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United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
… regarding the management of marine living resources 5. Pollution of the marine environment Part XII 6. Institutional … (articles 55-57). These resources include those in the water column, such as fish, and on or under the sea bed, for … Areas beyond national jurisdiction The water column that is not part of the internal waters, …
The long and winding road: negotiating a treaty for the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction
… developing, including in ABNJ. This has contributed to pollution, overexploita- tion of resources and destruction of … are meas- ured from a defined baseline, generally the low- water mark (Article 5).6 The key areas of State sov- ereignty … having fringing reefs, the baseline is the “seaward low-water line of the reef, as shown by the appropriate symbol on …
Convention on Biological Diversity
… schemes, improved border controls and quarantine, water and waste management, use of ecosystem based approaches … ensuring conservation of biodiversity. Target 8: By 2020, pollution, including from excess nutrients, has been brought … By 2020, at least 17 per cent of terrestrial and inland-water areas and 10 per cent of coastal and marine areas, …