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Convention
Presented by -:
Harsh, Sonu, Nikhil Baisla, Sunil Mahajan,
Shivam Chaurasiya.
Agenda
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Introduction Background and Key Provisions Implementation Challenges, Global
Objectives and compliance significance and
Conclusion
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Background
The basal convention on Countries included in
the control of Transboundary Movements the Basel Convention
of Hazardous wastes and their Disposal, on transboundary
commonly known as the Basal Convention movements of
was adopted in 1989. hazardous wastes.
It was a response to the increasing concern
over the environmental and health risks
posed by the improper disposal and
transboundary movement of hazardous
waste.
Objective
The Basel Convention aims to protect the environment by
bringing measures to control and regulate hazardous and
other waste disposals. The negotiations for the convention
were started in the late 1980s under the auspices of the
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
Key Provisions
Prior Informed Consent Environmentally Sound Basal convention regional
The convention requires Management(ESM) centers
exporters to obtain the prior
informed consent of the The convention promotes the These centers provide
importing country before adoption of environmentally technical assistance and
shipping hazardous waste to sound management practices capacity-building support to
them . for the generation, handling parties, particular in
and disposal of hazardous developing countries.
Transboundary waste.
movement control
system
Parties to the convention must
establish and maintain a
tracking system to monitor the
movement of hazardous waste.
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Implementation and compliance