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Transitioning to a pollution-free planet

… 49 Towards a Pollution-Free Planet 3 Transitioning towards a … pollutants; ii. Areas of pollution (air, water, marine and coastal, land/soil) including the cross-cutting … aspect of pollution that affects freshwater and marine environments. Plastics often originate on land or …
25 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

E2 - Prevention of Aquifer Pollution

… and obtain your certificate. E2 - Prevention of Aquifer Pollution Author: Kerstin Mechlem Scope: This class … when sea water ingresses in coastal areas due to rising marine levels caused by climate change and when … coastal aquifers in order to create hydraulic barriers to marine water ingression, by regulating surface water …
25 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Introduction to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants

… Course to the International Legal Framework on Marine Biodiversity Book: Book - Unit 1 - Introduction … Table of contents 1. Why protecting the marine environment? Endemic species Other uses 2. Impact of … and indiscriminate fishing practices, marine pollution, invasive alien species and climate change. …
25 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Chemicals and Waste

Addressing pollution: Governance frameworks, challenges and oppotunities in the context of the 2030 Agenda

… 34 Towards a Pollution-Free Planet 2 The first Principles of both the 1972 … the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities (GPA). However, … “the prevention and significant reduction of all kinds of marine pollution, in particular from land-based activities, …
25 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Towards a Pollution Free Planet - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… Towards a Pollution-Free Planet The health of people and the planet is … in drinking water, and other micro-pollutants in fresh and marine water. Some, such as those coming from abandoned … have been great strides in global Earth observation and marine oil spills and pollution from mine tailings, as well …
25 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Introduction to the Basel Convention - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… Course to the International Legal Framework on Marine Pollution Book: Book - Unit 1 – Introduction … 1. The oceans 2. Maritime Zones 3. Why protect the marine environment from pollution? 4. Sources of marine
25 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Chemicals and Waste

Global Mercury Assessment

… Cover photo: Tuna fish (Ugo Montaldo / Shutterstock.com). Marine food-webs are an important route of human dietary … a contribution to international efforts to reduce mercury pollution. This summary report and the accompanying Technical … form, methylmercury, which can accumulate in fish and marine mammals consumed by humans. This Executive Summary …
25 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Introduction to the Rotterdam Convention - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… Course to the International Legal Framework on Marine Biodiversity Book: Book - Unit 1 - Introduction … Table of contents 1. Why protecting the marine environment? Endemic species Other uses 2. Impact of … and indiscriminate fishing practices, marine pollution, invasive alien species and climate change. …
25 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Chemicals and Waste

Principles and concepts of international environmental law (Part 2) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… the 1996 Protocol to the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and other Matter of 1972 … to believe that wastes or other matter introduced in the marine environment are likely to cause harm even when there …
25 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Regional instruments on hazardous wastes- extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… Provisions 2. Kuwait Regional Protocol on the Control of Marine Transboundary Movements and Disposal of Hazardous … 2. Kuwait Regional Protocol on the Control of Marine Transboundary Movements and Disposal of Hazardous … on the Protection of the Marine Environment from Pollution, parties adopted several protocols, among which the …
25 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Chemicals and Waste