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… IUCN Environmental Law Centre Wetlands, Water and the Law Using law to advance wetland conservation … environment in a number of ways (discharge of 'foreign' ballast water from ships, releases from aquaculture … accidental releases via pathways such as the release of ballast water from ships which can enable species to move …

… is the Baltic Sea, which is the largest body of brackish water in the world and contains many unique habitats that … merchant vessels up-taking and discharging water used for ballast tanks, which mainly serve to ensure a vessel’s … of accidental introduction of alien species through ballast water are experienced throughout the globe. For …

… at low tide, as well as human-made wetlands such as waste-water treatment ponds and reservoirs. About this series of … roles of other sectors beyond the “environment” or “water” sectors. It is thus very important that these … of unintentional introductions through pathways such as ballast water discharge or escape from contained facilities. …