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This is a list of notable events relating to the environment in 1998. They relate to environmental law, conservation, environmentalism and environmental issues.
The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, usually known as the Basel Convention, is an international treaty that was designed to reduce the movements of hazardous waste between nations, and specifically to restrict the transfer of hazardous waste from developed to less developed countries. It does not address the movement of radioactive waste, controlled by the International Atomic Energy Agency. The Basel Convention is also intended to minimize the rate and toxicity of wastes generated, to ensure their environmentally sound management as closely as possible to the source of generation, and to assist developing countries in environmentally sound management of the hazardous and other wastes they generate.
The Bamako Convention is a treaty of African nations prohibiting the import of any hazardous waste. The convention was negotiated by twelve nations of the Organisation of African Unity at Bamako, Mali in January, 1991, and came into force in 1998.
The Coal Authority is a non-departmental public body of the United Kingdom government sponsored by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ). On behalf of the country, it owns the vast majority of unworked coal in Great Britain, as well as former coal mines, and undertakes a range of functions including:
Waste management laws govern the transport, treatment, storage, and disposal of all manner of waste, including municipal solid waste, hazardous waste, and nuclear waste, among many other types. Waste laws are generally designed to minimize or eliminate the uncontrolled dispersal of waste materials into the environment in a manner that may cause ecological or biological harm, and include laws designed to reduce the generation of waste and promote or mandate waste recycling. Regulatory efforts include identifying and categorizing waste types and mandating transport, treatment, storage, and disposal practices.
This is a list of notable events relating to the environment in 2009. They relate to environmental law, conservation, environmentalism and environmental issues.
This is a list of notable events relating to the environment in 2013. They relate to environmental law, conservation, environmentalism and environmental issues.
This is a list of notable events relating to the environment in 1996. They relate to environmental law, conservation, environmentalism and environmental issues.
This is a list of notable events relating to the environment in 1978. They relate to environmental law, conservation, environmentalism and environmental issues.
This is a list of notable events relating to the environment in 1995. They relate to environmental law, conservation, environmentalism and environmental issues.
This is a list of notable events relating to the environment in 1972. They relate to environmental law, conservation, environmentalism and environmental issues.
This is a list of notable events relating to the environment in 1987. They relate to environmental law, conservation, environmentalism and environmental issues.
This is a list of notable events relating to the environment in 1984. They relate to environmental law, conservation, environmentalism and environmental issues.
This is a list of notable events relating to the environment in 1983. They relate to environmental law, conservation, environmentalism and environmental issues.
This is a list of notable events relating to the environment in 1982. They relate to environmental law, conservation, environmentalism and environmental issues.
This is a list of notable events relating to the environment in 1975. They relate to environmental law, conservation, environmentalism and environmental issues.
This is a list of notable events relating to the environment in 1971. They relate to environmental law, conservation, environmentalism and environmental issues.
This is a list of notable events relating to the environment in 1969. They relate to environmental law, conservation, environmentalism and environmental issues.
This is a list of notable events relating to the environment in 1968. They relate to environmental law, conservation, environmentalism and environmental issues.
