strategy
Monitoring adverse effects of hazardous wastes
Context:
Agenda 21 recommends that governments, according to their capacities and available resources and with the cooperation of the United Nations and other organizations, should establish or strengthen programmes for the environmentally sound management of hazardous waste in accordance with appropriate health and environmental standards, and extend surveillance systems to identify adverse effects on the population and the environment of exposure to hazardous waste. Implementation:
This strategy features in the framework of Agenda 21 as formulated at UNCED (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), now coordinated by the UN Commission on Sustainable Development and implemented through national and local authorities. Broader:
Assessing environmental impactsMonitoring environmental pollutionImproving hazardous waste institutionsImproving environmental health monitoringMonitoring exposure to hazardous environmental pollutantsConducting integrated environmental health risk assessments Facilitates:
Evaluating cognitive effects of environmental health hazardsRanking environmental problems for national environmental action plans Subjects:
Societal Problems → HazardsSocietal Problems → Waste
Research, Standards → Inspection, tests
Type Classification:
G: Very Specific strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
