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1. Waigani Convention
Waigani Convention Secretariat
South Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
http://www.sprep.org.ws
Waigani Convention Status Report
http://www.sidsnet.org/mir/pacific/forumsec/docs/statuswc.htm
Waigani Convention: A Leaky Treaty?
http://www.antenna.nl/wise-database/444/4401.html
2. Basel Convention
Basel Convention Homepage
http://www.basel.int/
Proposal for Basel Convention Workshop on Lead-Acid Batteries
http://193.247.37.2/pops/aitmp/battery.doc
Training Programme on the Implementation of the Basel Convention
http://www.unitar.org/cwm/homepage/b/basel/index.htm
Regional Project for the Environmentally Sound Management of Used Oil in the Caribbean (2002 - 2003).
http://www.unep.ch/basel/centers/Programme Activities/UOCaribbean/UsedOilCaribbean.htm
Regional Project for the Environmentally Sound Management of Used Oil in several English speaking African countries ( 2002 ).
http://www.unep.ch/basel/centers/Programme Activities/UOEnglishAfrica/UsedOilAfrica.htm
Regional Project for the Environmentally Sound Management of Lead-acid Batteries in the Caribbean and Central America ( 2001 - 2002 ).
http://www.unep.ch/basel/centers/Programme Activities/LAB Caribbean/LABCaribbean.htm
Regional Programme for the Preparation of National Inventories, and National Plans for the Environmentally Sound Management of PCB and PCB Containing Equipments in Central America and Panama in the context of the Basel and the Stockholm Conventions (2002-2003).
http://www.unep.ch/basel/centers/Programme Activities/PCB CentralAmerica/PCBCentralAmerica.htm
3. Rotterdam Convention
Prior Informed Consent homepage
http://www.pic.int/
Database of the Prior Informed Consent (PIC) Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade
http://www.fao.org/pic/
Information on Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO) activities relating to the PIC procedure
http://www.fao.org/ag/agp/agpp/pesticid/pic/pichome.htm
UNEP Implementation of the existing, voluntary PIC procedure
http://irptc.unep.ch/pic/volpic/h2.html
4. Persistent Organic Pollutants
Stockholm Convention homepage
http://www.pops.int
Database on POPs alternatives
http://dbserver.irptc.unep.ch:8887/irptc/owa/ini.init
Persistent Organic Pollutants in Pacific Island Countries
http://193.247.37.2/pops/pops%5Finc/proceedings/bangkok/munro.html
Stockhom Convention on POPs Proceedings:
http://irptc.unep.ch/sc/documents/implementation/gef/proceedings.htm
Regionally Based Assessment of Persistent Toxic Substances. Workshop Reports from a Global Environment Facility Project, 1999.
http://www.chem.unep.ch/pops/GEF_project/pops_gef.htm
List of industrial activities and product uses that can create POPs emissions with relevant indicators.
http://www.chem.unep.ch/pops/GEF_project/WS-1/appen_4/sld001.htm
Eastern Caribbean Cooperation on Chemicals Including Persistant Organic Pollutants
http://193.247.37.2/pops/pops%5Finc/proceedings/cartagena/roopna.html
POPs Problems, Issues and Management in Suriname
http://193.247.37.2/pops/pops%5Finc/proceedings/cartagena/monsels.html
Reports of Subregional Workshop on Implementation
http://irptc.unep.ch/sc/documents/implementation/gef/
5. Interlinkages
United Nations University Inter-Linkages Initiative
http://www.unu.edu/inter-linkages/
Global Environment Information Centre
http://www.geic.or.jp
The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands International Environmental Governance: Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs)
Chapter IV is a summary of proposals presented by MEA secretariats concerning challenges and problems facing environmental conventions and related international agreements
http://www.ramsar.org/key_unep_governance1.htm
6. Information for Small Island States
SIDSnet
http://www.sids.org
South Pacific Forum
http://www.forumsec.org.fj/
South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission
http://www.sopac.org.fj/default.asp
Pacific Island Development Program
http://www.ewc.hawaii.edu/pidp/pidp0001.htm
The UNU Island Gateway
http://www.geic.or.jp/Islands/index.html
Islands of the Pacific website and links http://www.macmeekin.com/Links/Research/pacific_islands.htm
Legal Information System (LIS) of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) provides public access to the laws and other legal authority of the FSM and its four states. http://www.fsmlaw.org/index.html
The University of South Pacific School of Law has collected and published in this format a range of judgments, legislation, treaties, conventions and agreements from countries in the South Pacific region. These collections are works in progress
http://www.vanuatu.usp.ac.fj/paclawmat/Paclawmat_MAIN.html
Pacific Islands Legal Material from University of Waikato Law Library
http://www.waikato.ac.nz/library/resources/law/pacific_legal/
The Europe Pacific Solidarity network made up of non-governmental organisations (NG0s) and church organisations in France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark and Switzerland. In 1992 the network started the European Centre on Pacific Issues (ECSIEP) to improve the quantity and quality of the information flow from the Pacific to Europe.
