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IPEN
The International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN) (formerly International POPs Elimination Network) is a global network of Non-governmental organization, NGOs dedicated to the common aim of eliminating pollutants, such as lead in paint, Mercury (element), mercury and lead in the environment, persistent organic pollutants (POPs), endocrine disrupting chemicals, and other toxics. IPEN was established by a number of environmental NGOs, including Pesticide Action Network (PAN) and Physicians for Social Responsibility in 1998. It became one of the most prominent NGOs in negotiations over the Stockholm Convention and has continued to play an important role in subsequent chemicals-related international negotiations. IPEN is composed of public interest non-governmental organizations who support a common platform for the global elimination of POPs via the Stockholm Convention, work to influence the implementation of the Rotterdam Convention, Rotterdam and Basel Convention, Basel con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat Costner
Pat Costner (born 1 November 1940) is an United States, American scientist and environmentalist. She is a founder and director of the group Save the Ozarks (StO). She worked for a long time as an advocacy scientist for Greenpeace and International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN). Life Born in 1940, Pat Costner has lived in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, Eureka Springs, Arkansas, since the 1970s. In March 1991, arsonists set fire to her home in an incident later cited as an example of violence against environmental activists in ''The War Against the Greens'', a study on the Wise Use movement and Anti-environmentalism, anti-environmental violence in the United States. Sheila O’Donnell, a private investigator hired by Greenpeace, described the event as “a professional hit,” implying it was targeted rather than random. Costner had lived in the house for over 20 years and raised her children there. She rebuilt her home after the fire and continued to reside there. Activity in c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariann Lloyd-Smith
Mariann Lloyd-Smith is an Australian scientist and environmentalist known for her work on chemical safety and waste management. She is a founder of the National Toxics Network (NTN) and has worked extensively with international organizations, including the International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN), to address toxic pollution and its impact on communities. Life Lloyd-Smith's background includes legal training, and she obtained a PhD from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) Law Faculty. Her father was in the military and spent the later years of his career dismantling World War II chemical warfare stockpiles in the Pacific. In the early 1990s, she moved with her partner to Canberra and co-founded the National Toxics Network (NTN). Activity in civil society organizations Lloyd-Smith has been actively involved in chemical policy and environmental advocacy for over three decades. As a senior advisor to both IPEN and NTN, she has contributed to policy discussions on h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lead
Lead () is a chemical element; it has Chemical symbol, symbol Pb (from Latin ) and atomic number 82. It is a Heavy metal (elements), heavy metal that is density, denser than most common materials. Lead is Mohs scale, soft and Ductility, malleable, and also has a relatively low melting point. When freshly cut, lead is a shiny gray with a hint of blue. It tarnishes to a dull gray color when exposed to air. Lead has the highest atomic number of any stable nuclide, stable element and three of its isotopes are endpoints of major nuclear decay chains of heavier elements. Lead is a relatively unreactive post-transition metal. Its weak metallic character is illustrated by its Amphoterism, amphoteric nature; lead and lead oxides react with acids and base (chemistry), bases, and it tends to form covalent bonds. Lead compounds, Compounds of lead are usually found in the +2 oxidation state rather than the +4 state common with lighter members of the carbon group. Exceptions are mostly limited ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olga Speranskaya
Olga Speranskaya () is a Russian scientist and environmentalist. She has been the Director of the Chemical Safety Program at the Eco-Accord Center for Environment and Sustainable Development in Moscow since 1997 and holds a master's degree in Geophysics from Moscow State University, and a doctorate in Environmental physics from the Russian Academy of Sciences. From 2010 to 2018, she was a co-chair of the International POPs Elimination Network. Speranskaya has led many campaigns against the use of organic pollutants, fought to ban the burial and transport of hazardous chemicals, and provided information to government decision-makers for policy changes in many different countries. Speranskaya's environmental activism started in the 1990s when the Financial Times printed her essay outlining the toxic environmental issues due to the Soviet Union breaking up. When the Soviet Union dissolved in 1991, thousands of tons of obsolete chemicals and pesticides such as DDT, which had been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pesticide Action Network
Pesticide Action Network (PAN) is an international coalition of more than 600 NGOs in 90 countries which advocates for less hazardous alternatives to pesticides. It was founded in May 1982 with its first meeting in Penang, Malaysia. Origins The origins of PAN have been linked to the start of the "global anti-toxics movement". In 1981 journalist David Weir of The Center for Investigative Reporting, published the book ''The Circle of Poison'' focusing on pesticides, followed a year later by ''A Growing Problem: Pesticides and the Third World Poor'' by David Bull of Oxfam. In 1982, Anwar Fazal, a Malaysian activist who at the time was the first person from a developing country to head the International Organization of Consumers Unions (IOCU; later known as Consumers International), organized a meeting in Penang, Malaysia to explore the possibility of an international network of activists focusing on pesticide regulation. The meeting included Weir and Bull, that represented their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arnika (NGO)
