Report

Results of Water Monitoring of Persistent Organic Pollutants

30 April 2024
Results of Water Monitoring of Persistent Organic Pollutants

This report presents the findings of the survey on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in water coordinated by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). This survey is part of the Global Environment Facility-funded UNEP POPs Global Monitoring Plan project in the Africa, Asia, The Pacific Islands and Group of Latin America and the Caribbean (GRULAC) regions. Between 2017 and 2019, sampling was done 4 times a year in 22 countries (6 in Africa, 2 in Asia, 5 in GRULAC and 9 in Pacific islands).