholm Convention and POPs

Consortium des ONGs et Associations en Matiére d'Environnement au TOGO (COMET)

Turkey

1TUR

Pesticide stockpile in Derince, Kocaeli

Bumerang

Turkey

1TUR

Petkim Petromchemical Co. (PVC plant)

Bumerang

Uganda

1UGA

Identification of activities or practices that release POPs in Uganda

Environmental NGOs Lobby Group

Uganda

3UGA

Kawanda Agricultural Research Institute (KARI) Uganda

National Association of Professional Environmentalists

Ukraine

1UKR

Partnerships Between NGOs and Research Facilities for Capacity Building to Reduce Adverse Health and Environmental Impacts of POPs

Mama-86-Kharkov

Ukraine

5UKR

Raising public awareness of the Stockholm Convention on POPs in Ukraine

Mama-86-Kharkov

Uruguay

1URU

Sampling of free-range chicken eggs for U-POPs

RAPAL-UY and REDES



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Version: 2.0 (January 10, 2007)