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Marine plastic debris and microplastics – Global lessons and research to inspire action and guide policy change

… MARPOL International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships MAP Mediterranean Action Plan MSFD … all plastics, cargo residues, incinerator ashes, cook- ing oil, fishing gear, and animal carcasses generated during the … other garbage including plastics, domestic wastes, cooking oil, incinerator ashes, operational wastes and fishing gear …
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Factsheet - Regional Seas Conventions and Action Plans

… issues; n Improved management of coastal zones; n Reduced pollution in coastal waters; n Cast light on marine litter, … chemical wastes and coastal development, to preparing for oil spills – and the response to them - conserving marine … pollution; n Ship-generated marine pollution, such as oil, chemicals, litter, and invasive species; n The …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater

POPs and PIC Chemicals

… properties, surface resistance/repellency to oil, water, grease or soil. PFOS is both intentionally … agents, low surface energy and used as water, grease, oil and soil repellent. It is widely utilized in a variety of …
18 Jun 2026 Document

Briefing Note 2: Wetlands and water storage: current and future trends and issues

… ‘groundwater mining.’ As with min- eral resources such as oil, fossil water is an exploitable resource with a finite … changes affecting water demand Over the summer of 2008 oil prices rose from $30 to $140 per barrel, giving further … for domestic use and have relied on income from oil sales to obtain food produced in other countries; but …
18 Jun 2026 Document

Technical guidelines on specially engineered landfill (D5)

… processes to occur, the result of these minimizing the pollution potential of any leachate and allowing the capacity … where possible to avoid the possibility of ground water pollution. Where this is not possible, landfills should be … parameters: pH, TOC, phenols, heavy metals, fluoride, As, oil/hydrocarbons. 36 4 TOPOGRAPHY OF THE SITE 4.1 Data on the …
18 Jun 2026 Document

International water governance: Conservation of freshwater ecosystems Vol. 1: International agreements compilation and analysis

… the alteration of its quality. Therefore, processes like pollution, the introduction of invasive species, or the … vessels includes a wide range of substances ranging from oil and others utilised in the operation of vessels, to … territory of the European Union Primary focus area Waste oil disposal Provisions most relevant to ecosystems …
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Guidance for identifying and designating peatlands, wet grasslands, mangroves and coral reefs as Wetlands of International Importance

… exploitation; and b) indirect threats, including pollution, excessive water abstraction, reduction in extent … and sewage effluents and chronic or catastrophic oil spills. 43. Mangroves are particularly vulnerable to oil pollution and increased coastal erosion, sea- level rise, …
18 Jun 2026 Document

Manual of Compliance with and Enforcement of Multilateral Environmental Agreements

… .... 141 The Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (LRTAP) .... 142 The UNECE Convention on Access to … be permitted to operate only if they are fitted with an oil chamber that cannot be flushed while at sea. This allows … OF MEAs138 C H I - C N AS A Vi si bl e Ea rt h ph ot o Oil slick along the Spanish coast after tanker spill, …
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GUIDANCE on feasible flame-retardant alternatives to commercial pentabromodiphenyl ether - 2009 (UNEP/POPS/COP.4/INF24)

… alternative flame retardants to c-PentaBDE. The Norwegian Pollution Control Authority (SFT) has therefore commissioned …
18 Jun 2026 Document

Integrating biodiversity conservation and sustainable use: Lessons learned from ecological networks

… on the region’s biodiversity. Direct threats include oil and gas exploitation, gold mining, logging, dam and road … dialogues have been established with the mining and the oil and gas sectors. 17 eco_networks_2004 13-01-2004 23:15 … – was an important source of income, overfishing and pollution cut yields dramatically in the course of the …
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