Persistent Organic Pollutants National Implementation Plan of Georgia Country/Territory Georgia Document type Date 2011 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Decree No. 907 of 2011 of Georgian Government; First Edition Tbilisi, Georgia 2012 Subject Environment gen., Waste & hazardous substances Keyword Pollution control Environmental planning Environmental standards Policy/planning Public health International agreement-implementation Emissions Hazardous substances Air quality/air pollution Transboundary effects Organic waste Waste management Geographical area Asia, Black Sea, Eastern Europe, EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA, Western Asia Entry into force notes 2011-2015 Abstract The Persistent Organic Pollutants National Implementation Plan of Georgia is a strategic document set for the period of 2011-2015. It aims towards developing maximally efficient strategies of persistent organic pollutant (POP) management in Georgia, as well as ensuring protection of human health and the environment through implementing sustainable policies. The national goals with regard to POPs are as follows: (a) developing and enforcing the integrated legal framework and institutional system, reducing and avoiding the impact of POPs in human health and in the environment; (b) ensuring detailed inventory, reduction and destruction of POP pollution in accordance with the requirements of the Convention; and (c) developing and implementing national and global measures that will avoid the creation of new POPs sources. Full text Georgian/English