Persistent Organic Pollutants: National Implementation Plan of Latvia for 2005-2020

The Persistent Organic Pollutants: National Implementation Plan of Latvia for 2005-2020 is a multi-sectoral document. By implementing a sustainable policy, the document aims to ensure the protection of human health and the environment from the impact of POPs by developing and regularly improving the most effective and optimal POPs management system. National Objectives for POPs are to develop an integrated and transparent legislative basis and institutional system, including a business assistance plan, to decrease and prevent the impact of POPs on human health and the environment; ensure a significant decrease of the global pollution generated by POPs in accordance with the Convention, Protocol and other international treaties; and Develop and implement national and global level preventative measures to prevent the formation of new POPs sources.