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GEO yearbook 2003
… likely if diseases spread through flooding, contaminated water and lack of sanitation in the aftermath. A UNEP Asian … Convention for the Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments is adopted at the International Conference on Ballast Water Management, in London. The convention aims to …
International ocean governance: Using international law and organisations to manage marine resources sustainably (revised)
… a series of relationships between large marine ecosystems, water- sheds, national boundaries, and regional ocean … international fora: in the IMO, with respect to ballast water discharge and the use of anti-fouling paints; … initiatives. International Shipping The role of ships’ ballast water in spreading unwanted species was first …
Concepts for Industry Co-Regulation of Bio-fuel Weeds
… Martin, J. Williams and C. Stone, ‘Transaction Costs and Water Reform: the Devils Hiding in the Details’ … Lakes - Using Financial Responsibility Policies to Prevent Ballast-Borne Biological Pollution - An Environmental Law … Theoretical model proposed by Horan and Lupi (2005) for ballast water invasive species control. Tradable development …
Integrated coastal management law: Establishing and strengthening national legal frameworks for integrated coastal management
… the transfer of pathogens and aquatic organisms in ships' ballast water, and the effects of climate change. Sea levels are … • introduction of exotic species, for example, via ships′ ballast water. Marine pollution Globally, sewage is the …
Towards a mutually supportive relationship between the Convention on Biological Diversity and the World Trade Organisation: An action guide
… of invasive alien species, and an increase in distant water fishing nations. For example, the EU now enters into … Organization plans to develop its 1997 guidelines on ballast water management – which will also address the … caused by the introduction of harmful aquatic organisms in ballast water – into a convention to be adopted in 2002. An …
Introduction to the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits
… sources include operational discharges such as bilge water discharges, but not the operation of a vessel for the … For example, exotic organisms transported in ship ballast water are invading new ecosystems. As pollution has …
Introduction to the Basel Convention - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… sources include operational discharges such as bilge water discharges, but not the operation of a vessel for the … For example, exotic organisms transported in ship ballast water are invading new ecosystems. As pollution has …
Introduction to Marine Pollution - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… sources include operational discharges such as bilge water discharges, but not the operation of a vessel for the … For example, exotic organisms transported in ship ballast water are invading new ecosystems. As pollution has …