Project goals

A number of ambitious goals has been set for this programme.

MONARPOP monitors POPs and other organic pollutants with respect to their:

long-range transport to remote alpine regions
prevalent source directions
loads within the alpine range, including regional differences
variation with altitude
present stocks, bound in forests of the alpine region
possible biological effects of the detected loads

The project further aims to provide information to decision makers. In the future, the evidence gathered during MONARPOP may help to assess the success of the Stockholm POP convention.