http://www.antenna.nl/ecsiep/
Caribbean Regional Environmental Programme (CREP)
http://www.caribbeanconservation.org/projects/crep/index.html
Resources on Small Islands
http://www.gdrc.org/oceans/a-island.html
UN Sustainable Development: Small Islands
http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/sids.htm
Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States
http://www.iisd.ca/sids/
The Caribbean Sustainable Development Pages
http://community.wow.net/eclac/home.htm
Island Resources Foundation
http://www.irf.org/irhome.htm
Canada: Institute of Island Studies
http://www.upei.ca/~iis/
Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS)
http://www.sidsnet.org/aosis/
Island Links
http://www.geic.or.jp/Islands/links.html
The FAO Programme of Fisheries Assistance for SIDS
http://www.fao.org/WAICENT/FAOINFO/FISHERY/sids/sids.htm
UNDP Small Islands Developing States Network
http://www.sidsnet.org/
The UNEP Islands Web Site
http://www.unep.ch/islands.html
Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island States
http://www.unep.ch/islands/dsidspoa.htm
Management of Wastes in Small Island Developing States
http://www.unep.ch/islands/dd98-7a2.htm Small Island Environmental Management
A do-it-yourself course and training programme for people living on islands. Includes 46 units explaining the basic principles of island environmental management.
http://www.unep.ch/siem.htm
United Nations Documents on Islands
http://www.unep.ch/islands/#UN
Islands in Agenda 21, the Barbados Conference, reports to the Commission on Sustainable Development, etc.
Other islands documents
http://www.unep.ch/islands/#OTHER ISLANDS DOCUMENTS
PNG Information Sources
http://www.unitech.ac.pg/ATCDI/info.html
PapuaNewGuinea Online
http://www.niugini.com/
Republic of Kiribati
http://tskl.net.ki/Kiribati/
Cook Island Online News
http://www.cinews.co.ck/
Republic of the Marshall Islands
http://www.rmiembassyus.org/
Solomon Islands Department of Commerce, Employment and Trade
http://www.commerce.gov.sb/
Tonga on the NET
http://www.tongatapu.net.to/
7. General Chemical Management
UNEP Chemicals
http://irptc.unep.ch/
UNEP Chemicals Inventory of Information Sources on Chemicals
http://irptc.unep.ch/irptc/invent/igo.html
IPCS INCHEM consolidates information from a number of intergovernmental organizations whose goal it is to assist in the sound management of chemicals.
http://www.inchem.org
FAO Pesticide Management Unit
http://www.fao.org/waicent/FaoInfo/Agricult/AGP/AGPP/Pesticid/Default.htm
Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities
http://193.247.37.2/gpa%5Ftrial/22policytext.htm
IOMC The Inter-organization Programme for the Sound Management of Chemicals
http://www.who.int/iomc/
WHO/IPCS International Program on Chemical Safety
http://www.who.ch/pcs/index.htm
ILO International Labour Organisation
http://www.ilo.org/ilosearch/public/index.htm
FAO
http://www.fao.org
UNIDO United Nations Industrial Development Organisation
http://www.unido.org
OECD Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development – Environment and Chemicals
http://www.oecd.org/ehs/
UNITAR
http://www.unitar.org
UNITAR's Training and Capacity Building Programmes in Chemicals and Waste Management
http://www.unitar.org/cwm/
The UNITAR Programme to Facilitate the Design and Implementation of National Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers (PRTRs)
http://www.unitar.org/cwm/homepage/b/prtr/index.htm
The UNITAR/IPCS Programme on Risk Management Decision-Making for Priority Chemicals
http://www.unitar.org/cwm/homepage/b/risk/index.htm
The ILO/UNITAR Programme on Chemical Hazard Communication
http://www.unitar.org/cwm/homepage/b/hc/index.htm
The Series of Thematic Workshops on Priority Topics of National Chemicals Management Capacity Building
http://www.unitar.org/cwm/homepage/c/tw/index.htm
The Information Exchange Network on Capacity Building for the Sound Management of Chemicals (INFOCAP)
http://www.unitar.org/cwm/homepage/c/cbn/index.htm
Global Development Research Centre – Urban Environmental Management
http://www.gdrc.org/uem/index.html
IISD International Institute for Sustainable Development
http://www.iisd.ca/
The Earth Negotiations Bulletin published by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD).
http://www.iisd.ca/enbvol/enb-background.htm
8. Australia and New Zealand
Ministry for the Environment New Zealand
http://www.mfe.govt.nz/index.html
Wasteline - Ministry for the Environment's various programmes on waste, including hazardous waste, landfill, used oil
http://www.mfe.govt.nz/wasteline/content.php?id=1
Environment Australia
Hazardous Waste Act Home Page
Commonwealth Applications; Hazardous wastes; Legislation; Permits
http://www.ea.gov.au/industry/hwa/
National Dioxins Program
http://www.ea.gov.au/industry/chemicals/dioxins/index.html
State of Knowledge Report: Air Toxics and Indoor Air Quality in Australia
http://www.ea.gov.au/atmosphere/airtoxics/sok/chapter1.html
Scheduled Wastes Management in Australia
http://www.ea.gov.au/industry/chemicals/swm/
National Advisory Body on Scheduled Wastes Scheduled Wastes Management Group Review of the PCB Management Plan Discussion Paper
http://www.ea.gov.au/industry/chemicals/swm/pubs/pcb-review.pdf
Cooperative Research Centre for Waste Management and Pollution Control
http://www.crcwmpc.com.au/
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