| UNEP/Sida launches Regional Enforcement Network Project to Combat Illegal trafficking in Harmful Chemicals and Hazardous waste in Asia |
| 2nd February 2012 |
| As the most populous region, Asia is a not only major destination for dumping of hazardous waste and is also facing big challenges of the smuggling ozone depleting substances (ODS), chemical waste and Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs).
To help address these challenges, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) recently agreed to support the project Regional Enforc... |
| China Customs kicks off ‘Green Customs’ training to combat crimes against nature |
| 19th September 2011 |
| Ningbo, 19 September 2011- Sixty senior Chinese Customs officers gathered today in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, to take part in the first national Green Customs Workshop in China, a four-day event providing awareness-raising and training on combating the illegal trade of environmentally-sensitive commodities. The workshop, organized by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in collaboration... |
| Training Boosts Viet Nam’s Border: Defense against Contraband |
| 15th September 2011 |
| HO CHI MINH CITY (VIET NAM) 14 September 2011 – Today, 33 officers from Vietnamese Border Liaison Offices, Border Army, Customs Administration, Environmental Police, Anti-Narcotics Police, the Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Development, and the Forest Protection Department began a three-day awareness course in Ho Chi Minh City on cross-border trafficking. The course is providing these partic... |
| PATROLling the Borders: Cambodian Border Security Strengthened in First Training of its Kind in Southeast Asia |
| 26th August 2011 |
| Sihanoukville/Bangkok, 26 August 2011 – Forty-three Cambodian law enforcement officers today graduated from a three-day training course in Sihanoukville, Cambodia, on detecting and preventing the smuggling of drugs and chemicals, wildlife, illegal timber and Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS), hazardous waste, as well as human trafficking and migrant smuggling.
The training, the first of... |
| View Meetings and Workshops Organized and/or Attended by UNEP-ROAP |
| 20th July 2011 |
| Follow link below:
Consolidated UNEP Meetings for 2011 |
| Secretariat of Stockholm Convention TA Newsletter - May 2011 |
| 26th May 2011 |
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The Secretariat of the Stockholm Convention is proud to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the adoption of the Convention! In May 2001, following several years of intensive negotiations, the convention was adopted in Stockholm, Sweden. Ten years later, it counts a regularly increasing number of Parties (173 to date) and has almost doubled the number of persistent organic pollutants listed in its ... |
| PRESS RELEASE: Ozone and Climate Friendly Technologies Go on the Road |
| 8th May 2011 |
| Bangkok, 8 May 2011- The first ozone and climate friendly technology exhibition in Asia, the Ozone2Climate Technology Road Show, begins in the Republic of Maldives today.
Studies have shown that the dramatic increase in emissions associated with the growth in global production of hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), chemicals commonly used in air-conditioning and refrigerating systems, have... |
| Ozone2Climate Technology Road Show, Maldives, 8-12 May 2011 |
| 1st April 2011 |
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UNEP DTIE OzonAction, the Government of Maldives and other partners are planning to organize "Ozone2Climate Technology Road Show" in the Maldives during 8-12 May 2011, back to back with the Joint Meeting of the Regional Ozone Networks for West Asia (WA) and South Asia (SA). It will be an exhibition of non-HCFC based, low- and zero-GWP, energy efficient and environmentally friendly technologies a... |
| informal Prior Informed Consent (iPIC) on Trade of Ozone Depleting Substances |
| 8th March 2011 |
| NEW publication!
informal Prior Informed Consent on Trade of Ozone Depleting Substances - A tool to strengthen enforcement of Licensing Systems. |
| BEIJING HOSTS MAJOR ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME TALKS |
| 21st September 2010 |
| 21 September 2010- Today more than 100 representatives from customs and environmental ministries of Asia Pacific countries came together with experts from international organizations and non-governmental organizations in Beijing for the 4th Multilateral Environmental Agreement Regional Enforcement Network (MEA-REN) Workshop.
This workshop is organized by the United Nations Environment Pro... |
