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Lack of Coordination in National Environment - Related Crime Units of Germany and Indonesia
Germany
Indonesia

Germany: Traffic Police and Chemical Waste. The German Traffic Police stop and check heavy-goods vehicles using a risk-based targeting approach and regularly found leaking barrels of battery acid or other hazardous substances. Although the waste is temporarily confiscated to address the immediate danger, the case reports are rarely accepted for prosecution by criminal police units or the public prosecutor agency because, as noted by EnviCrimeNet, the incident is not a priority within those institutions.

Implementation
Regional Action Plan for Marine Litter (RAPMaLi) for the Wider Caribbean Region
Barbados
Guyana
Saint Lucia

The Regional Action Plan for Marine Litter (RAPMaLi) for the Wider Caribbean Region was originally developed in 2007 to promote problem solving at the national and local levels, recognizing that unique regional characteristics should inform innovative solutions to the problem of marine litter. The RAPMaLi action plan has since been implemented through selected pilot projects in Guyana, Barbados and Saint Lucia.

Keywords:
Marine debris, Implementation, Effluent waste
Waigani Convention - South Pacific
Global

 

 

Keywords:
Joint implementation, Waste, Wasting, Radioactive waste, Hazardous waste, Sound environmental management, Exclusive Economic Zones
Lead Paint. Gaps in Legislation Harming Public Health, Economies, and the Environment
Global

Establishing and enforcing lead paint laws is an effective way to improve public health. Currently only one third of countries have lead paint laws. High levels of lead in paint have been found in countries that lack legal limits on lead in paint, and are also found in some countries that have such laws but lack effective enforcement and compliance mechanisms. To address this challenge, UN Environment and the World Health Organization are leading the Global Alliance to Eliminate Lead Paint (the Alliance) to help countries around the world take action.

Laws