Pollution from land based activities

Three regional surveys on land based sources of pollution

O. Marine pollution from land based sources

In that regard, it was noted that the bulk of coastal pollution emanated from land based and freshwater pollution.

Land mines constitute the most toxic pollution facing mankind.

These have included long lasting chemical pollution on land maritime and atmospheric pollution despoliation of land by mines and other dangerous objects and threats to water supplies and other necessities of life.

This interrelationship refers to natural resource depletion degradation and pollution of land, water and air.

This interrelationship refers to natural resource depletion degradation and pollution of land, air and water.

The Secretary General's report highlights the growing problem of marine debris and its link with land based sources of pollution, as well as the issue of noise pollution.

The aims of land restoration are to reduce pollution, restore the land and landscape, improve the aesthetic appearance of the area and prevent further degradation.

The emergence of mega cities has brought land degradation, traffic congestion and air, water and noise pollution.

Since marine pollution is a result largely of land based activities, including coastal activities such as agriculture, industry and urban development, measures to avoid pollution from these sources will go a long way towards preventing marine pollution.

Another example is article 194 of UNCLOS (Measures to prevent, reduce and control pollution of the marine environment) and, in particular, its paragraph 3 (a), concerning pollution of land based sources.

The topic was of great importance, since most pollution of the marine environment was caused by land based activities.

To prevent, reduce and control pollution of the marine environment and degradation of coastal areas from land based sources of pollution, and to reduce or minimize the adverse effects that have already occurred.

There is growing awareness in the region of the impact of land based sources of marine pollution, which is estimated to be responsible for about 80 per cent of all pollution entering the oceans.

Furthermore, Canada has offered to host a meeting of experts in 1994 to update the Montreal Guidelines for the Protection of the Marine Environment Against Pollution from Land based Sources, as part of the process leading to a conference on land based sources of marine pollution.

So, solving the problem of pollution with more pollution.

The major source of pollution of the marine environment is human activity on land, both in coastal areas and further inland.

Livestock is also one of the biggest culprits in land degradation, air and water pollution, water shortages and loss of biodiversity.

Conversely, land degradation, desertification, pollution and unequal access to water and productive ecosystems diminished human well being.

The Forum supported the development of the emerging global regime for the protection of the oceans against land based sources of pollution.

Development of new technology, which will be ready by 1995, for the rapid assessment of sources of air, water and land pollution.

Plastics cause serious problems, such as the destruction of ecosystems, the pollution of natural resources, and the reduction of available land space.

And again, environmental pollution, air pollution, water pollution, deforestation, greenhouse gas emissions...

(l) Environmental purity To minimize the pollution of air, water and land and the generation of waste by tourism enterprises and visitors.

Consultative meetings of contracting parties are considering the extension of the Convention to include pollution from land based sources and offshore activities.

Although much has been accomplished, existing conventions aimed at containing the pollution of the marine environment cover only a part of the problem, as no global scheme addressing pollution from land based activities is in place.

(b) Review and, where necessary, revise the 1985 Montreal Guidelines for the Protection of the Marine Environment against Land based Sources of Pollution

New technology for the rapid assessment of sources of air, water and land pollution is being developed and will be ready in 1995.

Pollution from land based activities includes municipal, industrial and agricultural wastes and run off, as well as atmospheric deposition.

5. Calls upon all relevant States to take the necessary steps to bring into force, and to support the implementation of, the Protocol Concerning Pollution from Land based Sources and Activities,See www.cep.unep.org law. in order to protect the marine environment of the Caribbean Sea from land based pollution and degradation

Prevention of marine pollution

Pollution

When production was specified, it was blamed for the depletion and or degradation of natural resources and for pollution of land, water and air.

That natural treasure house is now under the increasing threat of pollution caused both by land based activities and by ocean going vessels.

Regional conventions and protocols address issues such as dumping, emergency cooperation, protected areas and prevention of pollution from land based and offshore activities.

Establishment and dissemination of a computerized tool on the utilization of biomass energy, including land use requirements and impact, air pollution and human health effects.

Now another form of pollution that's biological pollution is what happens from excess nutrients.

3. Impacts of oil pollution

It had taken measures to control industrial pollution, and had inaugurated the Productive Ecology Programme, which would help prevent the erosion of arable land.

Noting the problem of marine pollution caused, inter alia, by land based sources and the continuing threat of pollution from ship generated waste and sewage as well as from the accidental release of hazardous and noxious substances in the Caribbean Sea area,

Noting the problem of marine pollution caused, inter alia, by land based sources and the continuing threat of pollution from ship generated waste and sewage, as well as from the accidental release of hazardous and noxious substances in the Caribbean Sea area,

Noting the problem of marine pollution caused, inter alia, by land based sources and the continuing threat of pollution from ship generated waste and sewage, as well as from the accidental release of hazardous and noxious substances in the Caribbean Sea area,

Noting the problem of marine pollution caused, inter alia, by land based sources and the continuing threat of pollution from ship generated waste and sewage as well as from the accidental release of hazardous and noxious substances in the Caribbean Sea area,