Arnika is a Czech Republic, Czech non-governmental organization (NGO) established on 29 September 2001, and officially registered as a civic association. It focuses on Public participation (decision making), public participation, biodiversity protection, and eliminating toxic substances and waste. Engaging in national and international networks, Arnika collaborated with entities like the International Pollutants Elimination Network, International Rivers, European Rivers Network, European Environmental Bureau, and European ECO Forum. At the national level, Arnika associated with Green Circle, The Climate Coalition, Climate Coalition, Czech Forum for Development Cooperation, and DEMAS. It also collaborated with Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen University and the University of Ostrava. Programs and focus Arnika's activities encompass a range of environmental issues, including river protection, biodiversity protection, urban environment, waste reduction, recycling and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
POP Air Pollution Protocol
The Aarhus Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants, a 1998 protocol on persistent organic pollutants (POPs), is an addition to the 1979 Geneva Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (LRTAP). The Protocol seeks "to control, reduce or eliminate discharge, emissions and losses of persistent organic pollutants" in Europe, some former Soviet Union countries, and the United States, in order to reduce their transboundary fluxes so as to protect human health and the environment from adverse effects. Authors and promoters of the Protocol were the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), which at the time housed 53 different country members and alliance. The protocol was amended on 18 December 2009: the Amendments to the Text and to Annexes I, II, III, IV, VI and VIII to the 1998 Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants came into force on 20/01/2022 and the Amendments to Annexes I and II to the 1998 Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants came into force ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Persistent Organic Pollutants
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are organic compounds that are resistant to degradation through chemical, biological, and photolytic processes. They are toxic and adversely affect human health and the environment around the world. Because they can be transported by wind and water, most POPs generated in one country can and do affect people and wildlife far from where they are used and released. The effect of POPs on human and environmental health was discussed, with intention to eliminate or severely restrict their production, by the international community at the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants in 2001. Most POPs are pesticides or insecticides, and some are also solvents, pharmaceuticals, and industrial chemicals. Although some POPs arise naturally (e.g. from volcanoes), most are man-made. The "dirty dozen" POPs identified by the Stockholm Convention include aldrin, chlordane, dieldrin, endrin, heptachlor, HCB, mirex, toxaphene, PCBs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Logo IPEN
A logo (abbreviation of logotype; ) is a graphic mark, emblem, or symbol used to aid and promote public identification and recognition. It may be of an abstract or figurative design or include the text of the name that it represents, as in a wordmark. In the days of hot metal typesetting, a logotype was one word cast as a single piece of type (e.g. "The" in ATF Garamond), as opposed to a ligature, which is two or more letters joined, but not forming a word. By extension, the term was also used for a uniquely set and arranged typeface or colophon. At the level of mass communication and in common usage, a company's logo is today often synonymous with its trademark or brand.Wheeler, Alina. ''Designing Brand Identity'' © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (page 4) Etymology Douglas Harper's ''Online Etymology Dictionary'' states that the first surviving written record of the term 'logo' dates back to 1937, and that the term was "probably a shortening of logogram". History Numerous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Center For International Environmental Law
The Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) is a public nonprofit environmental law organization based in Washington, DC, with an office in Geneva, Switzerland. It was founded in 1989. CIEL's team aims to use "the power of law to protect the environment, promote human rights, and ensure a just and sustainable society. CIEL seeks a world where the law reflects the interconnection between humans and the environment, respects the limits of the planet, protects the dignity and equality of each person, and encourages all of earth’s inhabitants to live in balance with each other." They help educate organizations, corporations, and the public on environmental issues and conduct their own research. Carroll Muffett has been the president and CEO of CIEL since September 2010. CIEL also offer legal internship programs. Issues CIEL's work can be divided into four programs: Climate and Energy; Environmental Health; Fossil Economy, and People, Land & Resources. Actions to protect en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The Czech Republic has a hilly landscape that covers an area of with a mostly temperate Humid continental climate, continental and oceanic climate. The capital and largest city is Prague; other major cities and urban areas include Brno, Ostrava, Plzeň and Liberec. The Duchy of Bohemia was founded in the late 9th century under Great Moravia. It was formally recognized as an Imperial Estate of the Holy Roman Empire in 1002 and became Kingdom of Bohemia, a kingdom in 1198. Following the Battle of Mohács in 1526, all of the Lands of the Bohemian Crown were gradually integrated into the Habsburg monarchy. Nearly a hundred years later, the Protestantism, Protestant Bohemian Revolt led to the Thirty Years' War. After the Battle of White ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prague
Prague ( ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in the Czech Republic, largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Prague, located on the Vltava River, has a population of about 1.4 million, while its Prague metropolitan area, metropolitan area is home to approximately 2.3 million people. Prague is a historical city with Romanesque architecture, Romanesque, Czech Gothic architecture, Gothic, Czech Renaissance architecture, Renaissance and Czech Baroque architecture, Baroque architecture. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia and residence of several Holy Roman Emperors, most notably Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, Charles IV (r. 1346–1378) and Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor, Rudolf II (r. 1575–1611). It was an important city to the Habsburg monarchy and Austria-Hungary. The city played major roles in the Bohemian Reformation, Bohemian and the Protestant Reformations, the Thirty Years' War and in 20th-century history a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
