Namibia’s National Implementation Plan for the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (2014) identifies, priorities and classifies issues of concern under the following categories. 1) General Chemicals Management Priorities: lack of Awareness of Chemicals Management Issues; Lack of Coordinated Approach to Chemicals Management Issues; Poor Legal and Administrative Infrastructure for Chemicals Management; Poor Enforcement of Existing Laws; Ineffective Systems for Chemicals Data Management; Lack of Project Sustainability after Project Termination; Insufficient Application of Non-Mandatory Mechanisms for Improved Environmental / Chemicals Management; Lack of Research in Chemicals Management Issues; Inadequate Technical Infrastructure for Chemicals Management 2) Pesticide Priorities: Ineffective Legislation for Pesticide Management; Lack of Awareness of Proper Pesticide Management Practices; Lack of Knowledge on Exact Quantities and Locations of Obsolete Pesticides; Poor Management of Obsolete Pesticides and Pesticide Waste; Lack of Alternatives of Pesticides, Including DDT. 3) DDT Priorities: Continued Use of DDT for Malaria Vector Control. 3) PCB Priorities: Inadequate Knowledge of PCB-status in the country; Lack of Awareness of PCB Management Issues; Poor Management of Decommissioned and Non-Working Transformers; Inadequate Legislation for PCBs Management E. 4) U-POPs Priorities: Need for Improved Medical Waste Management; Poor Management of Hazardous Waste; Poor Management of Contaminated Land; Need for Improved Fire Prevention Measures in Homes; Poor Waste Management; Lack of Application of BAT / BEP among industries xi; 5) E-Waste Priorities: Lack of Awareness of E-waste management; Unsustainably High Volumes of E-Waste Being Generated; No Legal and Technical Infrastructure for Sound Management of E-Waste; Insufficient Data on E-Waste. Specific Action Plans for General Chemicals Management Issues include: To develop and implement a communications strategy for chemicals management issues; Develop and implement mechanisms for coordinating chemicals management issues; improve the legal and administrative infrastructure for chemicals management, including establishing a Chemicals Management Unit in the Ministry of Environment and Tourism; Improve enforcement of existing environmental and chemicals-related legislation; To develop a chemicals information management strategy one year ; To develop mechanisms for ensuring project sustainability, etc. Specific Action Plans for Pesticide Priorities Goal Duration Budget (US$): To finalise the proposed new pesticides legislation; To develop and implement an awareness raising programme for proper pesticide management drawing from the Chemicals Communications Strategy mentioned under Category A; To conduct a detailed, national obsolete pesticides inventory; To implement sound environmental management of obsolete pesticides and pesticide waste through safeguarding and disposal: To build national capacity for Integrated Pest Management. Specific Action Plan for DDT Priority: To implement Integrated Vector Management Programmes for malaria control, in order to reduce reliance on DDT; To participate in regional project to promote and demonstrate alternatives to DDT in vector management. Specific Action Plans for PCB Priorities: To conduct a detailed, national PCB inventory; To develop and implement an awareness raising programme for PCBs, drawing from the Chemicals Communications Strategy mentioned under Category A; To implement sound environmental management of decommissioned, nonworking and PCB-contaminated transformers; To develop PCB-specific legislation. Specific Action Plans for U-POPs Priorities: To install state-of-the-art incinerators; To improve hazardous waste management; To conduct a detailed inventory of contaminated land in Namibia, and initiate site clean-up on at least three areas; To improve waste management in Namibia, etc. Specific Action Plans for E-Waste Priorities Goal Duration Budget (US$): To develop and implement awareness-raising; To improve management of E-waste; etc.
Намибия · 2014-12-01