RESOURCES > HANDBOOKS

The following NTN Handbooks and websites are provided as a resource and capacity building initiatives for the local, national and global community.

IPEN BODY BURDEN COMMUNITY MONITORING HANDBOOK
The handbook is an initiative of the Community Monitoring Working Group  (CMWG) established by the International POPS Elimination Network (IPEN)  It is a community resource to support the implementation of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (2001) and the phase out and elimination of persistent and bioaccumulative chemicals. It provides information on community monitoring initiatives and the body burden of chemicals, as well as acting as a repository for the collection and dissemination of community generated or compiled monitoring data and information.

CONVENTIONS HANDBOOK
The Waigani Convention Handbook offers information on four chemical conventions (Waigani, Basel, Rotterdam & Stockholm) and their common elements with an aim to support the environmentally sound management of toxic chemicals and hazardous waste in the small island states. For each Convention there is general description, an explanation of the obligations and the tools for implementations. Each Convention has its own reference section.

HCB COMMUNITY INFORMATION SYSTEM
The HCB Community Information System aims to support community groups, residents and members of the Botany Community Participation and Review Committee involved in the destruction of the 10,500 tonnes stockpile of hexachlorobenzene (HCB) waste stored at the Botany Industrial Park in Sydney, Australia.

POPS HANDBOOK
The International POPs Elimination Network POPs Handbook is a resource document to describe, illustrate and clarify the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (2001).

CHEMICAL AWARENESS IN SCHOOLS website
This site has been used as a lobbying tool since 1996, to provide information and resources to policy makers and legislators, as well as parents, schools and many families with chemically sensitive children.