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This publication aims to gather information on the distribution of floating marine litter in the NOWPAP region. The main objective is to understand the current status of...

Bearing in mind the considerable experience that has been accumulated in the protection and development of regional sea areas, the Governing Council of UNEP decided at its...

This report provides a thorough study on compensation for marine pollution damage by ships, such a study is both important and meaningful for all NOWPAP member states in order...

This report constitutes an examination and compilation of the best practices on collection, disposal, research and development, and policy-based management in dealing with...

The Mediterranean States meeting in Barcelona in 1975, adopted an Action Plan for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea against pollution. The legal framework for this co-...

These case studies provide concrete evidence of how communities are affected by marine litter, and presents an opportunity for us to contemplate measures that can be taken to...

The Plan of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment and Coastal Areas of the Southeast Pacific, approved in 1981 by a Plenipotentiaries Conference, as well as the...

To monitor the effects of coastal development and to apply coastal resource management recommendations to the State of Bahrain, an inventory of the distribution and condition of...

This regional report, based on National Reports, was put together in order to provide background information for further works on sea-based marine litter issues, and to provide...

La présente publication presente, a fins de reference, le texte du Plan d'action pour Ia Méditerranée ainsi que celui de l'Acte final de la Conference de plénipotentiaires,...

Based on the literature review and action research in two selected Asian countries, Indonesia (Southeast Asia) and India (South Asia), this report identifies the urgency of...

This report provides an introduction on technologies related to marine litter. The first part of the report is about prevention and collection of marine litter after...

These guidelines were designed to assist local organizations, local governments and NOWPAP member states by providing information on port collection facilities as submitted by...

This report attempts to summarise the information available about the State of the Marine Environment in the West and Central Africa region. The area is large and in many...

The present assessment on land-based activities affecting the marine, coastal and associated freshwater environment in the South-East Pacific region was prepared as a main...

The principle purpose of this report is to provide recommendations, advice and practical guidance for establishing programmes to monitor and assess the distribution and...

This paper proposes some pollution control alternatives as mechanisma to address surrent regional problems in South-East Pacific.

The method is essentially based on already-existing recognized techniques, and also drawn on the experience of microbiologists in a number of Mediterranean laboratories. In the...

The report identifies that countries have made considerable progress in developing and implementing appropriate policy responses at national, regional and international levels....

The control of pollution by oil in the marine environment is based on the knowledge of the pathways and fate of this substance upon entering the sea. The fate and pathways of...