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Land-Based Sources of Marine Pollution - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… course and obtain your certificate. Book - Unit 5 - Land-Based Sources of Marine Pollution Book - Unit 3 - Land-Based Sources of Marine Pollution Site: UNITED NATIONS … Legal Framework on Marine Pollution Book: Book - Unit 5 - Land-Based Sources of Marine Pollution …
02 Aug 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

Factsheet - Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities

… Action …for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities Background In 1995 over 108 governments … and preserve the marine environment from the impacts of land-based activities … Setting as their common goal sustained and effective action to deal with all land-based impacts upon the marine environment, specifically …
02 Aug 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater

UN Watercourses Convention User’s Guide

… persons 85 2.2 Application 85 2.2.1 Scope scenario – Which land based water use activities are covered by the … Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land- based Activities Hydrology for the Environment, Life … morphology of upstream and downstream rivers, affecting land use productivity due to loss of natural sediment …
02 Aug 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater

Introduction to Marine Pollution - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… seabed. The sovereignty of a state extends, beyond its land territory and its internal waters, to a belt of sea … coastal state comprises the submerged prolongation of the land territory of the coastal state - the seabed and subsoil … contribution to marine pollution load (by mass) are: land-based (82%), vessel-based (9%), dumping of waste at sea …
02 Aug 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

Introduction to the International Legal Framework on Marine Pollution

… seabed. The sovereignty of a state extends, beyond its land territory and its internal waters, to a belt of sea … coastal state comprises the submerged prolongation of the land territory of the coastal state - the seabed and subsoil … contribution to marine pollution load (by mass) are: land-based (82%), vessel-based (9%), dumping of waste at sea …
02 Aug 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

Regional Seas Agreements

… joint action to mitigate the impacts of pollution from land- based activities or from other sources. … Protection of the Mediterranean Sea against Pollution from Land- Based Sources was adopted on 17 May 1980 and entered into force on 17 July 1983. Land- based pollution presents 80% of harm done to the …
02 Aug 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

White Paper - Regional Seas Governance

… damage to the oceans is caused by sea-based and land-based pollution, unsustainable exploitation of living … management derives from wildlife management, born on land, involving direct manipulation of the habitat and … to the CBD as “a strategy for the integrated management of land, water and living resources that promotes conservation …
02 Aug 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater

Introduction to the International Legal Framework on Marine Biodiversity - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… for example by oil rigs, but could also take the form of land reclamation, artificial islands or installations for … related to resources or not and whether they take place on land or at sea, have an impact on the marine environment and … due to increased human activity both at sea and on land. The impact of untreated human waste alone is already a …
02 Aug 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

National Regulation of Freshwater resources - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… in protection and preservation programmes. Various uses of land may affect water quality. The United Nations General … that recognize the interrelationship between water and land and provide for the preservation of aquatic ecosystems. … on a catchment or drainage basin basis. This includes both land and water resources, since land use can have significant …
02 Aug 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

Instruments adopted under the auspices of FAO

02 Aug 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater