National Implementation Plan (NIP) for the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants.

This National Implementation Plan (NIP) for the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants is a multisectoral policy document. As a Party to the Stockholm Convention, Singapore will take measures to eliminate or reduce the release of POPs into the environment. These measures apply to the import, export, use and disposal of POPs. In adopting measures to reduce and eliminate POPs, Singapore will also promote the use of the best available technologies and best environmental practices for replacing POPs. The NIP also focuses on the development and implementation of POPs monitoring in Singapore, and includes activities related to research and development, awareness-raising and information dissemination.
The action plans proposed in the NIP set up activities, including: A review would be conducted to determine the possible sources of POPs; Monitoring of dioxins and furans in air; Monitoring of POPs in waters; Monitoring of other POPs in air; Monitoring POPs in fishes and bivalves; Monitoring of POPs in cord blood of humans; Awareness raising programmes on POPs to schools; Participate in UNEP’s Global Monitoring of POPs; etc.