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International
actors and agreements in the region
See
Global action and Global
actors.
UNEP
Regional Seas Programme. ••>
UNEP Global programme of action for the protection of
the marine environment from land-based activities (UNEP
GPA). ••>
UN
Economic Commission for Europe. ••>
UNEP
Regional Office for Europe. ••>
Regional
conventions, agreements, action plans and actors
Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment
and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean (Barcelona
Convention) with protocols concerning oil, dumping,
offshore, hazardous waste, and emergencies.
••>
Mediterranean
Action Plan.••>
Short and Medium-term Priority Environmental Action
Programme. ••>
Regional Marine Pollution Emergency Response Centre
for the Mediterranean Sea. ••>
The Mediterranean Sea has been designated as a Special
Area for the purpose of Annex I to MARPOL
73/78
Mediterranean
MoU on Port State Control. ••>
EU-funded
project ENVISYS:
Oil monitoring in the Mediterranean (by means of remote
sensing and telematics). See
also oil monitoring through ERS/RAC. ••>
"Amoco
Milford Haven - the biggest wreck in the Med".
Divernet.
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Regional
reports on the state of the marine and coastal environment
State
and pressures of the marine and coastal Mediterranean
environment. Report 2000 by the European Environment
Agency (EEA) and its former European Topic Centre on
the Marine and Coastal Environment, in co-operation
with the Mediterranean Action Plan. Summary.
Marine
and Coastal Environment. Annual topic update 2000.
Report published in 2000 by the former EEA Topic Center.
On
the Monitoring of Illicit Vessel Discharges – A
Reconnaissance Study in the Mediterranean Sea. Published
in 2001 by the EU DG Joint Research Centre ISPRA. See
also Oil spill statistics, Mediterranean (conference
presentation; PDF:16
MB or PowerPoint
Presentation : 350 kb).
UNEP: Global
Environment Outlook 3 (GEO3). Coastal and marine
areas..
University
of Rhode Island: Large Marine Ecosystems (LME): The
region includes the Mediterranean
Large Marine Ecosystem.
Private
sector and NGOs actors and initiatives
MarineCare.
A project initiated by Turkish Maritime Pilots' Association,
"aiming at increasing international sensitivitiy
in internet environment to keep our seas clean".
CONCAWE.
The oil companies' European organisation for environment,
health and safety.
European
Community Shipowners Association,
ECSA. See Annual
Report on Safety and Environment.
Europia.
The European government affairs organisation of the
oil refining and marketing industry in the EU and EEA.
Mediterranean
Oil Industry Group (MOIG). A regional oil industry
forum on oil spill preparedness and response. Represents
a network of industry experts in oil spill response
to ensure good coordination by the oil industry in case
of a major oil spill incident in the Mediterranean.
Provides a regional industry interface to REMPEC.
Oilwatch. ••>
International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation (ITOPF).
••>
International Directory of Oil Spill Cleanup Contractors
and Response Organisations. ••>
International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation
Association (IPIECA). ••>
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