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Regional Meeting
IPEN Francophone Africa Regional Meeting
Sunday, 23 June 2019
(Version française: Rapport de la réunion régionale IPEN Afrique francophone)
The IPEN Francophone Africa Hub, Centre de Recherche et d’Education pour le Développement (CREPD) organized its second regional meeting from the 30^thto 31^stMay 2019 in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. The last Francophone Africa Regional meeting took place in Yaoundé, Cameroon in December 2016. This meeting was an opportunity to share experiences and build the capacities of Participating Organizations (POs). The meeting was attended by POs from the Francophone Africa region, the Regional Coordinators of the Anglophone Africa and North Africa & Middle East hubs, and an IPEN Co-Chair.
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BRS Regional Meeting
IPEN Participates in 2019 BRS Regional Meetings
Sunday, 10 March 2019
The Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Regional Meeting for Asia Pacific was held from March 4th-8th, 2019 in Suzhou, China.
IPENers from four different countries participated in the meeting representing the Asia Pacific region of IPEN.

Prior to the regional meeting, an IPEN preparatory meeting was held, along with an experience-sharing session with students from Duke University and fellow NGOs from China. This was organized by Shenzhen Zero Waste at Duke University, Kunshan, and took place on March 3rd.
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Mercury
EcoWaste Coalition warns public against mercury-laced skin whiteners
Manila Bulletin, Philippines
Thursday, 07 March 2019
https://news.mb.com.ph/2019/03/07/ecowaste-coalition-warns-public-against-mercury-laced-skin-whiteners/

In celebration of the International Women’s Day (March 8), an environmental group warned the public anew on the health hazards posed by mercury-laced skin whitening cosmetics used mostly by women.
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Mercury
Mercury Trade and Supply in ASGM in Colombia
Tuesday, 12 February 2019 - 3:36pm
This project and report sought to disseminate information about the risks of using mercury, as well as to identify the authorities’ responsibility to comply with international commitments such as the Minamata Convention. More specifically, the project aimed:
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Document:

hg_trade_supply_asgm_colombia.pdf

English
Ebru Television Report on Mercury Use in Gold Mining in Kenya

Ebru Television did a report on mercury use by miners in Kenya, who are using it to extract gold from the soil.

Watch the report here.

Representatives from IPEN Participating Organization Centre for Environmental Justice and Development (CEJAD) are included in the video. See related reports they have completed here:
- Read more about Ebru Television Report on Mercury Use in Gold Mining in Kenya
Ocean Pollutants
SDG Knowledge Weekly: Oceans and Decarbonization
Monday, 28 January 2019
http://sdg.iisd.org/commentary/policy-briefs/sdg-knowledge-weekly-oceans...
This SDG Knowledge Weekly spotlights recent findings and platforms on SDG 14 (life below water). The brief also reviews a few items on decarbonization towards SDG 13 (climate action), which researchers note plays a key role in ocean-related challenges.
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Ocean Pollutants
Opinion: Defusing the toxic timebomb of invisible ocean pollutants
Wednesday, 09 January 2019
https://www.devex.com/news/opinion-defusing-the-toxic-timebomb-of-invisi...
Life on earth is utterly dependent on healthy oceans. They produce much of the oxygen we breathe, cycle the carbon dioxide, and regulate the weather we experience. Perhaps it is the vastness of the oceans that has made us complacent about its capacity to keep absorbing our toxic wastes?

After a year of global ocean meetings, the international community is finally facing up to the reality of polluted, depleted oceans.

Policies to protect the marine environment that do not address the finite nature of our world will fail.

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Coal plant: Kalpitiya women have dangerously high mercury level
Friday, 04 January 2019
http://www.sundaytimes.lk/181223/news/coal-plant-kalpitiya-women-have-dangerously-high-mercury-level-326359.html
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Mercury
Protect Paradise Travel Brochure
Monday, 17 December 2018 - 4:34pm
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Document:

travel-brochure_v1_3.pdf

English
Mercury
Interventions 19 November, 2018
Monday, 17 December 2018 - 2:46pm
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Document:

IPEN intervention on waste thresholds_19_Nov_2018.pdf

IPEN Intervention on Waste Thresholds_EN

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