The Department of Health, Ministry of Public Health and Department of Pollution Control, Ministry of Environment have initiated a project to minimize the use of dental amalgam and enhance Thailand's capacity for environmentally management under the Minamata Convention on Mercury. These efforts are part of the Global Environment Facility funded project “Accelerate implementation of dental amalgam provisions and strengthen country capacities in the environmental sound management of associated wastes under the Minamata Convention” which is implemented by the United Nations Environment Programme and executed by the World Health Organization with targeted technical assistance from the UNEP Global Mercury Partnership.
The overall goal of the UNEP Global Mercury Partnership is to protect human health and the environment from the releases of mercury.