This NIP was developed by the Ministry of the Environment in cooperation with various institutions and national partners from the government, industry associations, civil society and academia, with funding from the Global Environment Facility (GEF), and the support of the UNEP. The NIP is divided into 13 sections, whose contents and main conclusions are described below: 1: Introduction: describes the principles and obligations of the Stockholm Convention, including its objectives and stakeholders. 2: Country Profile: provides information about geography, climate, population, economy, agriculture and livestock, industrial production, chemical industry, environment, etc. 3: Institutional and Legal frameworks for the management of chemicals presenting the structure and progress of the Brazilian environmental policy. It highlights the national legislation related to the management of chemicals and POPs and current national programs and systems to monitor. 4: Status of POPs, in light of the Convention’s requirements, the situation of Annex A and Annex B POPs, regarding production, use and foreign trade for the identification and disposal of POPs stockpiles and wastes. 5: Annex C POPs: Unintentional emissions: provides information on the POPs in Annex C of the Stockholm Convention, namely: Dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/PCDF), hexachlorobenzene (HCB), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and the recently added, pentachlorobenzene (PeCB). 6: Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (RETP/PRTR): presents the RETP/PRTR, demonstrates its relevance and the current stage of implementation. 7: Contaminated Sites presenting the national legislation related to the control and monitoring of contaminated areas. 8: Measures to improve the country’s legislative framework and institutional capacity to carry out the activities in compliance with the obligations of the Stockholm Convention. 9: Technologies available for disposal of POPs and remediation of POPs contaminated sites. 10: Dissemination of information, public awareness and social participation. 11: National laboratory infrastructure for analysis and monitoring of POPs. 12: Capacity for environmental monitoring of POPs. 13: details the strategies and actions of the Brazilian National Implementation Plan to meet the Convention’s commitments.
Brazil · 2015-01-01