The BCRC-Caribbean is currently executing the Global Environment Facility (GEF) project, “Implementing Sustainable Low and Non-Chemical Development in Small Island Developing States (ISLANDS) Programme” within the Caribbean region. The Plastic Tide Turners Challenge (PTTC) is being accelerated under the GEF ISLANDS Programme in the Caribbean and Pacific Regions. The respective projects are seeking to inform
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The BCRC-Caribbean is currently executing the Global Environment Facility (GEF) project, “Implementing Sustainable Low and Non-Chemical Development in Small Island Developing States (ISLANDS) Programme” within the Caribbean region. Under this project the environmentally sound management (ESM) of End-of-Life Vehicles (ELVs) is highlighted as an area of concern for eleven (11) of the project countries. Output
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The Stockholm Convention (SC) on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) is a global treaty to protect human health and the environment from POPs, chemicals that can be transported over great distances, persist in the environment, accumulate in the fatty tissue of humans and wildlife, and have harmful impacts on human health and the environment. The Convention
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The GEF-funded programme – Implementing Sustainable Low and Non-Chemical Development in Small Island Developing States (GEF ISLANDS) seeks to address the sound management of chemicals and waste in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS). This ISLANDS Programme covers four (4) geographical regions including the Caribbean, Indian Ocean, Pacific Islands, and Atlantic
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The Stockholm Convention (SC) on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) is a global treaty to protect human health and the environment from POPs, chemicals that can be transported over great distances, persist in the environment, accumulate in the fatty tissue of humans and wildlife, and have harmful impacts on human health and the environment. The Convention
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The Stockholm Convention (SC) on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) is a global treaty to protect human health and the environment from POPs, chemicals that can be transported over great distances, persist in the environment, accumulate in the fatty tissue of humans and wildlife, and have harmful impacts on human health and the environment. The Convention
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The Third Meeting of the Basel Convention Plastic Waste Partnership (PWP) Working Group was held in Punta del Este, Uruguay, from 23 to 25 November 2022. This meeting saw the attendance of our Director Ms. Jewel Batchasingh, as well as other national waste and chemicals management representatives from across the globe and regionally. Ms. Batchasingh
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The Basel Convention Regional Centre for Training and Technology Transfer for the Caribbean (BCRC-Caribbean) is a member of a global network of twenty-six (26) independent regional and coordinating centres established under the Basel and Stockholm Conventions. In February 2021, the BCRC-Caribbean submitted a project proposal in response to a call for same made by the
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The Implementing Sustainable Low and Non-Chemical Development in Small Island Developing States (ISLANDS) Programme seeks to address the sound management of chemicals and waste in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS). The BCRC-Caribbean is currently executing the Caribbean Child Project (GEF 10279) which involves nine (9) countries (Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados,
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The GEF-funded programme – Implementing Sustainable Low and Non-Chemical Development in Small Island Developing States (GEF ISLANDS) seeks to address the sound management of chemicals and waste in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS). This ISLANDS Programme covers four (4) geographical regions including the Caribbean, Indian Ocean, Pacific Islands, and Atlantic
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