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9.0 Implementation status of the Basel and Bamako Conventions<br />

9.1 Implementation status<br />

Since the ratification of Basel and Bamako Conventions various activities<br />

have been undertaken, these include: -<br />

<strong>Tanzania</strong> acceded to the Basel Convention on 7 th April 1993. and also<br />

acceded the Basel Convention amendments of 1995 and 1998 in August<br />

2002. <strong>Tanzania</strong> is also a Party to the Montreal Protocol on substances<br />

that deplete the Ozone Layer (1987). The government has also ratified<br />

the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for<br />

Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade<br />

(2002); and the Stockholm Conventions of Persistent Organic Pollutants<br />

(POPs) (February 2004). These three Conventions, which deal with<br />

chemical products, are closely linked to the Basel and the Bamako<br />

Conventions.<br />

Several policies and legislations in <strong>Tanzania</strong> are in place to address<br />

pollution problems by liquid and solid wastes. These policies include the<br />

National Environmental policy (1997), the Sustainable Industrial<br />

Development Policy (1997), Mineral Policy (1997) Water Policy (2003) and<br />

Energy Policy (2002), Health Policy (1990) currently under review and<br />

Human Settlement Policy (2000). There is little coverage on matters of air<br />

pollution.<br />

The National Environmental Policy provides specific objectives to address<br />

pollution issues including wastes and hazardous waste. These objectives<br />

are: -Promotion of technology for efficient and safe water use, particularly<br />

for wastewater treatment and recycling; promotion of health related<br />

programmes such as separation of toxic wastes and pollution control at<br />

the household levels; development of environmentally sound waste<br />

management systems for urban areas; installation of resources-saving<br />

and waste recycling facilities and use of clean technologies; and<br />

integrated planning and improved management of urban centers.<br />

The National Environment Policy provides specific objectives to address<br />

pollution issues including wastes and hazardous wastes. There objectives<br />

are:- Promotion of technology for efficient and safe water use, particularly<br />

for wastewater treatment and recycling; promotion of health-related<br />

programmes such as separation of toxic/hazardous wastes and pollution<br />

control at the household level; development of environmentally sound<br />

waste management systems especially for urban areas; installation of<br />

resource-saving and waste-recycling facilities and use of clean<br />

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